# HNreader - Tech News

> News from news.ycombinator.com

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1498482288](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1498482288)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1498482288`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jahn Bertsch
- **Category:** News
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-06
- **First published:** 2021-09-27
- **Size:** 5.01 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hnreader-tech-news/id1498482288)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://yep.github.io/Privacy-Policy](https://yep.github.io/Privacy-Policy)

## Description

This application is Free and Open Source software (FOSS)

Reader app for https://news.ycombinator.com (aka "Hacker News") with a focus on the comments.

Features:
 - Supports sections "Top", "New", "Show" and "Ask"
 - Nested comments: press on a comment to reveal more entries of the discussion
 - Supports macOS, iOS (iPhone) and watchOS (Apple Watch)

This application is Free and Open Source software (FOSS), source code is available at https://github.com/yep/HNreader

## Rankings

- #1,348,249 — Overall

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