Librem Social vs Tootoise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Librem Social
This app offers a federated social network experience, allowing users to view and post messages, images, and videos to various timelines. It supports following friends, using hashtags, and emojis, all within a free and open-source platform.
- Federated social network
- View and post to timelines
- Post messages, images, and videos
- Follow friends
- Hashtags and emoji support
- Free and open-source
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* Federated social network alternative * View and post to your timelines: home, local, federated * Post messages, images, and videos * Follow your friends * Hashtags * Emoji * Free and open-source software: https://source.puri.sm/liberty/social/ios * Fork of Amaroq: https://github.com/ReticentJohn/Amaroq
Tootoise
A straightforward client for the Mastodon social network, allowing users to manage multiple accounts, interact with timelines, and customize their experience. It offers robust post management features, including editing and pinning, along with privacy controls like muting and blocking.
- Manage multiple Mastodon accounts
- View and post to timelines
- Create and edit post lists
- Pinning and bookmarking posts
- Mute, block, and report users
- Customizable theme colors
- Edit posts
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Tootoise is a simple Mastodon client. ## You can do this - View and post timeline - Add and switch multiple accounts - List display, creation and editing - Add, remove and list favourites - Add, remove and list bookmarks - Display notifications list (Not push notifications) - Display and input of custom emoji - Post information about the song you are currently listening to - Sharing from other applications (Safari, etc.) - Use with iPad multitasking function (SplitView, SlideOver) - Change theme color - Absolute time display - Pinning posts - Mute, block, report, filter - Search (As per server specifications) - Display and vote on poll - Edit a post (Some functions are not yet supported.) - Setting and displaying the ALT attribute (alternate text) ## These are not possible - Push notifications - Streaming - Create a poll - Relative time display The text size can be changed from the iOS Settings view. You can check the license of the library etc. used in this App by tapping the app icon in iOS settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tootoise at 68% against Librem Social's 17%. Tootoise also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.7). Librem Social's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Tootoise holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Librem Social's written reviews are positive against 68% of Tootoise's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Librem Social | Tootoise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (14 ratings) | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PURISM, SPC | Naoki Kuwata |
Customer experience
Librem Social
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In-app purchases
Librem Social
No in-app purchases
Tootoise
No in-app purchases
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