Chat2Pay vs Scatto for Pixelfed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chat2Pay
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Chat2Pay Messenger is a freeware and cross-platform messaging service for allowing user to contact companies and service providers that are participating on Chat2Pay. This app allows user to contact companies and service providers directly for better service and request service with a simple text "keywords". Each company that is participating on Chat2Pay will have their own set of "keywords" that will trigger a response in the form of a text messages, images, documents or video. Companies/Service providers can also use this app to push notification that are important for the users to know.
Scatto for Pixelfed
This app provides a fast, native iOS client for Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing network. It allows users to share photos and videos, manage their profiles, and interact with content on the fediverse. Enjoy features like customizable feeds, direct messaging, and home screen widgets.
- Fast photo uploads
- Post video with device conversion
- Crop and filter photos
- Home, local, and global timelines
- Like, comment, boost, and bookmark
- Push notifications
- Direct Messages
- Home Screen widgets
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Scatto is a fast, native iOS client for Pixelfed — the photo-sharing network built on the open fediverse (ActivityPub). A decentralized alternative to the big media platforms: your photos, your feed, in your hands. Built for speed: browse your home, local, and global timelines with smooth scrolling and edge-to-edge photos. Share photos with your loved ones or with fellow photo enthusiasts — either way, you own your content. Scatto is free and open source. New to Pixelfed? Create a free account on any Pixelfed server — for example scatto.social or pixelfed.social or one of the many other instances — and sign right in. FEATURES • Fast, clean photo uploads — capture or pick from your library • Post video, converted on device so it plays everywhere • Crop and filter your photos before you post — including fun filters like Lo-Fi and 16-color • Your post appears instantly while it uploads in the background • Home, local, and global timelines • Like, comment, boost, and bookmark • Follow people and manage your profile, follow hashtags • Push notifications for likes, comments, follows, and boosts, direct messages, on servers that support them • Stories (experimental, off by default) — share a moment that lasts 24 hours • Direct Messages, reactions to messages, group messages • Collections — browse and fill your Pixelfed collections, and drop a post into one while you write it; new collections are created on your server's website • Report, block, and mute — keep your feed yours • Home Screen widgets — the latest photos from your timeline, a QR code that opens your profile • Share extension — post to Pixelfed from other apps • Multiple accounts • Tag the place — nearby cities suggested from your photo, matched on your device • Add EXIF (optional under settings) camera info to the post • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Basque ABOUT PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Push needs an interface that most Pixelfed servers, including pixelfed.social, don't provide yet. If your server is one of them, Scatto tells you so in Settings — you'll still see every like, comment and follow inside the app, and the icon badge keeps updating in the background, but nothing will arrive while Scatto is closed. Scatto works with any Pixelfed instance. It's open source and doesn't track you. Scatto is an independent app and is not affiliated with Pixelfed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chat2Pay at none against Scatto for Pixelfed's 3. Chat2Pay also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Scatto for Pixelfed's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Scatto for Pixelfed sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Chat2Pay asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chat2Pay ships an update every 3 months, Scatto for Pixelfed every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chat2Pay | Scatto for Pixelfed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Riangelo de Cuba | Vinzenz Greger |
In-app purchases
Chat2Pay
No in-app purchases
Scatto for Pixelfed
- A pretzel$1.99
- A coffee$3.99
- A pizza$8.99
Questions
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