Lousy App
I was happy to find this app in the App store for Mastodon.
After paying and installing I faced a number of problems.
1. Adding a second account seemed to block the search icon.
2. Changes to the account profile never updated in the app. When clearing the cache didn't work,
3. Deleting Accounts
b. The process to do this is not intuitive or transparent. When I finally did figure this out it was still buggy.
a. I finally found no other option but to delete the accounts to re-add to get the profile updates. Not a great experience overall.
I intend to ask for a refund, the app was horrible and when you compare it to free options such as HyperSpace Desktop, The Desk or Whalebird they fall very behind in terms of design and usability.
After paying and installing I faced a number of problems.
1. Adding a second account seemed to block the search icon.
2. Changes to the account profile never updated in the app. When clearing the cache didn't work,
3. Deleting Accounts
b. The process to do this is not intuitive or transparent. When I finally did figure this out it was still buggy.
a. I finally found no other option but to delete the accounts to re-add to get the profile updates. Not a great experience overall.
I intend to ask for a refund, the app was horrible and when you compare it to free options such as HyperSpace Desktop, The Desk or Whalebird they fall very behind in terms of design and usability.
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Abandonware
Dev seems to have moved on to other things
Doesn't work....
The app is clearly not finished and layout is all over the place, even only for the setup part- The rest I don't know as there is no way to get it to go further than the server select. £2 thrown in the bin...
Interesting Choices
I liked the columnar presentation here, but I incorrectly assumed I could customize the columns. You cannot.
There is also a bit of UI cruft (like a tab bar) in the View Menu and some aspects of great Mac OS apps (like ⌘ comma opening prefs) don't work here.
There is also a bit of UI cruft (like a tab bar) in the View Menu and some aspects of great Mac OS apps (like ⌘ comma opening prefs) don't work here.
How do you turn on the dark mode?
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Poor design, do not recommend
It's not terrible, but the forced column view means you're giving up the web app for a very narrow view of your feed. I assumed I could hide notifications, messages, etc. If you open a photo, there's no close button, ESC doesn't do anything, so I have to close the app and reopen it.
I would recommend sticking with the web app until Mast hits maturity.
I would recommend sticking with the web app until Mast hits maturity.
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Mac version is buggy
Can't even got Dark Mode turned on.
Weird issue on start
There's a really weird issue on start in Ventura where the form dialog to give an instance domain is _way_ off to the right, and so it's not visible unless you maximize the view port, but that's not obvious
Crashes - Unusable
Crashes when adding image to scheduled toot on iPad, every single time. unusable in current state.
I'd heard good things, namely that it was worth the $$
It's not. Don't bother. Stick with one of the free third party apps.
Abandonware garbage
This guy’s apps are consistently low quality high fluff and then he abandons them. Not worth it, buy something that will last.
Out of date
I do not recommend buying this app, because the app hasn’t been updated for more than 2 years many mastodon’s new feature aren’t added to this app. Save your money.
Mac app just crashes in Ventura
Broken in Ventura 13.0.1
Native feel
Started using Mast as it has iPad and Mac (and watch) versions — liking it so far!
It doesn't work
at all
Search is broken
I can’t scroll search results. App is a little buggy around its edges. Otherwise a fine fediverse client. I will happily revise my rating once issues are resolved!
Really poor Mac experience
Buggy, appears poorly scaled with UI elements cut off, and just plain un-Mac-like. Maybe a better experience on mobile but the Mac version is worse than the webapp.
Missing too many features
Purchased and saw too late that it hasn’t been updated in over 2 years. No support for notifications? How exactly does that work on a social networking app?
I wanted to like it
The app is slick and looks good, but is clumsy in some areas. I should not have to tap into a toot to interact. Make it an option.
I also haven’t had a notification once and the feeds are not always updating without manual intervention when opening the app up.
I’ll keep an eye on it but switching back to another app for now.
I also haven’t had a notification once and the feeds are not always updating without manual intervention when opening the app up.
I’ll keep an eye on it but switching back to another app for now.
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Notifications do not work, don’t buy this app
This app never prompted me for notifications so I can’t enable them in settings. Also for some reason you can’t like or boost a post without clicking on it. No option to disable the word “toot,” which is awful. Also the app uses hearts for favorites instead of stars, which I hate.
Mostly though, I’m just mad notifications won’t work. What a waste of three bucks.
Mostly though, I’m just mad notifications won’t work. What a waste of three bucks.
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