Write.as vs trunks for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Write.as
This app offers a private and simple platform for writing and publishing your thoughts. No sign-up is required; just start writing and share your content with a unique link, or keep it for personal notes. It prioritizes user privacy by not collecting personal information.
- Simple writing interface
- Publish posts with unique links
- Private journaling
- No sign-up required
- Share thoughts easily
- Keep personal notes
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Share your thoughts, keep your privacy. Write.as is a simple writing tool and publishing platform. There's no sign up — just open the app, write something, and publish. Published posts get a secret, unique link on Write.as. Once it's there, you can easily send that link to others, or keep it to yourself. In either case, you stay private because we don't collect personal information about you. Use Write.as to share your thoughts, write a long tweet, make a blog post without the blog, or just keep notes for yourself — Write.as is simple and flexible enough to be your go-to writing app whenever an idea strikes, and always opens to a blank page to start writing on immediately. If you have feedback or are interested in helping us translate this app into your local language, reach out to us anytime at hello@write.as.
trunks for Mastodon
Enhance your Mastodon experience with a feature-rich client designed for seamless connection and content discovery. Manage multiple accounts, receive real-time notifications, and customize your interface with various themes and display options.
- Multi-account support
- Push notifications
- Follow hashtags
- Edit posts
- Threaded replies
- Dark mode
- Instance browse
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trunks for Mastodon is the best way to experience Mastodon any of your devices. With its rich features and intuitive interface, trunks makes it easy to stay connected with your friends, follow your favorite topics, and discover new content. Features: - Large screen and foldable support: See content in any form factor that suits your needs. - Multi account support: Easily switch between multiple Mastodon accounts without having to log in and out. - Push notifications: Never miss a post, reply, or direct message with real-time push notifications. - Follow hashtags: Stay up-to-date on the latest conversations and trends by following hashtags. - Edit posts: Made a mistake? No problem! trunks allows you to edit your posts after they've been published. - Threaded replies: Keep track of conversations with threaded replies, which make it easy to see who's replying to whom. - Unroll threads: Get a quick overview of a threaded conversation by unrolling it into a single, easy-to-read article style view. - Dark mode: Reduce eye strain and save battery life with dark mode. - Media aspect ratio options: Choose how you want your photos and videos to be displayed with a variety of media aspect ratio options. - Comment sorting: Sort comments by best, chronological, or controversial order. - Themes: Personalize your trunks experience with a variety of themes. - Quoting: Easily quote other users' posts to add your own thoughts and insights. - Markdown support: Use Markdown to format your posts and make them stand out. - Instance browse: Easily find and join new Mastodon instances with the built-in instance browser. trunks for Mastodon is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), and Finnish. Anyone can contribute a new translation through the GitHub page. Download trunks for Mastodon today and start your Mastodon journey!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: trunks for Mastodon at 4.5 against Write.as's 4.0. trunks for Mastodon also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 61%). Write.as's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
trunks for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Write.as's written reviews are positive against 71% of trunks for Mastodon's.
Write.as ships an update every 9 months, trunks for Mastodon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Write.as | trunks for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (43 ratings) | 4.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Musing Studio LLC | FooBar Software LLC |
Customer experience
Write.as
trunks for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Write.as
No in-app purchases
trunks for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
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