Pinboard vs Manfred for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinboard
Connect with your community through a digital pinboard. Post messages, share offers, and seek recommendations within closed groups or the wider Pinboard World. Features include direct messaging, an SOS function, and an anonymous advice forum.
- Post trusted messages in categories
- Communicate within closed communities
- Direct messaging
- Anonymous advice forum
- SOS urgent post function
- Access Pinboard World community
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PINBOARD is an on-line version of a traditional pinboard. - Set one up to communicate within your closed community and post trusted messages into categories of ‘Offered’ ‘Wanted’ and ‘Recommended’ - Suitable for use within any group such as schools, clubs, mum & baby groups, villages, offices, gyms etc. - Users will be verified - Now with the facility to reach ‘Pinboard World’, the wider Pinboard community Read your Pinboard in a weekly newsletter and on our PINBOARD APP! - CONNECT with other Pinboarders newsletter more easily on your device - CREATE AND EDIT your own posts directly from your device - GAIN ACCESS TO ‘PINBOARD WORLD’, the wider Pinboard community - DIRECT MESSAGE within your own private community, or the wider ‘Pinboard World’ - SEARCH ARCHIVE of old Pinboard newsletters - ’FAVOURITE’ FUNCTION to build your ultimate address book - ’SOS’ FUNCTION to make instant urgent posts PLUS, NEW EDITORIAL FEATURES: - ASK PINBOARD - The safest, kindest (and anonymous, if you wish) place to reach out to the whole community if you need help/advice with anything - however commonplace or sensitive - GUEST EDITS - Experts share their hot tips and recommendations - BEST OF - We road test and recommend the best of the latest launches - PINBOARD PERKS - Get exciting discounts and opportunities from our partner brands Terms: https://pinboard.com/terms Policies: https://pinboard.com/privacy
Manfred for Mastodon
This Mastodon client offers a customizable and distraction-free social media experience. Tailor your home screen, utilize a focus mode to limit engagement, and enjoy private push notifications. Manage multiple accounts and filter content with ease.
- Customizable home screen with tabs
- Focus mode for distraction-free reading
- End-to-end encrypted push notifications
- Multi-account support
- Content filtering by column
- Threaded conversation view
- Direct sharing from other apps
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Manfred does your Mastodon business. It is a simple yet powerful Mastodon client. It is fast, tidy and respectful of your attention. Unlike other platforms, Mastodon has no algorithmic feed and no engagement tricks: it simply gives you your timelines. Manfred lets you shape them exactly how you like, and helps you put the app down when you are done. YOUR HOME SCREEN, YOUR RULES Compose your home screen from timelines, lists, hashtags and notifications. Arrange them as tabs on your phone or side by side on your tablet. FOCUS MODE Flip one switch and your timeline becomes finite: Manfred stops right where you last left off, hides engagement counts, and reduces notifications to mentions only. Read what's new, see "you're all caught up", and get on with your day. Turn it off any time and Manfred behaves like a classic client again. TRULY PRIVATE PUSH Push notifications are strictly opt-in and end-to-end encrypted. Our relay server forwards notifications without being able to read them. Not even we know who has mentioned you. MANY ACCOUNTS, ONE APP Switch between accounts on any instance with a single tap and reply as whichever persona suits. FILTERS THAT WORK Hide boosts, replies or bots per column, and show any column as a classic timeline, a photo gallery, or a media list. CONVERSATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE Threads are shown as a tree with colour-coded levels, and replies carry their context with them. Collapse the branches you have already read. CHECK OUT SERVER TIMELINES Preview any instance's local timeline (if they allow it) anonymously before signing in. SHARING MADE EASY Share text, links and images from other apps straight into the Manfred composer. PRIVACY Manfred collects no personal data and shows no ads. Your settings stay on your device, and the app only ever communicates with the Mastodon server you choose. Note: you need a Mastodon account, available for free on many instances (see joinmastodon.org).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Manfred for Mastodon at 4.5 against Pinboard's 3.0. Manfred for Mastodon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Pinboard's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Pinboard sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Manfred for Mastodon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Manfred for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Pinboard's written reviews are positive against 71% of Manfred for Mastodon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pinboard ships an update every 5 weeks, Manfred for Mastodon fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Pinboard | Manfred for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OURPINBOARD LIMITED | Tim Brueckner |
Customer experience
Pinboard
Manfred for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Pinboard
- Item For Sale Post$9.99
- Property Search Post$9.99
- Recruitment Post$9.99
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- Recommended Post$9.99
- Business Post$25.00
- Items For Sale > £1000 Post$29.99
Manfred for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
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