# Mast: for Mastodon — user reviews > 119 indexed App Store user reviews of Mast by PoeticBytes Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 342 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mast-for-mastodon/id1437429129/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mast-for-mastodon/id1437429129.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 241 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Mast? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth and responsive - 👍 Customizable UI - 🎨 Beautiful design - 📱 Native iOS experience - 🌙 Dark mode support **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🔍 Unreliable search functionality - 📢 Notifications not working - 🔒 Login issues - 🔀 Buggy account switching - 🤔 Unintuitive UI in places **Commonly reported bugs** - Blank window on startup - Crashes when uploading images - Notifications not loading - Search results not scrollable - Inconsistent behavior when swiping **Most requested features** - Ability to add alt text to images - Option to reorder columns - Improved accessibility features - Better support for older devices - Easier profile/account management ## Newest reviews (18 of 119) ### 3/5 — Interesting Choices *2023-01-28, version 2.2.3* 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. ### 3/5 — How do you turn on the dark mode? *2023-01-08, version 2.2.3* Help ### 2/5 — Poor design, do not recommend *2022-12-21, version 2.2.3* 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. ### 3/5 — Mac version is buggy *2022-12-20, version 2.2.3* Can't even got Dark Mode turned on. ### 2/5 — Weird issue on start *2022-12-19, version 2.2.3* 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 ### 1/5 — Missing too many features *2022-11-20, version 2.2.3* 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? ### 3/5 — I wanted to like it *2022-11-19* 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. ### 1/5 — Notifications do not work, don’t buy this app *2022-11-18* 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. ### 3/5 — Nice UI but limited functionality *2022-11-18* Looks super nice and has good UI but can’t search for or follow people through the app. Also confusing between following fees and public feed. ### 4/5 — Best one I’ve tried yet. *2022-11-11* A few things I’d like to see added and would tip to see: 1. ability to swipe between home/local/all rather than reach up to tap. 2. option to see # of replies/boosts/fave on posts without tapping toot. 3. ability to add hashtags to follow via home after searching them like you can on web. Least to most important IMO ^ ### 1/5 — Bugs *2022-11-11, version 2.2.3* Crashed on first two startups. First startup had a blank window. ### 2/5 — Horribly buggy *2022-11-10, version 2.2.3* The app opens up to a blank window. If you fiddle about in settings enough you can add an instance, but doing so crashes the app. When it comes back up you may be connected, or need to do it again. Then everything is cut off or has weird borders. This really feels like somebody's first attempt at an app. A real bummer becasue this has potential ### 1/5 — Had to buy to try it out, sorry I did *2022-11-10, version 2.2.3* If you click on an image it takes over your screen and you have to crash out of the app and log back in. No logical way to send a reply toot. So, basically, it's ok to see toots, but no way to interact with people on Mast. ### 1/5 — Black screen on startup *2022-11-10, version 2.2.3* App does nothing, will be requesting a refund shortly. Launching just shows a black window. ### 1/5 — Crashes on Notifications *2022-11-08, version 2.2.3* Crashes every single time Notifications are refreshed ### 3/5 — Beautiful app that’s actively developed and improved *2022-11-07* Updated review from original Time to brush off the cobwebs and update the app! Mastodon is the thing now. As with ALL iOS/iPadOS Mastodon clients, it needs some TLC but it still basically looks good. Multi-account functionality would be wonderful. BTW I’m not asking for freebies. I’ll happily pay any developer who makes a really solid, supported Mastodon. I’ll even pay a sub for it. **Developer response:** This sounds frustrating to be encountering, extremely sorry about that! I suspect that this may have to do with an account state that it found itself in. May I suggest heading over to the iOS Settings app's Mast section and toggling the reset switch please? This'll reset the app and prevent these crashes. ### 1/5 — Barely better than a web view *2022-11-06, version 2.2.3* I don't know where to begin. The iOS app won't complete oAuth, so I can't add my account. The macOS app is able to complete authentication, but is filled with UI glitches, and doesn't allow for customization of basic things like the width of the display columns. ### 4/5 — Great for toggling accounts; UI needs a little cleanup *2022-11-05, version 2.2.3* Great for toggling between accounts on different servers/instances! However, the UI needs a little cleanup. My account buttons cover the "new post" button and "search" button. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lousy App *2023-02-28, version 2.2.3* 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. ### 1/5 — Abandonware *2023-02-26, version 2.2.3* Dev seems to have moved on to other things ### 1/5 — Doesn't work.... *2023-01-28, version 2.2.3* 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... ### 1/5 — Crashes - Unusable *2022-12-18, version 2.2.3* Crashes when adding image to scheduled toot on iPad, every single time. unusable in current state. ### 1/5 — I'd heard good things, namely that it was worth the $$ *2022-12-17, version 2.2.3* It's not. Don't bother. Stick with one of the free third party apps. ### 1/5 — Abandonware garbage *2022-12-14, version 2.2.3* This guy’s apps are consistently low quality high fluff and then he abandons them. Not worth it, buy something that will last. ### 1/5 — Out of date *2022-12-10, version 2.2.3* 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. ### 1/5 — Mac app just crashes in Ventura *2022-12-05, version 2.2.3* Broken in Ventura 13.0.1 ### 1/5 — It doesn't work *2022-11-27, version 2.2.3* at all ### 1/5 — Really poor Mac experience *2022-11-21, version 2.2.3* 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. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Native feel *2022-12-04* Started using Mast as it has iPad and Mac (and watch) versions — liking it so far! ### 5/5 — Search is broken *2022-11-24* 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! ### 5/5 — Works with SDF *2022-01-05, version 2.2.3* I tried several Mastodon clients and most didn’t work with my account on sdf.org’s Mastodon instance. If you have an account there or somewhere else that isn’t working with other clients, give Mast a try. ### 5/5 — Profile problem *2021-08-02* Will not show up when I make my profile picture or background picture but it....other than that it's superb everything is gravy ### 5/5 — Time to update *2021-05-26, version 2.2.3* Both iOS and Mac versions. Just a suggestion. Mac version is not M1 compatible yet, and the layout is messing up. iOS version, every time I open it, the timeline is empty and I need to manually pull down to refresh to see the contents. Hope don’t eats the beautifully built appearance. ### 5/5 — Dark mode *2021-01-10, version 2.2.3* it would be great to get a dark mode irrespective of ios global settings ### 5/5 — best Tusky replacement! *2020-12-25, version 2.2.3* coming from Android, I was sorry to leave Tusky behind but this has everything i liked about Tusky and looks awesome! thanks! ### 5/5 — Love the design! *2020-09-15, version 2.2.2* Five stars. It’s worth it. But.... notifications don’t work. And I have no idea why ### 5/5 — Nice app for mastodon *2020-07-09* I switched to Mast after another app lost it’s support. It works well, supporting everything I use and is easy to use. ### 5/5 — Best design, few rough edges *2020-05-08* I’ve tried several apps for Mastodon/Pleroma and Mast by far looks the best. I’ve run into a few strange bugs and crashes but that should smooth out as the app matures. Keep up the good work. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*