Comparison

Tootoise vs Snippets

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Snippets

This social media app encourages genuine connection by posing random questions throughout the day. Users answer privately to their friends, fostering deeper understanding and discussion. It also features weekly public snippets for broader engagement.

Highlights
  • Random daily questions for friends
  • Private friend-only answers
  • Chat-style discussions on responses
  • Weekly anonymous snippets
  • Public 'snippet of the week' with voting
  • Connect with new people through shared snippets
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Snippets is an all-new social media app that's unlike any other social media app. By asking random questions throughout the day, visible only to your friends, Snippets hopes to create an environment where you can learn more about your friends, even if sometimes it's some random things, and have real discussions about others' answers to the questions. Snippets' goal is not to keep you on the app the longest or make you see a ton of ads, its goal is to show how social media can be beneficial and to strengthen friendships. How does Snippets work? At three random times throughout the day, you will get a notification for a new snippet (question). You have to answer the snippet before viewing your friend's responses. Your responses to these snippets are always only visible to your friends. You can join discussions in a chat like manner in response to your friends responses if you have anything you would like to say about their response. What are Anonymous Snippets? One Anonymous Snippet is sent once a week at a random time. The question is usually more "private", or something you might not feel comfortable sharing to your friends, but in anonymity you are okay with sharing. These snippets are completely anonymous, no one gets a notification when you answer the snippet and all names are replaced with "Anonymous". Is there anything else to Snippets? Of course there is! On the Monday of every week, the snippet of the week opens up to the public. The snippet of the week is usually a topic question that you answer something in that topic, for example, if the snippet of the week was "Book of the Week", one answer might be "Lord of the Rings". Your answer is visible to everyone and can be seen on your profile. You have until Saturday morning to answer the snippet of the week and then voting begins. You have about a day and a half to vote on what you think the best answer is, whether that be the funniest answer, most relatable, or some other determinant that you decide on. Once voting is over, the top 3 are decided and results are visible for about 16 hours. So what's next? In the future, I plan on adding a system where at the start of the week, you get paired up with someone random who isn't your friend and throughout the week you can see their responses to snippets as if they were your friend. This would be a great way to meet new people and see how unique everyone is.

Screenshots

Tootoise4 screens
Snippets3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Snippets at 5.0 against Tootoise's 4.3. Snippets also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). Tootoise's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snippets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Tootoise's written reviews are positive against 100% of Snippets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tootoise ships an update every 2 weeks, Snippets every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tootoise versus Snippets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTootoiseSnippets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1820 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNaoki KuwataNathaniel Kemme Nash

Customer experience

Tootoise

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative16.0%

Snippets

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tootoise

No in-app purchases

None

Snippets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tootoise free?
Tootoise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snippets free?
Snippets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tootoise or Snippets?
Snippets is rated higher. Tootoise averages 4.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Snippets averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do Tootoise or Snippets have ads?
Neither Tootoise nor Snippets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tootoise or Snippets?
Tootoise ships an update every 2 weeks, and Snippets every 6 days. Most recently, Tootoise was updated on November 3, 2026 and Snippets on November 12, 2026.

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