# Mona Classic — user reviews

> 146 indexed App Store user reviews of Mona Classic by Junyu Kuang, rated 4.40/5 from 166 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mona-classic/id1659154653/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mona-classic/id1659154653.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 133 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 15

## What do users think of Mona Classic?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Highly customizable
- 👍 Smooth and polished UI
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 💡 Excellent accessibility support
- 👍 Robust multi-device sync
- 👍 One-time purchase, no subscription
- 👍 Supports Pleroma instances

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
- 🔒 Basic features locked behind paywall
- 🔒 Expensive for a Mastodon app
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🐛 Notification issues

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Locking up after viewing full-screen photos
- Replies not loading properly
- Inconsistent behavior with server-side features

**Most requested features**

- Ability to mute individual posts
- Improved thread viewing experience
- More app icon options
- Custom notification sounds

## Newest reviews (10 of 146)

### 2/5 — Japanese Store

*2026-06-13*

Please accept the charge at the Japanese store

クラシックモナ

### 3/5 — Mostly good

*2025-11-19, version 6.9.13*

If you’re on multiple Mastodon instances, this is the app for you. It’s reminiscent of the old Tweetdeck, if you remember that. But, it has a tendency to lockup from time to time. While it has improved in this area over time, it still happens.

### 2/5 — OK, Some Bugs and Inconsistencies

*2025-10-21*

Overall it’s just OK. Not worth the asking price. There’s a longstanding bug that completely locks the UI up after viewing a full screen photo. This is random and doesn’t happen all the time but when it happens, it requires a relaunch, or backgrounding.

Also the replies to some posts just don’t load, even if I choose to “Load from Remote Server.” The count is correct but the replies don’t load. Toot! works, so it should work here, also.

The app doesn’t use some of the server-provided/enabled features. For example, the private notes and mute/block lists are app-only, while the server has support. This means that if I add some note to an account, I can only see it in this app. Or if I mute someone, they’re only muted here.

### 3/5 — Okay but 30 bucks???

*2025-10-08, version 6.9.12*

Too rivh for my blood. I appreciate you're not collecting any user data at least (right?).

### 3/5 — OK, Some Bugs and Inconsistencies

*2025-09-30*

Overall it’s just OK. There’s a longstanding bug that completely locks the UI up after viewing a full screen photo. This is random and doesn’t happen all the time but when it happens, it requires a relaunch, or backgrounding.

Also, the app doesn’t use some of the server-provided/enabled features. For example, the private notes and mute/block lists are app-only, while the server has support. This means that if I add some note to an account, I can only see it in this app. Or if I mute someone, they’re only muted here.

### 3/5 — 課金の仕方がわからない

*2025-09-03*

とても使いやすく購入してでも使いたいのですが、トライアルをしたあとどこから購入すればいいかわかりません。制作者さんに連絡が取れない、調べても出てこないのでどうしたら良いかです…
iPhoneのものを使っています。

### 4/5 — Nice

*2025-08-31, version 6.9.10*

No tracking. No subscription. Works well. Reasonably priced. Would be great to be able to turn off swipe actions, my shaky hands keep ending up back on the menu. The federated feed jumps when it refreshes.

### 1/5 — Keyboard problem

*2025-06-25*

I purchased your app, but when the window appears to write my text, even if I try to write with the keyboard, it doesn't work. I send you messages and you do nothing. I can only add text to describe an image.

### 4/5 — Almost perfect

*2025-05-21, version 6.9.2*

Fix the notification sound for this app and it will be perfect. It’s unbelievable how loud the notifications are for this app when you have headphones in.

### 5/5 — Nice

*2025-03-30, version 6.9.2*

No tracking. No subscription. Works well. Reasonably priced. Would be great to be able to turn off swipe actions, my shaky hands keep ending up back on the menu.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Warning! This is a reader only

*2026-05-13*

What you get is a mastodon reader. The only other function apart from reading is voting, as far as I can tell. You can’t post or like or boost etc. with what is offered in the App Store here.

It’s manipulation to say this was a free mastodon app. You’ll only get what’s in the description for a quite high price (around 30€) compared to the website/native app.

### 1/5 — Bait and switch

*2026-02-16, version 6.9.16*

Developer decided to retire this app after selling a lifetime subscription offering. Very upset.

### 1/5 — 日本だけv7.0が配信されていません

*2026-02-09*

7.0が既に出ているのに、日本のApp Storeだけ新バージョンが公開されないのは理解できません。

### 1/5 — Bug fix version upgrade, Explore stops working

*2026-02-08, version 6.9.16*

Delete and reinstall fails in same way. Likewise on iPad and macOS, even with iCloud sync settings off. Coincidence? Call me skeptical given that paid users are being forced to pay again for version 7. Fool me twice? This user will find an alternative instead. Sad; I liked Mona and was an early paid user but this reeks of sleaze

### 1/5 — Bait & Switch

*2026-01-12, version 6.9.15*

I would have rated this app pretty highly, but the developer has shunted all the lifetime paying users into “Mona Classic” so they can get new paying users for updates to a new app, Mona 7. Mona 7 is literally the same app with continuing updates. This is a lousy bait and switch tactic.

### 1/5 — OK, Some Bugs and Inconsistencies

*2025-12-18*

Overall it’s just OK. Not worth the asking price. There’s a longstanding bug that completely locks the UI up after viewing a full screen photo. This is random and doesn’t happen all the time but when it happens, it requires a relaunch, or backgrounding.

Also the replies to some posts just don’t load, even if I choose to “Load from Remote Server.” The count is correct but the replies don’t load. Toot! works, so it should work here, also.

The app doesn’t use some of the server-provided/enabled features. For example, the private notes and mute/block lists are app-only, while the server has support. This means that if I add some note to an account, I can only see it in this app. Or if I mute someone, they’re only muted here.

And of course it’s now abandonware, as the developer has a new version that has switched to being an extractive, ie rental/subscription, service. So there’s no guarantee or promise that any of these issues will be addressed. Who’s to say that the developer won’t pull the same thing again with the new version?

### 1/5 — Abandoned Bait & Switch

*2025-12-16, version 6.9.14*

There was no need for a new version and even less need to charge lifetime users again.

### 1/5 — False lifetime plan

*2025-12-16*

When buying you should’ve mentioned that this version is not lifetime but instead just 2 years.

### 1/5 — promising at first, what a waste

*2025-12-09, version 6.9.14*

had the potential to be the best mastodon/fedi client available. but the developer stopped fixing bugs not long after release and then pivoted to a different app so everyone that paid for this one is sunk. meh

### 1/5 — Paywalling basic features is criminal

*2025-12-07, version 6.9.14*

Imagine having to pay to favourite and repost other posts… Worthless app.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — mona7

*2026-03-02*

mona7は日本では使えないんですか？

### 5/5 — Last perpetually licensed version

*2026-01-15*

Enjoy what for a while was the best fedi client around, while the author is kind enough to still support it. This app is great but the next major version is already available and now subscription only (to new subs).

### 5/5 — easily my favourite Mastodon client (and I’ve tried many)

*2025-11-04*

Highly configurable — makes Mastodon even more of a pleasure.

### 5/5 — カスタム絵文字の表示幅に対応希望

*2025-09-14*

満足です。あとは、１文字より広い幅を使うことカスタム絵文字が原寸に近い幅で表示できると言うことはありません。

### 5/5 — The Best‼️

*2025-08-06*

And I know em all. Nuff said.

### 5/5 — Gamechanger

*2025-07-25*

I love this app. I currently use it with GoToSocial, and before that I used it with Mastodon. Very feature-rich, very stylish. Simply great. I would really appreciate markdown support.

### 5/5 — Perfekte Mastodon App

*2025-06-01*

Die App läuft sehr stabil, ist extrem anpassbar und, für mich am wichtigsten, lädt immer genau dort, wo ich sie zuletzt schloss.

Regelmäßige Updates kommen ebenfalls noch immer. Von mir eine absolute Kaufempfehlung!

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2025-06-01, version 6.9.4*

This app is loaded with features and is extremely customizable. Yet somehow it’s also very smooth and polished. This has become the app I use most on my iPhone.

### 5/5 — Best Mastodon client hands down

*2025-04-16*

I tried every single Mastodon app that wasn’t subscription-based and this is by far the best. It’s fast, sleek, stable, and super customizable, and unlike some others out there, it also works flawlessly with Pleroma instances. Absolute gem, I bought the Pro Max upgrade within a week or two and haven’t regretted it once. 

The only feature I miss is the ability to emoji react on servers that support it (i.e. Pleroma). Dev, if you’re reading this, I’ll definitely send you a big tip if you can make it happen. Can provide details via email if necessary, but take a look at how Soapbox handles it, that’s basically what I have in mind.

Either way, thanks for your amazing work.

### 5/5 — 한 번 구매해서 잘 쓰고 있어요

*2025-04-06*

서버 공지사항은 안 보이긴 하는데 그래도 구독형보단 좋아서 여전히 쓰는 중 그리고 제일 아늑하고 편함

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*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 2026-08-24.*