Tusker vs FYBYR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Notification grouping
- Timeline sync with iCloud
- Customizable timelines with filters
- Extensive user preferences
- Digital wellness options
- Multiple account support
- Modern Mastodon 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/
FYBYR
A social media platform focused on free speech principles. Connect with others and share your thoughts in an open environment. This app is designed for users who value uncensored discussion.
- Free speech focus
- Social networking
- Open discussion environment
- User connection
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FYBYR a Free Speech Social Media Platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FYBYR at none against Tusker's 4. FYBYR also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tusker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price and device support 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. Tusker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. FYBYR asks for nothing beyond the download.
FYBYR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tusker has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Tusker's written reviews are positive against 100% of FYBYR's.
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, FYBYR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tusker | FYBYR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vaccor, LLC | FYBYR Inc. |
Customer experience
Tusker
FYBYR
In-app purchases
Tusker
- Tusker Supporter$1.991 Month
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Awesome Tip$6.99
- Incredible Tip$14.99
FYBYR
No in-app purchases









