# Loupe iOS app

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/loupe-ios-app/

9 people recommended Loupe iOS app in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

6 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for showing what native iOS apps can see on a device, which makes hidden data access visible. Critics say it leaves users asking what to do next.

Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Enthusiastic praise from readers (4 comments in the sample): "This is excellent. Seeing this makes me appreciate how much visual awareness tools like this are needed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615833)) "this is fantastic, just great really" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616184)) "Sweet, been wanting this a while." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615426))
- Shows what apps can access (1 comment in the sample): "did not know ios lets apps access so many finger printable information such as apps installed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619446))

## What people warn about

- Leaves users asking what now (1 comment in the sample): "This is neat and all but the classic “what now?” emerges." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616370))

## What people recommend instead

- [ZuckOff](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zuckoff/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 16 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Loupe iOS app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/loupe-ios-app/ (9 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.