Hews for Hacker News

Hews for Hacker News Free App

Rated 4.50/5 (149) —  Free Android application by Leav Jenn

About Hews for Hacker News

Hews is a Hacker News client focuses on reading experience with some unique features. And it's open source.

Basic features

• Clear nested comments with two-way collapsing
• Four themes: light, sepia, dark and AmoLED black
• Browse Top, New, Show HN and Ask HN stories
• Browse popular posts by any date range
• Login hacker news account, upvote and reply to post/comment
• Search by any date range, with popularity/date sorting
• Post bookmarking
• Open hacker news links by this app
• Open post in build-in or external browser
• Check User's HN profile (long press)
• Share comment link/content (long press)
• Material design
• Open source (https://github.com/leavjenn/Hews)


Unique features

* Highly customizable typography
10 distinct fonts, easy to fine-tune font size and line-height, for the best reading experience.
Video demo: https://youtu.be/gGyW0LxO9wg

* Two-way comments Collapsing
Not only collapsible children comments (press comment content), it can also collapse comments between itself and it's parent (press comment info bar).
Video demo: https://youtu.be/FT4aFFUzFIo

* Scroll-down floating button
Scroll down the page by pressing or draging the big floating button, swipe no more.
Video demo: https://youtu.be/kuffdR2GCqU

* Post summary (TL; DR)
Distill the summary (tl; dr) of a post from it's comments, save yourself from clickbait title. Notice that this feature is still in test.
Video demo: https://youtu.be/Yrr4OiqGf7U


DISCLAIMER
Hews is an unofficial Hacker News Android app, and it is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Y Combinator.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Hews for Hacker News version 1.9.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 5,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.leavjenn.hews, download Hews for Hacker News.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
1.9.0:
New feature: support device rotating.
change: show post list in the same order as the official website.
Improve: reduce memory usage.
1.8.0:
Improve: revamp post list UI;
change: follow point order in search and popular post list.
Version update Hews for Hacker News was updated to version 1.9.0
More downloads  Hews for Hacker News reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads

What are users saying about Hews for Hacker News

P70%
by P####:

I like the design. But it still can't match up to one of the other clients. Reloads every time you go back to the homepage. Comments are difficult to distinguish between. I think it has promise but has a few quirks that really throw me off.

K70%
by K####:

The only missing feature is indication wether I've upvoted something. Maybe the timestamp should turn orange when upvoted?

C70%
by C####:

The scroll-down floating button is a fantastic feature. You can hold firmly your phone with the thumb on-screen. Very ergonomic and easy to use! Plus, the whole app works perfectly. Thanks!

J70%
by J####:

● no bullshit intuitive UI. ● can open HN links system wide. ● dark mode

K70%
by K####:

Great app! Love the button that allows you to scroll down!

S70%
by S####:

Good, well designed and fully functional.

A70%
by A####:

Font seting no work insidr comment pagr

M70%
by M####:

Good one. Best Hacker News reader I've stumbled upon.

B70%
by B####:

Old data

O70%
by O####:

Great app. Keep it up!!

U70%
by U####:

For me, that is! I wish I could blacklist stories, based on domain, like they do with me (I'm looking at you, New York Times...)

Y70%
by Y####:

The only missing feature is indication wether I've upvoted something. Maybe the timestamp should turn orange when upvoted?

U70%
by U####:

Love the fonts

C70%
by C####:

Hi! Thanks for responding to my last review about top stories not displaying in the same order as on the site. I understand you put an emphasis on speed. I'm curious though if the minor speed increase is worth the inconsistency? Every other Hacker News app I've used on iOS or Android is consistent with what's on the website. I could almost understand favoring speed if the stories in the app were loaded in the same order every time (even if that order is different than the website), BUT the fact that every t

I70%
by I####:

Font seting no work insidr comment pagr

U70%
by U####:

Doesn't respect the auto rotate setting

N70%
by N####:

Beuatiful visual design but UI needs major improvement, it's not clear when you click on a headline where you will be taken - the actual story or the HN comments thread. (Hint - clicking the headline takes you to the comments thread, with not clear/easy way to first read the story). There are much better readers out there, but nice effort.

U70%
by U####:

Press vs. Long press is ingenious. Floating drag button makes scrolling effortless. "Popular by Time Range" is a great way to catch up. My main frustration is that app should scroll as far as Hacker News API and website returns articles. Instead, for example, "New" provides a sublist from the head then stops. Ideally, this list should go on "forever".

U70%
by U####:

Thank you. You could still add feature to reverse the long tap to open link.

Z70%
by Z####:

Clean UI, like the idea, no complaints. Scrolling with sound rocker crashes app. M8 6.0

A70%
by A####:

Great app!

U70%
by U####:

Please remove the hold to scroll thing and change the long press short press to access comments/links to something else. I love it but can't use it because of these issues. Also the DPI of the down arrow hold thing isn't correct. Lastly, why is it called hews?

N70%
by N####:

Good one. Best Hacker News reader I've stumbled upon.

U70%
by U####:

I absolutely love this app! Only thing missing is a widget.

U70%
by U####:

Would like to be able to change font and font sizes. Also an option to get rid of the hold button would be great. Else, it's a great app!

C70%
by C####:

Thanks! You're the best!

U70%
by U####:

perfect. simply have it all.

B70%
by B####:

App is normally great but this latest version gets stuck and can't scroll or click anything

U70%
by U####:

This is my favorite HN client. Only wish it had landscape mode support for my tablet.

V70%
by V####:

I've been waiting for years for a good HN app. Finally found it. It even lets you show the best articles from an arbitrary date range. That means you can catch up anytime!

U70%
by U####:

Tried 4?+ other hn apps, this is a clear winner

U70%
by U####:

Pretty good and getting better.

U70%
by U####:

Really like the flow of the app, everything is easy to browse and click with one hand. Great UI!

W70%
by W####:

Comments are working again. Really like the amoled theme

T70%
by T####:

Nice App For Hacker News with themes great recommended keep it up dev

U70%
by U####:

The best with fast and smooth UI. Search works great! Small request: Is it possible to add bookmarking and page to view saved HN links with date and number of comments? Searchable on saved links would be great too. This would save time having to share to Evernote which has too heavy UI. Thanks!

U70%
by U####:

This is a clean, nice looking app and the UI works pretty well. However, it seems fundamentally broken. Every time I refresh the "top" news, I get different results. Additionally, the current #1 thread on HN is not listed under the "top" view, even though it's only a few hours old.

H70%
by H####:

Old data

U70%
by U####:

Yes! I've been waiting for this.

M70%
by M####:

Best reader


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