Same Old Bugs, New Purchase
It has the same bugs and lack of features as Mona 6, but it’s a new purchase, to get around the old version’s lifetime purchase option, named “Mona Pro Max”. There’s no guarantee version 6, the older version, will be maintained or supported any longer or if so for how long, so not purchasing 7 isn’t necessarily an option, especially when the developer has made it clear that the discounted one-time purchase of 7 for 6-purchasers *is* temporary. This is all very disingenuous and scummy from the developer. They’ve made zero effort to address any of the existing bugs or lack of features but have changed the revenue model to be more hostile to their customers. Shameful and untrustworthy.
Examples of a bugs/missing features:
1. the number indicating replies to a post and the actual replies displayed is off, usually the actual replies displayed are fewer than the number indicates, and there *are* replies that aren’t loaded/displayed. Other clients do display the replies correctly but no version of Mona does.
2. Private notes, mutes/filters and scroll/read positions are only saved in the app locally but not in the server. If you happened to have both Mona 6 and 7, for evaluation purposes, or Mona and another app because Mona lacks the essential features the other app has, these app-only features stand out.
I think there’s little reason to purchase Mona 7.
Examples of a bugs/missing features:
1. the number indicating replies to a post and the actual replies displayed is off, usually the actual replies displayed are fewer than the number indicates, and there *are* replies that aren’t loaded/displayed. Other clients do display the replies correctly but no version of Mona does.
2. Private notes, mutes/filters and scroll/read positions are only saved in the app locally but not in the server. If you happened to have both Mona 6 and 7, for evaluation purposes, or Mona and another app because Mona lacks the essential features the other app has, these app-only features stand out.
I think there’s little reason to purchase Mona 7.
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Best Mastodon Client
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No Reason for New Version
Paid for previous version. This one is no different. Won’t be fooled twice for when Mona 8 comes out.
Good app but features that should not be paid are paid
I like this app but I don’t like how certain features such as having multiple accounts requires you to pay
Bait and switch
I really loved this app, and I understand a developer needs to make money. But I feel like this was a bait and switch to sell a lifetime subscription option and then make a new app entirely. Not very happy.
