# HackerNews offline Reader

> Simple hacker News reader with support for offline reading

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.softbend.hacknews](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.softbend.hacknews)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.softbend.hacknews`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Softbend
- **Category:** COMMUNICATION
- **Downloads:** 121
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-09
- **First published:** 2023-03-29
- **Publisher country:** ES
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softbend.hacknews)
- **Website:** [http://softbend.net](http://softbend.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pastebin.com/raw/dzHwXg3w](https://pastebin.com/raw/dzHwXg3w)

## Description

- Simple hacker News reader.<br> - Supports multiple languages English/Spanish<br> - Support for offline reading. Download your favourites news to read offline.<br> - Export/save your news from the app or you can do it manually as news are stored as json files<br> - Import your news from the app. <br> - Easy to use.<br><br>Future updates: <br> - Login capabilities<br> - Save the web link and not only the coments<br> - New themes<br> - Create groups / favourites

## Rankings

- #1,900,345 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.softbend.hacknews)