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HardNews vs Nirvana

At a glance

  • Nirvana has more active installs: 10K+, against 1K+ for HardNews.
  • On a typical day, Nirvana is downloaded about 23 times, HardNews about 4.
  • Nirvana is rated higher: 4.3 out of 5 from 69 reviews, against 2.0 from 1 review.
  • HardNews was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Jan 26, 2026 for Nirvana.
  • Nirvana has been around longer: since 2014, against 2020 for HardNews.

Line by line

Nirvana leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricHardNewsNirvana
Popular rank#978#275
Active installs1K+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days67754
Rating2.0(1)4.3(69)
Last releasetoday9 months ago
Requires PHP5.05.6

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