GroupEvent vs Mona Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GroupEvent
Easily plan and manage group events with features like participant sign-ups, expense tracking, and a shared photo album. Coordinate event dates, delegate tasks with a checklist, and enjoy background uploads for media.
- Easy participant sign-up via invitation link
- Group expense management with currency calculator
- Photo and video sharing with GPS tagging and ZIP downloads
- Event date suggestion and polling
- Checklist for task delegation (who brings what)
- Background media uploads and downloads (iOS)
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WHAT IS GROUP EVENT? Usually you would only need a webbrowser to create an event on GroupEvent.info. But there are a few native features, e.g. uploading pictures and videos in the background. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Participants sign up for your event in a very easy way - no need to register with password. Hint: invitation link. • Manage group expenses. The integrated foreign exchange calculator helps you during travels. • Photo-Album: Share pictures and videos with many unique features like: GPS tagging, ZIP downloads, video screenshots and many more. • Suggest event dates and make a poll. • The checklist will answer the frequent question: WHO brings WHAT? IOS FEATURES • Share photos and videos natively. No internet connection necessary. Uploads will queue in the background for up to 7 days. Automatically download favorites in the background. • Push-Notifications: the number of news will always be visible as icon badge. Messages and comments will be pushed instantly. • If you share a favorite photo, it will automatically be a favorite on GroupEvent. (additional photo authorization necessary)
Mona Classic
This app offers extensive customization for a popular social network, allowing users to reorder actions, set swipe gestures, and personalize notes for other users. It also features iCloud sync, game controller support, and privacy-focused design.
- Customizable post actions and swipe gestures
- iCloud sync for settings and data
- Private user notes and aliases
- Game controller support
- Full-screen and column view modes
- Customizable themes and accent colors
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Mona is a highly customizable Mastodon app with VoiceOver optimization and native design. Post Actions • Drag actions into the order you prefer • Configure actions as swipe options: swipe a post horizontally to perform an action • Optionally hide some or all action buttons from post cards, while keeping them accessible via context menu, swipe options, keyboard shortcuts, and VoiceOver rotor iCloud Sync • Sync your mute list, user notes, reading positions, drafts, search history, accent colors, and custom app themes across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, privately and securely • Optionally disable some features from automatic syncing User Notes • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for other Mastodon users • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller (require iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 or a newer system) • Control the app and browse posts with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize button functions via in-app settings • Set extra functions for Adaptive Triggers on the Playstation DualSense controller Privacy • Mona does not collect any personal information • Your account tokens are protected by on-device Keychain • Your network connections to Mastodon servers are protected by HTTPS Other Mona features: • Full Screen mode on iPhone let your timeline content fill the entire screen once you start scrolling • Column View takes full advantage of the big screen on iPad and Mac, shows multiple views at once and allows you to navigate between views fluently and efficiently • Check recent posts on your home screen or notification center with widgets • Search posts on the Timeline • Adjustable text spacing • Adjustable and adaptive text sizes • Option to display post source on timeline (e.g. Mona for Mac) • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Customizable text translation experience • Automatic video and GIF playback on timelines • Supports changing app icon on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Turn on/off content scaling on Mac for extra screen estate or sharper text • Autocomplete for post composer • Push notifications • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Mona Pro and Mona Pro Max available as one-time in-app purchases, with 14-day free trial Tab Bar (Mona Pro feature) • Pin your frequently visit pages to the tab bar • Drag tabs into the order you prefer • Rename your tabs • Change your tab icons (more than a thousand of icons for you to choose) • Show/hide tab names and button shapes Accent Color (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different Accent Colors for Light and Dark mode • More than 10 built-in colors for you to choose • Design and set custom colors Theme Editor (Mona Pro feature) • Customize the app’s color scheme • Design and set custom themes • Advanced color settings allow you to fine-tune colors for different level of views • Export and share your custom themes • Import custom themes shared by other people Font Customization (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different fonts for body text and headings • Select from a variety of build-in fonts • Supports custom fonts installed by third-party apps Other Mona Pro features: • Full-featured post composer: write longer posts, attach pictures and videos, create polls, schedule post, and automatic thread conversion • More post actions: including favorite, repost, quote post, add bookmark, and translate • Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, repost, quote post, or follow using a non-current account • Filter and mute: filter timelines based on post category and content; hide posts with certain words; hide posts from certain people • Customize push notifications based on notification category • Export and import settings: easily transfer your custom settings between multiple devices Customer support: • Mastodon: @MonaApp@mastodon.social • Email: theSpringApp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GroupEvent at none against Mona Classic's 9. Mona Classic's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mona Classic sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. GroupEvent asks for nothing beyond the download.
GroupEvent ships an update every 2 months, Mona Classic every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | GroupEvent | Mona Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (166 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 166 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Hoereth | Junyu Kuang |
Customer experience
GroupEvent
Mona Classic
Bugs and requests
GroupEvent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mona Classic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Locking up after viewing full-screen photos
- Replies not loading properly
- Inconsistent behavior with server-side features
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to mute individual posts
- Improved thread viewing experience
- More app icon options
- Custom notification sounds
In-app purchases
GroupEvent
No in-app purchases
Mona Classic
- Mona Pro Max (14-day trial)Free
- Small Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99
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- Amazing Tip$9.99
- Upgrade to Mona Pro Max$9.99
- Mona Pro for Mac$11.99
- Mona Pro for iPad$11.99
- Mona Pro for iPhone$11.99
- Mona Pro Max$29.99
Questions
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