# Gluon for Micro.blog — Nimble & customisable > Customizable cross-platform client for Micro.blog social network. (iPhone/iPad app by Vincent Ritter.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluon-for-microblog/id1437753701 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Vincent Ritter](https://appshunter.io/developer/918088637) - Category: Social Networking, Entertainment - Price: Free - Rating: 4.97/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 6 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 14.7 · 18 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2020-02-11 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluon-for-microblog/id1437753701/reviews.md ## What is Gluon for Micro.blog? A beautiful, nimble and customisable cross platform app built for Micro.blog With Gluon, you can do the following: - View your timeline, mentions, bookmarks and more. - Reply or post to Micro.blog and also set bookmarks. - Post to multiple hosted Micro.blog sites with ease. - Discover the discovery feed including all the “emoji” tagged discover sections. - Pin your favourite emojis to the Discover screen for quick access, including a combined view to show all at once. - Participate in community challenges, featured on Discover. - Discover promoted content relevant to the community. - Search users or posts on Micro.blog. - View user profiles and follow, or, unfollow. - Add multiple accounts to the app. - Customise the app from font, accent colours and much more like many awesome icons — because sometimes you just need pink. Need any Nitpicky settings? Got them too! - Fully functioning Mute list to keep your feed sane and on topic for you. - Add a bit of fun with extra profile data allowing you set your own favourite colour and emoji to show to other users using Gluon. - Works across iOS and iPadOS. - And much much more. This is a third-party client for Micro.blog. An account is required with Micro.blog in order to use the app. Gluon is an app made with care, focus and love by Vincent Ritter. ## Key features - View timeline, mentions, and bookmarks - Post and reply to Micro.blog - Manage multiple Micro.blog accounts - Discover feed and community content - Customizable fonts, colors, and icons - Mute list for feed management - Search users and posts ## Recent user reviews (6 of 6) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluon-for-microblog/id1437753701/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Great looking Micro.blog client. *2022-04-28, version 2022.1* I just started playing around with this application. It’s a really great way to interact with your Micro.blog. This may eventually replace the official client on my device. ### 5/5 — Fantastic client for Micro.blog *2021-06-08, version 2021.2* The official Micro.blog works great, but if you want more customizable options and design, Gluon is wonderful. A dedicated developer keeps Gluon up-to-date with new features and fixes. ### 5/5 — Really beautiful and functional *2021-02-24, version 2020.6* Great app all around. Very happy with it! ### 5/5 — Best micro.blog client on iOS *2020-04-18, version 2020.3* Normally I write and post from Drafts, but when I want to read and interact and explore on micro.blog, I use Gluon. It’s a pleasure to use. I no longer have the official app on my phone or iPad, Gluon has what I need. ### 5/5 — Excellent client for Micro.blog *2020-02-13, version 2020.1* I have been a part of the private beta of Gluon since it launched, and I’m so excited to see it released broadly to everyone. It’s such an excellent app. It’s quite customizable which means everyone can set it up (from colors to everything) just the way they like it. It easily integrates with the Micro.blog platform, and as an added wonderful touch, the developer put in an easy-to-use reminder regarding the current (February 2020) photo challenge so that one could easily see the prompts for each day from the Discover tab! Vincent really cares about the feedback we provide and making this the best possible client. Bravo! ### 5/5 — Best client for Micro.blog *2020-02-12, version 2020.1* I’ve used a few Micro.blog clients including the official one and Gluon is hands down, the best one. Not only it is leveraging all functionalities of the platform but also adding its own design touches when necessary. I highly recommend it to anyone new to Micro.blog ## Frequently asked questions about Gluon for Micro.blog ### What is Gluon for Micro.blog? Gluon for Micro.blog is a third-party client designed for the Micro.blog platform. It offers a customizable way to view your timeline, post updates, and discover content on Micro.blog. ### Do I need a Micro.blog account to use Gluon? Yes, an account with Micro.blog is required to use Gluon. It acts as a client for the existing Micro.blog service. ### What devices does Gluon for Micro.blog support? Gluon for Micro.blog is available for iOS and iPadOS devices, including iPhone and iPod. ### Can I customize the appearance of Gluon? Yes, Gluon offers extensive customization options. You can change fonts, accent colors, and even select from various icons to personalize your experience. ### How often is Gluon for Micro.blog updated? The app was last updated on April 24, 2024, with version 2024.2. This indicates a relatively active development cycle. ### What is the age rating for Gluon for Micro.blog? Gluon for Micro.blog has an age rating of 17+. This is likely due to the nature of social networking content and user interactions. ### Can I manage multiple Micro.blog accounts with Gluon? Absolutely. Gluon allows you to easily add and switch between multiple hosted Micro.blog sites within the app. ### Does Gluon for Micro.blog have ads? Based on the provided information, there is no indication of advertisements within Gluon for Micro.blog. It is listed as free with no mention of ads. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2024.2 — 2024-04-24 Hey there, welcome to a small but important update to Gluon. As always, thank you for letting me know about issues you've experienced. Not any new features here, just some nice little bug fixes. - [FIX] Fixes an issue with your device getting slow when you have a long timeline. Sorry about that. - [FIX] Fixes an issue with replies being cut off and deleted or some text deleting as you start typing. - [FIX] Fixes a blank user reply bar when loading up replies. - [FIX/TWEAK] Tweaked the timeline spacing and take into account user setting. And that's. Spacing tweaks are the most important here :) As always, thank you for using Gluon. ### 2024.1 — 2024-01-02 Wow, what a year it’s been and now we’re onto the next already. So I’m wasting no time to get you all those goodies to you. Gluon nearly was cancelled, but I thought it better not to — people should never let you get you so low, just ignore them and move on and become better. Let’s go, because there is a lot, some highlights: - [NEW] Timeline rendering has been rewritten so things look nicer and handles more HTML (huh?) than before. This one was one of the bigger changes. Mostly works... 99.99% of the time :) - [NEW] For posts with many images, you now see a nice scrollable gallery, instead of taking up a lot of space. Just tap to select and you’re good to go. - [NEW] For images in the image modal, it’ll now show the ALT/Descriptive text below it. It’s hidden by default, all you have to do is scroll below the image. - [NEW/TWEAK] Big changes the "Focus" mode, which basically is the "I am tired of reading my timeline, just show me my mentions" mode. - [NEW] When navigating to a conversation, it will now attempt to scroll to the correct item you have tapped on and will also highlight it with a blue line and dot. Focus mode changes: - [NEW] Adds a moon/focus icon next to your profile image — you can long press to disable or tap to go to focus settings. - [NEW] If you have pinned profiles, they show up in the header for quick access (if your nitpicky settings have it set as showing up in the header — previously it was hidden... no matter the setting). - [NEW] When navigating to a pinned profile during focus mode it will now show their timeline. Other profile timelines will be kept hidden. If you pin a profile, it will show you the timeline. - [NEW] A new "focus" setting where you can hide the "compose"/new post button... - [TWEAK] Hides the bottom tab bar when you have the "show mentions tab only" setting selected. On top of that, there’s also a truck load of fixes of bugs that accumulated last year! Plus some tweaks. - [FIX] Fixed an issue with discover feed NEVER updating. It should now ALWAYS stay up to date! Super sorry about this. - [TWEAK] When selecting an image in a gallery, it will now scroll to the image much quicker than before. - And much much more that are too numerous to list here because I’m lazy. The TestFlight was a wild ride. And... thank you all for your continued support, your kind messages and picking me up when I’m down. It means the world to me. As always I work on improving the app for everyone, so if you have suggestions, let me know. I do know that some features are missing, but know that I know :) Thank you and enjoy. Happy New Year! — Vincent ### 2023.1 — 2023-02-07 Well, it's time again for an update. This one has been in the making since November. Thank you to all that have helped me build what it is. I'll keep it short... - [NEW] Now you can combine pinned topics (emoji) and they'll load extra fast in one view. Just head on over to Discover->Explore and get pinning. - [NEW] Pinned profiles. Any profile can be pinned to a special list, meaning you can keep up to date with certain accounts when using a busy timeline, or just check in without following. - [NEW] Better push notification experience, using the new Gluon Sync server... which allows for a few extra things like: - [NEW] Extra profile data. Now you can add an accent colour and/or emoji to your profile, by tapping you profile image. This is shown to other users of Gluon. It's pretty fun and adds a little extra sparkle to the community. - [NEW] When replying you can now "reply all" all at once. Yeah, it's nice. In addition, the app will now show the names of the users also (previously it was just the username). - [Lots more] Oof, there is so much here I forgot what I added haha! For example "Reply all" when replying to a thread, making the user picker nicer, reloading the conversation when replying (so your reply shows up), more icons, better theme colours and more accents (I know!), inline images when replying, allowing hashtags to me muted (yeah!), reader mode when opening links, copying html/text of post (I know!)... and and and. And because I don't want to bore you even more, there are many under-the-hood tweaks, including some UI changes throughout the app, new Nitpicky options (because!), and many other things just to make it nicer for everyone. Oh wait, I just gave you loads above. But there is more! Thank you to everyone that has provided feedback and is using Gluon as their go-to app for Micro.blog. Can't wait to make the app better throughout the year. ### 2022.5 — 2022-07-17 Hey there, welcome to another quick bug fix release for you. This update fixes a crashing bug when opening the new post screen. Gluon is also a little better at showing you which websites you can post to, even if you just have the one. Previously it was hiding the “Sites” info if you only had one. Happy Gluon’ing. — Vincent ### 2022.4 — 2022-05-26 Hello there. Again! A quick update to fix a few things and a few life improvements: - [FIX] Fixes an issue with a default site not being selected randomly, causing an issue with posting. Thank you Rom for reporting! - [TWEAK] In the past, when you only had one site on Micro.blog, the "Sites" options was not shown in Settings. This now shows no matter what. The site you're posting to also shows up on your post editor now, even if you have one site. - [FIX] Fixes an issue with disappearing posts in the timeline when navigating back via edge swipe, but never completing the back swipe, landing you back where you were... but then it showed no posts. No idea how to explain it. Thank you Robb & Vincent for reporting. - [OTHER] Other various tweaks and fixes too boring to mention. Previously, in the last big update: - [NEW] Adds a timeline filter button in the header on your main timeline. Tap it to open and toggle to your needs. You can hide this button in Nitpicky settings. Long press to go straight to Nitpicky settings. - [NEW] When adding links "[]()" it will now check if the clipboard has a web URL in it, if so it will insert it correctly in the link brackets. - [NEW] Added a new font called "Retro". Give it a try. Make your eyes bleed and cry for help. - [NITPICKY] Correct placement of single "**" or "_" when you tap the icon in the toolbar when inserting without having text selected/highlighted. Will switch to "B" or "I" when you have multi-selected text, which then wraps the word with the correct markdown. - [NITPICKY] On the reply screen, the conversation view now uses the same formatting as per "new" timeline items. - [NITPICKY] Tweaks to image loading for promoted content. - [TWEAK] In Appearance settings, when you set a font size for the timeline items, it will show you the font you use to better reflect on what it actually looks like. - [FIX] Fixed a few issues with text being cut off depending on where you have added formatting and other tweaks here and there. - [FIX] Fixes an issue in the text inputs when toggling between emojis and text keyboard... *sigh*... - [FIX] Fixes layout issues on the reply screen when your reply goes over a million characters... or perhaps just enough to cause a scroll to happen. Now content scrolls nicely and you can actually see what you're typing. Kinda important. - [FIX] Sometimes images took up the whole height of the timeline item, and covering important bits like text and profile images. 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