Tootoise vs WorldShake
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.
WorldShake
Share your thoughts with a global audience, with posts automatically translated for worldwide reach. Engage with international users and discover diverse perspectives. Content is ephemeral, disappearing after 24 hours for a dynamic experience.
- Global post translation
- Ephemeral posts (24-hour lifespan)
- International user connections
- Report function for safety
- Like and engage with global content
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Your tweets will be translated and delivered to the world. You can also see the tweets in the world translated into Japanese. You can use it with confidence because it has a report function. For example, it is possible to tween freely as follows. ""I recommend this shop!"" ""What kind of city is Amsterdam?"" ""I don't like my boss!"" ""I'm angry because my husband doesn't help with housework!"" The post disappears in 24 hours, so you can easily tweet. You can get a lot of likes because you are connected to users around the world. Let's like the tweets of people around the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tootoise at 68% against WorldShake's 25%. Tootoise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). WorldShake's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
WorldShake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tootoise has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Tootoise's written reviews are positive against 25% of WorldShake's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tootoise ships an update every 2 weeks, WorldShake every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tootoise | WorldShake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Naoki Kuwata | Syncly Applications |
Customer experience
Tootoise
WorldShake
In-app purchases
Tootoise
No in-app purchases
WorldShake
No in-app purchases
