Icro vs Humboldt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icro
This app provides a streamlined way to interact with micro.blog and WordPress hosted sites. View timelines, mentions, and discover content, while also posting updates and replying to conversations. It offers features like saving reading positions and muting unwanted content.
- View timelines, mentions, and discover sections
- Post to micro.blog and WordPress sites
- Reply to users and view conversations
- Save reading position
- Cache older posts
- Mute/Blacklist users and keywords
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Icro, an easy to use and fast micro.blog client. View your timeline, mentions, favorites and the discover section. Post to micro.blog hosted sites or own Wordpress sites. Reply to users and view ongoing conversations. Icro also saves your reading position and caches older posts for a richer timeline. Mute/Blacklist users and keywords by adding them to your blacklist in Profile/Settings. This is a 3rd party client!
Humboldt
Create custom shortcuts for seamless posting to Micro.blog, including HTML content and image uploads. Automate your blogging workflow with hands-free publishing and import options from other platforms.
- Post HTML to Micro.blog
- Upload images to Micro.blog
- Build hands-free posting shortcuts
- Import posts from other systems
- Easy Micro.blog account sign-on
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Humboldt is an application that enables you to post HTML and upload images to Micro.blog. This enables you to build simple Shortcuts that enable hand-free posting to Micro.blog. You can also build more complex Shortcuts that import posts from other blogging systems. All you have to do is supply Humboldt with your Micro.blog account email and Humboldt will walk you through the sign-on process. You'll then be ready to start building your Shortcuts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Humboldt at none against Icro's 3. Humboldt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Icro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Icro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Humboldt asks for nothing beyond the download.
Humboldt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icro has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Icro ships an update every 2 months, Humboldt every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icro | Humboldt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Hartl | Vincode, Inc |
Customer experience
Icro
Humboldt
In-app purchases
Icro
- Small Thank You!$0.99
- Big Thank You!$3.99
- Huge Thank You$8.99
Humboldt
No in-app purchases
