# Tasker

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Tasker and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for powerful Android automation, from night mode to call rejection and hotspot triggers. The most common caveat is a hard-to-learn interface.

## Why people recommend it

- Powerful Android automation (3 comments): "an Android tool that actually manages to offer useful automation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540752)) "Pretty straight forward on Android at least to wire up a harness that talks to Tasker or another full automation app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977014)) "I use termux and tasker to get my automations done." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189786))
- Night mode and phone tweaks (2 comments): "I rolled my own night mode with Tasker years ago, before it was built in, and have never looked back." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46741442)) "I just use Tasker to disable the touch screen and then I put my phone in my pocket." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083773))
- Automates calls and hotspot (2 comments): "Tasker to automatically activate my wifi hotspot for the car's Android headunit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49826456)) "you can automate rejecting an incoming call with Tasker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50028572))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hammerspoon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hammerspoon.md): 61 recommend
- [Shortcuts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-shortcuts.md): 57 recommend
- [Automator (macOS)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/automator.md): 7 recommend
- [Noodlesoft Hazel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hazel.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://tasker.joaoapps.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tasker", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tasker/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).