HN Apps
Early signalThe iOS and Android apps Hacker News talks about, ranked
Launched 9d ago
Signal
34
Velocity
0
What this means
3.2×Growing 3.2× faster than the typical Consumer App launch.
Compared to 50 Consumer App launches at the same age.
+31%Launching in a 31% WoW growing category.
iOS had 130 launches this week vs 99 last.
16Founder Conviction Index: 16 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
18%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
8range 6–11
Trajectory
stable
Vote pace holding steady.
Speed vs peers
3.2×
50 Consumer App launches
About
Ranked by HN score, with week, month and year lists, an HN mood for each app, and links to the threads that mentioned it. Free and open source.
AI Summary
HN Apps is a free, open-source platform that catalogs and ranks every iOS and Android app discussed on Hacker News since 2009, totaling approximately 6,500 apps. It features rankings by HN score, time-based lists, app mood indicators, and links to relevant discussion threads.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement—
not measured
Signal sources
2 of 6 active- Launch tracking9 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisConsumer App
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.