What Users Really Think About Octal for Hacker News

Insufficient search and navigation features

"No search function?!?? Waste of time!"

"Unreliable — Keeps saying 'no connection'."

Asks for feedback too often

Can’t even log in my YC account.

Since last update, I get logged out every time I close the app. Please fix.

It’s good when it works. But it keeps saying “no connection” and won’t load stories or comments. The dev has attempted fixes, but the problem remains. I hope it gets fixed cos I like it when it works.

With the latest update, the Opener app can only invoke this app but not able to redirect to the post anymore

Stuck on loading indicator

Overall, as an aggregator - this is a solid app. There is one problem which drives me absolutely crazy: in order to read the comments, which is half the value of HN - hitting the comment button below the article title, you must touch this impossibly tiny hit-box which takes you 4-5 presses and eye-s...

Favorites just don’t show up. Favorite a post and it never shows in the account > favorites section of the app. Pretty solid app otherwise. Wouldn’t mind seeing some markdown highlighting for comments. A way to select text when you have tap anywhere to collapse comment enabled.