Handy Reading vs HN
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Handy Reading
"Staying in touch with all My Interests never has been so easy". Handy Reading: no ads/free software under GNU GPL license. make up Your Dream Magazine! interesting articles straight into Your hands finally enjoy reading ...enjoy Your Life being distraction-free - and up-to-date with Your interests in the same time. Focus on the Essence... Meet Handy Reading - a feature-rich, off-line oriented RSS, web content and books reader which respects Your Time as well as Your Inner Peace: it avoids switching attention and distractions which are so familiar today when You think of mobile devices. Features: reading any web content in same convin at hand: no need to use an external web-browser to reach full text, convenient reading: switching articles by volume buttons or swipe, Tap Zones, remembering the position of reading per article, important articles' notification: You will no longer miss anything You find especially important, "Read It Later": You can quickly flick through articles - marking (starring) chosen ones to read later in Your spare time - or just to preserve, FB2 bookssupport, "Remove When Finished" - once You've finished such an article - it may be automatically removed from the 'Favorites' (='Read It Later') set, ready to go off-line - dive into interesting reading without distractions: once updated, there is no need of additional loading anything - it really will do without Internet :), save the bandwidth: go on-line only for new articles - not for loading their full-version every single time; control what should be downloaded - and to what degree, gesture-friendly: e.g. swipe top down to add/remove an article from Favorites, swipe along the left edge of the screen to adjust text brightness, user-friendly: care about Your eyes with a dark theme, adjust text size, color and brightness to meet Your individual needs, neat ideas: non-hyperlinked article headers won't interfere with Your fingers any more ;) ; scrolling article pages by 90% of their height can make reading less confusing = more comfortable, highly customizable: from Tap Zones' size to hyperlinks' color and underlining - there are a bunch of details which You can tailor exactly to Your Own taste and needs, advanced features: auto-backup (export/import to/from an .opml format), providing content out of non-RSS websites, more interesting features "in store" - visit our website to find out more :) !, important: this app does NOT synchronize with online news feed readers (i.e. Feedly), feedback and suggestions are welcome; Where you can find us: source code at GitHub, homepage, translations;
HN
Hacker News client with a focus on reliability and usability. * View articles in ViewText, Google, or your system browser (you can set each as default) * Upvote stories (long-press on story) * Collapse and expand comments by tapping on them * Choose from 3 text sizes * Switch between stories and comments with one tap * View "more" stories than only the HN frontpage A proprietary analytics library was removed before building.
| Feature | Handy Reading | HN |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesNews | NotesNewsSocial |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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