Comparison

Toot! for Mastodon vs FediMatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Toot! for Mastodon

A delightful and fast client for the Mastodon social network. It offers a beautiful design with amusing details and robust performance, allowing seamless switching between multiple accounts and reading timelines even when logged out. This app prioritizes user privacy by showing no ads and collecting no information.

Highlights
  • Delightful design with animations
  • Fast and robust performance
  • Local data caching
  • Easy multi-account switching
  • Wide Mastodon feature support
  • Privacy-focused, no ads or tracking
Features
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Toot! is a client for the Mastodon social network. It is beautiful, and full of character and whimsy. What makes Toot! special? - It is delightful. It is full of beautiful design, animation, amusing details and hidden treasures. - It is fast and robust. It caches data locally to let you read without waiting for slow loading, and it remembers your reading position. - It lets you be as many people as you like. You can easily switch between accounts with a flick of your finger. It even lets you read timelines on instances you are not logged in to! - It has wide support for most features in Mastodon. - It has the cutest icon. What makes Mastodon special? - It is a social network by humans, rather than algorithms and corporate interests. - It is a social network for humans, rather than advertisers and data collectors. - It is a social network that is humane, rather than preying on your insecurities and worst instincts. Why does Toot! cost money? - Toot! shows you no ads, and it collects none of your information, nor does it track any of your habits. It does not try to trick you into doing anything you do not want. - That means it gets no money through such shady tricks, and relies on you to support its development. Follow @tootapp@mastodon.social for more updates and information! Also, many icons by icons8.com.

About

FediMatch

Features
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Meet interesting people on Mastodon & co. via an intuitive swiping interface in this new Fediverse client. Filter, follow, match, chat and express yourself! What makes this Mastodon Client unique? - FediMatch is designed to get you into the Fediverse as quickly as possible. When you initially create an account on an instance of your choice, your feed is empty. You need to find people to follow before you can really dive in. FediMatch uses the familiar card swiping system to let you find people to follow and chat. - To guide you, you can design your own "Algorithm" to determine how much another user might align with you. - And of course: NO DATA is saved in the CLOUD, or SHARED otherwise. Everything stays on your device and your Mastodon account.

Screenshots

Toot! for Mastodon4 screens
FediMatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FediMatch at none against Toot! for Mastodon's 2. FediMatch also leads on price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). Toot! for Mastodon's advantage is chart position (#62 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Toot! for Mastodon costs $3.99 and FediMatch $1.99 up front. Toot! for Mastodon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. FediMatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Toot! for Mastodon versus FediMatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToot! for MastodonFediMatch
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (381 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings381 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDag AgrenLyx Rothbock

Bugs and requests

Toot! for Mastodon

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sharing/uploading images sometimes fails
  • Notifications not always working as expected
  • Pinned hashtags not fully functional
  • Issues with loading older posts in timelines

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to follow and view hashtags
  • Improve media viewing experience (video controls, GIF support, etc.)
  • Provide more accessibility options (text size, reduced motion, etc.)
  • Integrate reporting/moderation features
  • Add keyboard shortcuts for power users

FediMatch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Toot! for Mastodon

One-time2
  • Toot! for Men$1.99
  • Toot! is too cheap$5.99
None

FediMatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toot! for Mastodon free?
Toot! for Mastodon costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is FediMatch free?
FediMatch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Toot! for Mastodon or FediMatch have ads?
Neither Toot! for Mastodon nor FediMatch shows ads.

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