Librem Social vs TheDesk mobile client
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
TheDesk mobile client
This social networking app allows users to view up to six Mastodon timelines concurrently. It includes standard streaming functionality for real-time updates.
- View up to 6 timelines simultaneously
- Standard streaming included
- Mastodon client
- Real-time updates
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Mastodon client. Up to 6 timelines can be viewed simultaneously at the same time. Streaming is included as standard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Librem Social at 2.7 against TheDesk mobile client's 2.0. Librem Social also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). TheDesk mobile client's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (33% vs 17%). 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.
Librem Social holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Librem Social has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Librem Social's written reviews are positive against 33% of TheDesk mobile client's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Librem Social ships an update every 2 weeks, TheDesk mobile client every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Librem Social | TheDesk mobile client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (14 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PURISM, SPC | Ryuki Yoshikawa |
Customer experience
Librem Social
TheDesk mobile client
In-app purchases
Librem Social
No in-app purchases
TheDesk mobile client
No in-app purchases
Questions
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