Ask HN: HN App for iOS

2 points by tamimio 2y ago ↗ HN

What is HN choice for an iOS HN app? I have been using Hacki app, however recently, opening it for less than a few minutes and it overheats my phone (iPhone 14 Pro for reference, it doesn’t overheat even if I’m recording 4K or editing them) and not sure is it just a bad optimization or something else (miner?) is running, either way, looking for suggestions, quick look into the app store, there are primarily those that allow posting and other features: HACK, Octal, I did use the later one briefly before, open for recommendations.

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st0le 2y ago ↗

I use Starling.[1]

[1] https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/starling-for-hn/id1386611974)

tamimio 2y ago ↗

Thanks, replying from it right now, it looks neat and I liked the article summary! Two things though: it seems there’s no “new submission” tab? And you can’t do anything to replies except replying, so no votes, flags, etc?

tamimio 2y ago ↗

Edit: the app crashed submitting that reply, and it seems I can’t edit it using the app either.

rpastuszak 2y ago ↗

I tried a bunch of apps but ended up using the official website with zoom set to 150%. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything.

matthewwolfe 2y ago ↗

I’ve been using Octal for multiple years and really like it. I am primarily a reader, rarely a poster, and it seems to do the job well enough.