Hacky - Hacker News

Name: Hacky - Hacker News
Rating: 4.7 (23 reviews)
Author: Mark Murphy

by Mark Murphy

iPhone · iPad

Abandoned risk Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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Quick verdict

What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: $1.99

Categories and search queries

Official categories

News
Social Networking

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

Screens

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Pricing & paywalls

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Shown for US

Price: $1.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

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Shown for US

4.7 23 ratings · App Store

5/5Impressive! Very much needed.
This is super satisfying to use. The regular hacker news site so so ugly lol. This is refreshing. A bit slow to load posts when switching tabs but I’m sure you know and/or are working on it! Keep it up! Oh, and thanks for including a light version even though it’s called “Dark” Hacker News 😂. I truly appreciate it.

theshmob · 31 Jul 2026
3/5A promising start.
This is a great start to something that will be my go-to HN reader once the kinks are worked out. The colored lines to show thread depth are great, but tapping on a comment to collapse the thread makes everything move upward (the current viewing position doesn’t move up to show the newly-collapsed thread) so it’s very easy to get totally lost. Also, it would be great if the copy text feature used the standard iOS method where you can choose the start and end of what’s going to be copied, rather than having to copy a paragraph at a time. (And there’s a large bug to be dealt with: article titles repeat and glitch when you scroll down the article list past a certain point.) Keep up the good work, it’s getting there!

sillyrat · 31 Jul 2026
5/5super smooth
i like this one best. very elegant & the light mode is equally so. nice flow into comments and the in-app browser option makes me happy. settling here after playing with several option.

totalrecall9000 · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Unusable
This app is very buggy - something as basic as scrolling down the feed doesn’t work.

tiny attack cat · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Best of the bunch
Does what it needs and stays out of your way. The UI I prefer. Softer edges.

John36dd · 31 Jul 2026

Privacy & accessibility

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Privacy

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Accessibility

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Versions

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1.0.3
1.0.5
Updated home screen display name.
1.0.6
Added scroll to top on focused tab click. Updated fonts. Added bookmarks tutorial. Added information page.
1.0.7
Added new stories tab. Added in-app web browser.
1.0.9
Added a theme switcher for when you're not feeling so dark.
1.1.0
New dedicated settings screen. Ability to use system settings for Dark Mode if your device has been upgraded to iOS 13. Improved performance on stories with a lot of comments. New icon and splash screen. Squashed some bugs.
1.1.1
Added in-app web browser option to settings. Updated settings styling. Updated logo styling. Minor bug fixes.
1.2.0
Introducing bookmark folders! Create custom bookmark folders to easily organize saved stories to your liking. Improved performance. Kept things looking dapper. Squashed some bugs crawling around.
1.2.1
Added 'Best' stories tab. Updated app screenshots.
1.3.2
App redesign!!! Added bookmarks search. Added ability to swipe between tabs. Performance improvements. Renamed 'Trending' to 'Hot'. Renamed 'Best' to 'Top'. Updated logo. Squashed bugs.
1.4.0
Introducing colorful comments!!! Easily sift through comment threads by color. (Seriously it's so much easier to browse comments now) Trying my best to make things faster for y'all. Oh and I squashed a few more bugs as usual.
1.4.1
Rebranded 'Dark Hacker News' to 'Hacky'. Updated logo. Added press and hold to copy comment text. Updated default click to open story in web browser. Moved open comment view to the upvote/comment icon area. Improved story and comment load performance. Improved comments scrolling performance. Increased default comment load depth.
1.4.2 · 4 Dec 2020
Updated app icon.

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Page completeness: Live store listing
Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
Sources: App Store

Independent summary has not been published yet.
Screenshots: not yet collected

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