Comparison

Tusker vs Humboldt

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

Humboldt

Create custom shortcuts for seamless posting to Micro.blog, including HTML content and image uploads. Automate your blogging workflow with hands-free publishing and import options from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Post HTML to Micro.blog
  • Upload images to Micro.blog
  • Build hands-free posting shortcuts
  • Import posts from other systems
  • Easy Micro.blog account sign-on
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Humboldt is an application that enables you to post HTML and upload images to Micro.blog. This enables you to build simple Shortcuts that enable hand-free posting to Micro.blog. You can also build more complex Shortcuts that import posts from other blogging systems. All you have to do is supply Humboldt with your Micro.blog account email and Humboldt will walk you through the sign-on process. You'll then be ready to start building your Shortcuts.

Screenshots

Tusker4 screens
Humboldt2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Humboldt at none against Tusker's 4. Humboldt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Tusker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Humboldt 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 Humboldt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tusker ships an update every 3 months, Humboldt every 33 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tusker versus Humboldt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuskerHumboldt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVaccor, LLCVincode, Inc

Customer experience

Tusker

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

Humboldt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Humboldt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tusker free?
Tusker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Humboldt free?
Humboldt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tusker or Humboldt?
Humboldt is rated higher. Tusker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Humboldt averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tusker or Humboldt have ads?
Neither Tusker nor Humboldt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tusker or Humboldt?
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, and Humboldt every 33 months. Most recently, Tusker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Humboldt on November 3, 2026.

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