Write.as vs iPhanpy 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.
iPhanpy for Mastodon
This app provides a smoother and more efficient experience for accessing Mastodon, running natively on iOS with fewer performance restrictions than a web browser. It offers a streamlined interface and improved memory management for a better user experience.
- Native iOS app experience
- Smoother performance
- Improved memory management
- Streamlined interface
- Fewer browser performance restrictions
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iPhanpy brings everything that Phanpy has, but runs smoother, stays longer in memory, and has a neat Liquid Glass icon! I am not the original developer of Phanpy, so all props go to Chee Aun. I merely adapted the original web app into a version that is installable as a “native” iOS app - it faces way less performance restrictions compared to running on the browser.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iPhanpy for Mastodon at 5.0 against Write.as's 4.1. iPhanpy for Mastodon also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). Write.as's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
iPhanpy for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Write.as has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Write.as ships an update every 9 months, iPhanpy for Mastodon monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Write.as | iPhanpy for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — 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 | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Musing Studio LLC | Matheus Fantinel |
Customer experience
Write.as
iPhanpy for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Write.as
No in-app purchases
iPhanpy for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
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