[smackfu]

I'm still trying to figure out which Hacker News reader is a labor-of-love for the developer, as opposed to a coding exercise to see if they can make a few bucks which is abandoned quickly when the answer is "no".

[bennyg]

Mine's definitely a labor of love - I use it daily, and hardly ever use the browser version unless I want to comment on something. I'm working on adding commenting/submitting/voting at the moment, and should have that done shortly. Personally, I think it's the most beautiful HN reader on the App Store, but I may be biased. It's free too.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-yc/id592893508?mt=8

EDIT: All of the production code is available on Github as well.

https://github.com/bennyguitar/News-YC---iPhone

[tharris0101]

Thank you for your client. I also use it every day and have even contributed to it. I also never use the browser version on my phone anymore.

[bennyg]

Thanks for your contribution, I'm glad you love it! I can't wait to get user management type stuff on there so I never have to open the browser version again.

[tsycho]

Thank you so much for your reader AND especially for open sourcing your code (which I just found out from your comment). I use yours everyday and have occasionally found issues. Now with the code available, expect some pull requests :)

[asselinpaul]

Cool that's awesome. Instapaper and/or Evernote support would be so great :)

[alariccole]

Mine is free, and freshly rebuilt for iOS using Text Kit and background refresh. It's free and no in-apps: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pivit/id705715915

[ashishgandhi]

I like this one. I had never heard of you so I built Simple Hacker News (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simple-hacker-news-simple/id...) last year.

The big feature I want is I want a way to see what I've already read. I think this is the first app (other than mine) that I know does this.

Haven't played around long but I like you can collapse and expand comments. Is there a way to default them all to be expanded?

EDIT: You need a way to refresh comments.

@Replies: I'm glad you guys like it. Looks like I'll renew my Developer Program membership then. It's due in less than a week.

[smackfu]

This is pretty good. I wish there was a way to go directly to the comments on a post, but I don't know what UI would work for that.

A few other thoughts:

* Profile > Edit needs a cancel button. The only way to get out is to re-enter your username. Or maybe just make it go back to the old value if you enter blank.

* Long usernames tend to make the description line run off the screen and end with "...", which is a bit messy. Maybe a smarter truncation algorithm?

* Swiping left to right on a story seems to work inconsistently, but I'm not sure why.

* The comment view is just about perfect.

[alariccole]

Yours is my favorite, btw. I added an interesting feature to go beyond seeing what you've read--it indicates what you've already decided NOT to read.

I often find I choose to ignore certain posts but they often stick around so I reread the headlines. Pivit shows an orange indicator on brand new posts.

Re comments, I could add a feature to expand all if I get enough requests, but after some use I've found this to be optimal.

[ultimoo]

I use the one written by you. Nothing to add to the conversation, just wanted to say that I like using it. Thanks.

[marcosero]

Nice