Tootoise vs Lemmios
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.
Lemmios
Explore and navigate the fediverse with this intuitive client. Discover content and communities across different instances in a streamlined manner.
- Browse Lemmy instances
- Discover fediverse content
- Intuitive navigation
- Community browsing
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Lemmios is a client built for Lemmy. Discover and browse through all parts of the fediverse in an intuitive way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tootoise at 4.3 against Lemmios's 3.4. Tootoise also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Tootoise's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lemmios's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tootoise | Lemmios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better | 3.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Naoki Kuwata | Peter Lavallee |
Customer experience
Tootoise
Lemmios
In-app purchases
Tootoise
No in-app purchases
Lemmios
No in-app purchases
