The best web apps, according to hackers
14 web apps were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended web app with the badge. Each figure is 5 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Impressive work by its creators
Recommended as an easy, Gmail-style way to browse the Epstein files on mobile, though critics find it slow with weak search.
All 14 web apps, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bigwords.page | 45 | 3 | 94% | 1 | — | — |
| 2 | Jmail | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Stowaway | 21 | 4 | 84% | 2 | — | — |
| 4 | Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok | 18 | 5 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | MyTinyCafe | 12 | 4 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 5 | Wikipedia doomscroll feed | 12 | 9 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| 7 | Sun Position Calculator | 10 | 1 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | Time Station Emulator | 8 | 1 | 89% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 9 | Raygum | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 9 | HN Hall of Fame | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 9 | Yourshoesmells.com | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | HN Companion | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | Microtonal Spiral Piano | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | AI CEO | 5 | 2 | 71% | 2 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same web app in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to web apps that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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