Comparison

Tusker vs Mastoot

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

Head to head
About

Tusker

This app offers a flexible and customizable client for the Mastodon social network and compatible services. It provides advanced features like notification grouping, timeline syncing across devices, and extensive personalization options for a tailored social media experience.

Highlights
  • Notification grouping
  • Timeline sync with iCloud
  • Customizable timelines with filters
  • Extensive user preferences
  • Digital wellness options
  • Multiple account support
  • Modern Mastodon features
Features
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Tusker is a free and flexible client for the Mastodon social network and other compatible services. Features: • Notification grouping: Combine favorite, boost, and follow notifications into a single row to get a more glance-able view of your notifications. • Timeline sync: Keep your timeline position across all your devices using iCloud. • Customize timelines: Pick which timelines (including lists, hashtags, and public instance timelines) are pinned to your home tab, and apply filters to hide posts you're not interested in. • Tweak your experience: Tusker has a wide variety of preferences to allow you to customize how you use the app. From changing the appearance and interactions, to configuring how content warnings work, Tusker supports it all. • Digital wellness options: Tusker has a variety of preferences to help you manage how you use social media, including by turning infinite scrolling off or showing all images in grayscale. • Accessibility: VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type, and more are all fully supported. • Multiple accounts: Sign in to multiple accounts and quickly switch between them. • Modern Mastodon features: Edit posts, view quotes, view trending posts/hashtags/links, translate posts, and more. • Broad software compatibility: Tusker also has builtin support for the Glitch and Hometown variants of Mastodon; as well as Pleroma/Akkoma, a Mastodon alternative; and PixelFed, a photo-sharing social network. Mastodon is part of the fediverse, a free, open source, and decentralized social network. From your home server, communicate and interact with people on any other server using the ActivityPub protocol. Learn more at joinmastodon.org. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mastoot

Access your Mastodon social network feed with this straightforward client. Manage your home timeline, notifications, explore trending content, and interact with messages and bookmarks.

Highlights
  • Home timeline access
  • Notification management
  • Explore trending content
  • Search for users and posts
  • Local and federated timelines
  • Direct messages
  • Favorites and bookmarks
Features
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Mastoot is a simple client app for Mastodon. Features: • Home • Notifications • Explore • Search • Local timeline • Federated timeline • Messages • Favorites • Bookmarks

Screenshots

Tusker4 screens
Mastoot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mastoot at none against Tusker's 4. Mastoot also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (92 vs 30). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tusker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mastoot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tusker against 4.7 for Mastoot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 92 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Tusker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Mastoot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tusker ships an update every 3 months, Mastoot every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tusker versus Mastoot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuskerMastoot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better4.7 (92 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better89.3% of reviews
Number of ratings3092 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB6 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVaccor, LLC孛 李

Customer experience

Tusker

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Mastoot

All ratings93 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

Tusker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mastoot

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Videos take time to load with no visual clue
  • Stopped using certain social media outlets
  • Cannot post screenshots (Unsupported Type)
  • Login not working
  • Cannot download posts
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  • Cannot see own timeline or mentions
  • App crashes when scrolling feed (mentioned in comparison to default app)
  • Cannot see image descriptions of pictures
  • Cannot see pinned toots
  • Cannot choose how image is cropped
  • Pop-up hidden by keyboard on iPad Mini login
  • Clicking #hashtag in profile goes to web app login instead of in-app search

Requested features

25 requests
  • Visual clue for video loading
  • Support for new Mastodon features
  • Ability to see image descriptions while composing
  • Ability to work with lists
  • Auto-play for animated GIFs
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  • Quote tweet functionality (image generation)
  • Favoriting and boosting at the bottom of toots
  • Character counter
  • Access to extra emojis
  • Ability to read alt text
  • Notification badge
  • Hashtag button on main keyboard
  • Ability to see user's following list
  • Ability to post screenshots
  • Support for animated emoji
  • Emoji picker
  • Gesture support
  • Turn off user boosts
  • Edit/rewrite toots
  • Pin toots
  • Image cropping options
  • Configure default visibility for messages
  • Set app as a share target
  • Easy one-click/two-click account switcher
  • Translate to Spanish

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tusker

Subscriptions1
  • Tusker Supporter$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Awesome Tip$6.99
  • Incredible Tip$14.99
None

Mastoot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tusker free?
Tusker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mastoot free?
Mastoot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tusker or Mastoot?
Tusker is rated higher. Tusker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Mastoot averages 4.7 from 92 ratings.
Do Tusker or Mastoot have ads?
Neither Tusker nor Mastoot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tusker or Mastoot?
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, and Mastoot every 3 days. Most recently, Tusker was updated on October 27, 2026 and Mastoot on October 20, 2026.

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