Comparison

Tusker vs DisHub

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

DisHub

Features
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DisHub is the most powerful and user-friendly mobile app built for Discourse forums. Whether you’re a community member, moderator, or forum admin, DisHub delivers a modern, fast, and engaging experience on iPhone and iPad — now enhanced with professional features designed for power users and admins. Key Features • Native Performance – Smooth animations and lightning-fast load times. • Offline Mode – Save threads, read and draft replies even without a connection. • Rich Notifications – Get the alerts that matter: mentions, replies, messages — with custom rules, quiet hours, and digests. • Multi-Forum Dashboard – Manage all your favourite communities in one app. • Beautiful UI – Crafted for clarity, readability, and usability. • Advanced Search – Search once and find results across all your forums. • Smart Bookmarks – Organise topics into collections, add notes, and set reminders. For Power Users • Custom Filters & Saved Searches – Tailor your feed, save searches, and be notified when new content appears. • Flexible Notification Schedules – Stay focused with quiet hours and summary digests. • Cross-Forum Feed – A single, unified view of your entire Discourse world. For Moderators & Admins • Review & Action Center – Flags, approvals, and queues in one place. • Bulk Moderation with Quick Macros – Save time with one-tap workflows that apply multiple actions at once. • Admin Insights Dashboard – Monitor growth, engagement, response times, and community health on the go. • Team Tools – Assign topics, leave private notes, and use canned replies to keep moderation consistent. • Incident Mode – Get high-priority alerts when your community needs you most. Why DisHub? DisHub works seamlessly with any Discourse-powered forum, whether hosted on Discourse.org or self-hosted. It transforms the forum experience with native mobile performance, advanced tools, and a beautiful design — giving members more ways to engage, and admins more power to manage. Upgrade your forum life. Try DisHub today.

Screenshots

Tusker4 screens
DisHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DisHub at none against Tusker's 4. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tusker ships an update every 3 months, DisHub every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and January 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tusker versus DisHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuskerDisHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB100 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVaccor, LLCHachther LLC

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

DisHub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tusker free?
Tusker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DisHub free?
DisHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tusker or DisHub have ads?
Neither Tusker nor DisHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tusker or DisHub?
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, and DisHub every 4 months. Most recently, Tusker was updated on July 6, 2026 and DisHub on January 27, 2026.

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