HACK for Hacker News Reader 109
Free Version
Publisher Description
- No Ads. No subscriptions.
- Login or Register your Hacker News account
- Supported on MacOS
- PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for Hacker News replies to comment or post
- Comments are presented in nested threads
- Tap a comment to collapse that thread
- Swipe left or right on stories and comments to upvote and favorite
- Ability to submit new posts including drafts
- Long press a story, link or comment to share
- iPad supports split view
- On iPads, you can drag a story / comment / story's image (link) to open it in safari in split view. This is useful for when you are viewing the app in split view / multitasking and like opening the link / story / comment in a browser side by side.
- Landscape and Portrait support
- 3D touch for peek, pop support
- Home screen 3D touch shortcuts
- Hide posts from the feed
- Tap the bottom button to scroll to the next root comment in the thread. Long press it to go to the previous one
- All known hacker news endpoints - News, front page, Ask HN, Show HN, Show HN Newest, classic, active, best stories, best comments, new stories, new comments, noob stories, noob comments, jobs, over 100-500 points
- Submit posts, reply, comment using your HN account
- Browse top 100 leader accounts
- Browse stories from a specific site, user or date
- Search in comments and usernames! Search is case and diacritic insensitive and ignores punctuations. Search uses an CONTAINS, OR operation if multiple words are typed.
- Can select / highlight the comment/post title text for lookup/copy/translate etc iOS native operations.
- Powerful search (powered by Algolia API) - use @date to sort by date, #story to filter for stories, #comments to filter for comments, #author_username to filter by user etc. These tags can be separated by commas. Refer to https://hn.algolia.com/api for more tags.
- Dark mode - both pure black and gray mode
- Low contrast text mode to make the text not be pure white #FFFFFF
- Many color choices & color picker for customization
- App icons in variety of colours for light and dark mode
- Font choices
- Ability to change font sizes, padding etc to make the layout as compact as you like!
- Threaded comments with color bar to maintain visual orientation
- Articles open in Safari view with setting to automatically open in "readability" mode
- Tap the domain in a story to see all stories from that site
- Tap the username in a story or comment to go to the user profile
- Browse your submitted stories and comments, favorited stories and comments, upvoted stories and comments
- Archive: View an archive of the post website. archive.is, archive.org & google cache.
- Share comment as image
- I run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors & icons.
All stories and comments are via Algolia API and Hacker News API:
https://news.ycombinator.com/
https://hn.algolia.com/api
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
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I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
Mar 6, 2024
Version 109
- Thanks to Moritz for this feature request: The "menu" list was getting way too long and crowded with so many options. Now you can customize it by disabling options which you don't need. Go to app's home page, then tap settings, then scroll all the way down to "Edit menu options".
- Likely fixed a crash issue on iOS 12 devices. If this issue persists, please email me as testing on older devices is limited and I need more details.
- Added a much requested feature of swiping on the right edge of the screen to bring back the last page. So, if you accidentally swipe left to go back, then you can now swipe from the right edge of screen to undo it. This can be done to undo multiple pages too.
- Swipe to favourite/vote now works even if you have full screen swipe to go back enabled.
- These 2 features took significant work, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip is appreciated. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added 8 new sharing options for copying and sharing the title + link together and in markdown format.
- Fixed bugs for the URL scheme.
About HACK for Hacker News Reader
HACK for Hacker News Reader is a free app for iOS published in the Newsgroup Clients list of apps, part of Communications.
The company that develops HACK for Hacker News Reader is Pranoy Chowdhury. The latest version released by its developer is 109.
To install HACK for Hacker News Reader on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2024-03-06 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the HACK for Hacker News Reader as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install HACK for Hacker News Reader on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the HACK for Hacker News Reader is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After HACK for Hacker News Reader is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
Program Details
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Publisher | Pranoy Chowdhury |
Released Date | 2024-03-06 |
Languages | English |
Category |
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Category | Communications |
Subcategory | Newsgroup Clients |
System requirements |
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Operating systems | ios |
Download information |
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File size | 13.53 MB |
Total downloads | 1 |
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License model | Free |
Price | N/A |
Version History
version 109
posted on 2024-03-06
Mar 6, 2024
Version 109
- Thanks to Moritz for this feature request: The "menu" list was getting way too long and crowded with so many options. Now you can customize it by disabling options which you don't need. Go to app's home page, then tap settings, then scroll all the way down to "Edit menu options".
- Likely fixed a crash issue on iOS 12 devices. If this issue persists, please email me as testing on older devices is limited and I need more details.
- Added a much requested feature of swiping on the right edge of the screen to bring back the last page. So, if you accidentally swipe left to go back, then you can now swipe from the right edge of screen to undo it. This can be done to undo multiple pages too.
- Swipe to favourite/vote now works even if you have full screen swipe to go back enabled.
- These 2 features took significant work, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip is appreciated. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added 8 new sharing options for copying and sharing the title + link together and in markdown format.
- Fixed bugs for the URL scheme.
version 107
posted on 2024-03-02
Mar 2, 2024
Version 107
- Added a much requested feature of swiping on the right edge of the screen to bring back the last page. So, if you accidentally swipe left to go back, then you can now swipe from the right edge of screen to undo it. This can be done to undo multiple pages too.
- Swipe to favourite/vote now works even if you have full screen swipe to go back enabled.
- These 2 features took significant work, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip is appreciated. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added 8 new sharing options for copying and sharing the title + link together and in markdown format.
- Fixed bugs for the URL scheme.
version 104
posted on 2023-11-28
Nov 28, 2023
Version 104
- Added a new "Highlights" endpoint to the home page.
- Fixed a bug where links would open 2 tabs on macOS
- Fixed a bug for devices using Buddhist calendar.
- Fixed a bug where the send email subject line said "iOS" on "MacOS" devices.
- Fixed a bug on MacOS when opening links.
- Made the parsing logic more flexible and adaptable to website HTML changes. This uses additional backend server resources, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip will help offset the costs. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added a new "Export history as CSV" option in the "History" page's "..." menu button. NOTE that the first 2 columns in the CSV will be empty for all rows which are read prior to this update.
- Fixed a bug where timestamps on posts and comments were inaccurate after the initial fetch. This will result in items in the history prior to this update to have an empty timestamp. Empty is better than inaccurate.
- Added a new "Hide scroll to next comment button" setting.
version 100
posted on 2023-04-20
Apr 20, 2023
Version 100
- This is the 100th update! YAY!
- Added a new "Export history as CSV" option in the "History" page's "..." menu button. NOTE that the first 2 columns in the CSV will be empty for all rows which are read prior to this update.
- Fixed a bug where timestamps on posts and comments were inaccurate after the initial fetch. This will result in items in the history prior to this update to have an empty timestamp. Empty is better than inaccurate.
- Added a new "Hide scroll to next comment button" setting.
- Made the parsing logic more flexible and adaptable to website HTML changes. This uses additional backend server resources, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip will help offset the costs. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
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Previous update:
- Added "Scroll to parent" for comments
- Improved the link and email detection in comments and Ask HN posts
- Fixed a crash bug when changing the tint color of the app.
- Fixed search related bugs.
- Added a new setting for the search to use OR instead of AND.
- Added 2 new settings: "Tapping domain on posts list opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain" and "Tapping domain on actual post opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain".
version 96
posted on 2023-04-07
Apr 7, 2023
Version 96
- Fixed a crash bug when changing the tint color of the app.
- Fixed search related bugs.
- Added a new setting for the search to use OR instead of AND.
- Made the parsing logic more flexible and adaptable to website HTML changes. This uses additional backend server resources, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip will help offset the costs. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added 2 new settings: "Tapping domain on posts list opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain" and "Tapping domain on actual post opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain".
version 95
posted on 2023-03-30
Mar 30, 2023
Version 95
- Added 2 new settings: "Tapping domain on posts list opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain" and "Tapping domain on actual post opens the link instead of list of posts from that domain".
- Made the parsing logic more flexible and adaptable to website HTML changes. This uses additional backend server resources, so supporting me with an in app purchase or tip will help offset the costs. Thanks.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
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Previous update:
- Added purple icon
- Fixed a bug where links in the comment's "long press" menu's text were truncated.
version 80
posted on 2022-08-20
Aug 20, 2022 Version 80
- Fixed a possible bug where sometimes using the full screen swiping to go back feature would also swipe on the screen underneath and cause weird jumpy animations. This was a very hard to reproduce bug. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- Added a tipping option on the settings page as few users requested. If you would like to buy me a drink, you can give me a tip :)
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. So if you can help support the server costs, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts, colors and icons.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time only in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
----
Previous update:
- Added a new setting "Lock to portrait orientation" which lets you use the app in portrait even when the iOS rotation lock is off. Thanks Jameson!
- Added a "Delete HN account" option to your user page.
version 69
posted on 2022-01-16
Jan 16, 2022 Version 69
- Fixed a bug where searching for "C#" would only return results for "C"
- Added support for Orion browser. If this doesn't work, please report the bug to me.
- Added a new setting which lets you disable swipe actions on posts and comments: "Swipe to vote/favorite (disabled if full screen swiping enabled)"
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 68
posted on 2021-11-20
Nov 20, 2021 Version 68
- Fixed upvote bug introduced due to HN website's HTML layout change.
- Fixed parent comment bug introduced due to HN website's HTML layout change.
- Fixed comment collapse introduced due to HN website's HTML layout change.
- Added 2 new fonts.
- Added new endpoint: asknew
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 67
posted on 2021-11-16
Nov 16, 2021 Version 67
- Fixed a bug with collapsing comments not working properly due to HN website layout changes.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 66
posted on 2021-10-29
Oct 29, 2021 Version 66
- The action buttons at top now stay transparent background when the list is scrolled to the very top (similar to iOS 15)
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 65
posted on 2021-10-25
Oct 25, 2021 Version 65
- Fixed bugs caused due to HN website changing some HTML classes.
- The app is supported on iOS and iPad too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- A lot of users found the slider in chronological view distracting and wasteful. This update gets rid of the slider and replaces it with a stepper in the options menu.
- In "Chronological", you can now tap the option button on top right to select the period for top posts - Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly. This setting is saved for future launches.
- Bug fix for certain URLs which were already encoded and weren't working in the app.
- Now you can "Disable/Enable Notifications" for replies to post/comments by long pressing the item.
- Now you can change notification sound.
- New "Hide in-app Safari toolbar on scroll" setting. Default is ON.
- Now you can long swipe from right to hide a post (the feature also exists on long press menu). Hidden posts can be seen by visiting your profile and can be unhidden from there. There's an added setting to disable this long swipe to hide feature too.
- Fixed a bug where URLs with anchor # characters would not work.
- Fixed a bug where "Specific User" and "Specific Site" would open twice.
- MacOS back gesture / mouse side key should now work.
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 64
posted on 2021-10-19
Oct 19, 2021 Version 64
- HN website today had a HTML update which broke the post title and favorite/upvote buttons in the app. This update fixes it.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- A lot of users found the slider in chronological view distracting and wasteful. This update gets rid of the slider and replaces it with a stepper in the options menu.
- In "Chronological", you can now tap the option button on top right to select the period for top posts - Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly. This setting is saved for future launches.
- Bug fix for certain URLs which were already encoded and weren't working in the app.
- Now you can "Disable/Enable Notifications" for replies to post/comments by long pressing the item.
- Now you can change notification sound.
- New "Hide in-app Safari toolbar on scroll" setting. Default is ON.
- Now you can long swipe from right to hide a post (the feature also exists on long press menu). Hidden posts can be seen by visiting your profile and can be unhidden from there. There's an added setting to disable this long swipe to hide feature too.
- Fixed a bug where URLs with anchor # characters would not work.
- Fixed a bug where "Specific User" and "Specific Site" would open twice.
- MacOS back gesture / mouse side key should now work.
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 63
posted on 2021-06-18
Jun 18, 2021 Version 63
- Fixed a potential random crash bug when opening a story. If the crash still occurs, please reach out to me.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- A lot of users found the slider in chronological view distracting and wasteful. This update gets rid of the slider and replaces it with a stepper in the options menu.
- In "Chronological", you can now tap the option button on top right to select the period for top posts - Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly. This setting is saved for future launches.
- Bug fix for certain URLs which were already encoded and weren't working in the app.
- Now you can "Disable/Enable Notifications" for replies to post/comments by long pressing the item.
- Now you can change notification sound.
- New "Hide in-app Safari toolbar on scroll" setting. Default is ON.
- Now you can long swipe from right to hide a post (the feature also exists on long press menu). Hidden posts can be seen by visiting your profile and can be unhidden from there. There's an added setting to disable this long swipe to hide feature too.
- Fixed a bug where URLs with anchor # characters would not work.
- Fixed a bug where "Specific User" and "Specific Site" would open twice.
- MacOS back gesture / mouse side key should now work.
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 62
posted on 2021-06-08
Jun 8, 2021 Version 62
- A lot of users found the slider in chronological view distracting and wasteful. This update gets rid of the slider and replaces it with a stepper in the options menu.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- In "Chronological", you can now tap the option button on top right to select the period for top posts - Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly. This setting is saved for future launches.
- Bug fix for certain URLs which were already encoded and weren't working in the app.
- Now you can "Disable/Enable Notifications" for replies to post/comments by long pressing the item.
- Now you can change notification sound.
- New "Hide in-app Safari toolbar on scroll" setting. Default is ON.
- Now you can long swipe from right to hide a post (the feature also exists on long press menu). Hidden posts can be seen by visiting your profile and can be unhidden from there. There's an added setting to disable this long swipe to hide feature too.
- Fixed a bug where URLs with anchor # characters would not work.
- Fixed a bug where "Specific User" and "Specific Site" would open twice.
- MacOS back gesture / mouse side key should now work.
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 58
posted on 2021-05-16
May 16, 2021 Version 58
- Now you can "Disable/Enable Notifications" for replies to post/comments by long pressing the item.
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- Now you can change notification sound.
- New "Hide in-app Safari toolbar on scroll" setting. Default is ON.
- Now you can long swipe from right to hide a post (the feature also exists on long press menu). Hidden posts can be seen by visiting your profile and can be unhidden from there. There's an added setting to disable this long swipe to hide feature too.
- Fixed a bug where URLs with anchor # characters would not work.
- Fixed a bug where "Specific User" and "Specific Site" would open twice.
- MacOS back gesture / mouse side key should now work.
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 53
posted on 2021-05-01
May 1, 2021 Version 53
- Added the new "second chance pool" endpoint as explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
- Added the "whoishiring" endpoint: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
- The app is supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this plus push notifications also require running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS!!! Yep, PRO users can now receive push notifications when someone on Hacker News replies to their comment or post. This took quite a lot of work and it requires running my own server. So if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors. The privacy policy has been updated to explain the 2 items which my server stores to get push notifications to work. The 2 items are your HN username you are logged in to the app with and a notification device token which iOS generates when you enable it. This is strictly used for push notifications and this is not used for any nefarious purposes. It's not used for tracking, ads and other nonsense (my app doesn't have any ads/trackers etc). The privacy policy change does not impact users who keep push notifications off. If you have questions about this, please email me at pran@pranapps.com
The privacy policy is available at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cb282k7rrSi4awr0HizuRciX-nIYpympfrxGLEt9cgc/edit
- Added a new switch above the "Comment Search" view which allows the search to be "exact phrase". When OFF, the search is done on a per word basis. If on, it will match exact phrases. This setting is OFF by default.
- Added a new font: Montserrat
- Long press menu now has "Go to user", "Copy HN link to clipboard" and "Copy article link to clipboard" options
- Fixed a few bugs including one where tapping the comment search field would freeze the app
version 50
posted on 2021-04-16
Apr 16, 2021 Version 50
- Added a new setting which shows the story number before story title in the list. This setting is OFF by default.
- Fixed a bug where the cursor caret color was invisible with light mode on.
- The app is now supported on MacOS too.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests or bug reports, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
---
Previous:
- Added a new setting to disable the downvote on swipe option.
- Added 2 settings to disable scroll bars on the list and post.
- Added a new "Advanced share as image" option which lets you share posts and comments including the parent post, parent comments, hide usernames when sharing etc. This was inspired by Apollo app as recommended by a user. The "Remove watermark" option is available for non-paid free users too, though if you don't mind it, please include it to help me spread the word about my app.
- UI updates to the reply, new post screens.
version 41
posted on 2021-04-01
Apr 1, 2021 Version 41
- Fixed a bug where "cancel" button wasn't appearing on Search page on iOS 12.
- Fixed (I think) a bug on iOS 12 where the search in comments wasn't dismissing when going back.
- Fixed a bug for iOS 12 where "search in comments" would crash the app.
- Fixed a bug with comment collapsing causing extra parent comments to collapse. If this issue persists, please email me.
- Made the "hit area" of "search in comments" next and previous buttons larger.
- As of June 2020, HackerNews website had a change in behaviour where favouriting a comment/post will no longer upvote the item too. Made the same change in the app to reflect this behaviour.
- My app displays high quality favicons instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 30.0
posted on 2020-12-08
Dec 8, 2020 Version 30.0
- Now you can view your read posts history in the app.
- Post list now shows the end point in the title. This can be disabled in settings.
- Added a new setting to use large favicon in the post list
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
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Previous:
- Added a new "Authenticate via HN" option for login. This lets you login/register using HN in the browser.
- The app now properly handles and shows "anti-procrastination" message if it's set in your HN profile. This must be configured in HN's website.
version 27.0
posted on 2020-11-26
Nov 26, 2020 Version 27.0
- Added a new "Authenticate via HN" option for login. This lets you login/register using HN in the browser.
- The app now properly handles and shows "anti-procrastination" message if it's set in your HN profile. This must be configured in HN's website.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 26.0
posted on 2020-11-25
Nov 25, 2020 Version 26.0
- The app now properly handles and shows "anti-procrastination" message if it's set in your HN profile. This must be configured in HN's website.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 25.0
posted on 2020-10-19
Oct 19, 2020 Version 25.0
- Fixed a bug where the app crashed on opening a post
- Fixed a bug where the app crashed on Leaders page
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 24.0
posted on 2020-09-25
Sep 25, 2020 Version 24.0
- Fixed a bug where in split view on iPad, refreshing the left column wouldn't reset the selected post
- Fixed a bug where archive button would be visible on comments
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 22.0
posted on 2020-08-31
Aug 31, 2020 Version 22.0
- Changed app category to News, Developer Tools to correctly reflect for upcoming iOS.
- Now you can flag/unflag posts and comments from the app. Long press and use the Flag/Unflag option.
- New setting to "reduce attention for flagged content". This reduced the opacity of flagged posts and comments.
- Now you can hide/un-hide posts from the app. Long press and use the Hide/Unhide option.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
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Previous:
- Archive: On a post, now you can tap the new "Archive" button in the top bar to view an archive of the post website. archive.is, archive.org and google cache supported.
- New share comment as image option.
- New icons! The app now also contains separate icons in variety of colours for light and dark mode you can set.
- Few more theme colors.
- When swiping to upvote/downvote, the arrow and star icons are centered in the visible area of the cell.
version 21.0
posted on 2020-08-08
Aug 8, 2020 Version 21.0
- Archive: On a post, now you can tap the new "Archive" button in the top bar to view an archive of the post website. archive.is, archive.org and google cache supported.
- New share comment as image option.
- New icons! The app now also contains separate icons in variety of colours for light and dark mode you can set.
- Few more theme colors.
- When swiping to upvote/downvote, the arrow and star icons are centered in the visible area of the cell.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
version 18.0
posted on 2020-06-17
Jun 17, 2020 Version 18.0
- Fixed a bug where when "Bold Text" is on in iOS Accessibility settings, upvote count, timestamp, comment count etc were showing a "..." instead of the text.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com
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Previous:
- Added 2 new endpoints - invited and launches.
- When the existing cookie for HN has expired, app now shows a warning prompt instead of silently failing.
version 17.0
posted on 2020-06-08
Jun 8, 2020 Version 17.0
- Added 2 new endpoints - invited and launches.
- When the existing cookie for HN has expired, app now shows a warning prompt instead of silently failing.
- My app displays high quality favicons (when available) instead of the pixelated ones. Had to set up my own server for caching this so if you can help support it, please buy the one time only in app purchase. This also unlocks custom fonts and colors.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, you can purchase the one time in app purchase! No subscriptions! Thank you for your support!
This update wouldn't have been possible without the amazing feedback from HN and Reddit! If you have any feedback or feature requests, please email Pran at:
pran@pranapps.com