Tootoise vs TheDesk mobile client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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: Tootoise at 4.3 against TheDesk mobile client's 2.0. Tootoise also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 33%) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). TheDesk mobile client's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). 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.
Tootoise holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tootoise has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Tootoise's written reviews are positive against 33% of TheDesk mobile client's.
Tootoise ships an update every 2 weeks, TheDesk mobile client every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tootoise | TheDesk mobile client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — 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 | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Naoki Kuwata | Ryuki Yoshikawa |
Customer experience
Tootoise
TheDesk mobile client
In-app purchases
Tootoise
No in-app purchases
TheDesk mobile client
No in-app purchases
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