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Ask HN: What iOS HN reader is good these days?

6 points by dmd 13y ago

Now that news:yc is unusable on iOS 7, what's your preferred replacement?

flavmartins 13y ago
Right now I'm using http://ihackernews.com/ http://ihackernews.com/ and setting a bookmark for it on my iDevices. The bookmark icon is very clean and I get all of the functionality of HackerNews. I've tried a bunch of free apps (not going to pay to read free HN) but was disappointed with all of them. Either they don't look very good or the ones that do, don't refresh to show previous posts so all you get are the first page of highest ranked or first pages of newest posts.
edwellbrook 13y ago
Mert Dumenci and I a few days ago release our iOS 7 Hacker News client, Hack Later. It's focused on reading articles quickly and saving them for later, and so is fairly minimal and extremely lightweight and fast. You can check it out on our site: http://BrushedType.co/ http://BrushedType.co/ or the HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349
- xauronx 13y ago
  Looks great, but an important note relevant to OP's question: "and includes no support for comments. Read, save, refresh."
mrorm 13y ago
I'm using Hackerful, great & full UI. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackerful-ycombinators-hacker/id578256868?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackerful-ycombinators-hacke...
minihack 13y ago
Shameless plug XD My app MiniHack dose all. Nested comments, collapsible comment thread, login to upvote, reply to comment, one tap to open story or comments. Share to Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Evernote, etc. Search hacker news, view the best of pages, ask, new, jobs. Instapaper and Readability mobilizer support, and more. And I am working on the new iOS 7 update right now, including UI redesign, a new slick dark theme, better sharing (pinboard tags, evernote auto complete), and more. https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id631108846?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id6...
tekacs 13y ago
MiniHack See also user minihack's comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349
- ifyoumakeit 13y ago
  Minihack works well, although the hit areas get a little wonky sometimes.
alariccole 13y ago
By posting in Ask HN, I'll assume community discussion is important to you. So I'd recommend my app, Pivit. Besides having a great threading system (with ability to copy), it was designed for iOS 7 and utilizes: ・Dynamic Type ・Content deference ・Background Fetch It has a one-of-a kind article indicator for both posts you've read and ones you've decided not to read, and support for opening in Safari and saving to your Reading List. I also didn't overdo the HN orange. Pivit — http://appsto.re/i6xC4GD http://appsto.re/i6xC4GD
wikwocket 13y ago
I really like http://hn.premii.com http://hn.premii.com. It's not a native app, but it works so well it feels like one.
- alariccole 13y ago
  This is really slick. Had I known about this, I might not have built one! But background fetch in my client feeds my addiction.

6 points by dmd 13y ago

Now that news:yc is unusable on iOS 7, what's your preferred replacement?

Right now I'm using http://ihackernews.com/ http://ihackernews.com/ and setting a bookmark for it on my iDevices. The bookmark icon is very clean and I get all of the functionality of HackerNews. I've tried a bunch of free apps (not going to pay to read free HN) but was disappointed with all of them. Either they don't look very good or the ones that do, don't refresh to show previous posts so all you get are the first page of highest ranked or first pages of newest posts.

edwellbrook 13y ago

Mert Dumenci and I a few days ago release our iOS 7 Hacker News client, Hack Later. It's focused on reading articles quickly and saving them for later, and so is fairly minimal and extremely lightweight and fast. You can check it out on our site: http://BrushedType.co/ http://BrushedType.co/ or the HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349

xauronx 13y ago
Looks great, but an important note relevant to OP's question: "and includes no support for comments. Read, save, refresh."

mrorm 13y ago

I'm using Hackerful, great & full UI. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackerful-ycombinators-hacker/id578256868?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackerful-ycombinators-hacke...

minihack 13y ago

Shameless plug XD My app MiniHack dose all. Nested comments, collapsible comment thread, login to upvote, reply to comment, one tap to open story or comments. Share to Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Evernote, etc. Search hacker news, view the best of pages, ask, new, jobs. Instapaper and Readability mobilizer support, and more. And I am working on the new iOS 7 update right now, including UI redesign, a new slick dark theme, better sharing (pinboard tags, evernote auto complete), and more. https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id631108846?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/minihack-for-hacker-news/id6...

tekacs 13y ago

MiniHack See also user minihack's comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6489349

ifyoumakeit 13y ago
Minihack works well, although the hit areas get a little wonky sometimes.

alariccole 13y ago

By posting in Ask HN, I'll assume community discussion is important to you. So I'd recommend my app, Pivit. Besides having a great threading system (with ability to copy), it was designed for iOS 7 and utilizes: ・Dynamic Type ・Content deference ・Background Fetch It has a one-of-a kind article indicator for both posts you've read and ones you've decided not to read, and support for opening in Safari and saving to your Reading List. I also didn't overdo the HN orange. Pivit — http://appsto.re/i6xC4GD http://appsto.re/i6xC4GD

wikwocket 13y ago

I really like http://hn.premii.com http://hn.premii.com. It's not a native app, but it works so well it feels like one.

alariccole 13y ago
This is really slick. Had I known about this, I might not have built one! But background fetch in my client feeds my addiction.