Comparison

Tusker vs Echo for Lemmy

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

Echo for Lemmy

This app provides a native iOS interface for Lemmy, a decentralized social platform. Discover communities, sort content, and engage with posts and comments. It offers advanced search, bookmarking, and multi-account support.

Highlights
  • Connect with Lemmy communities
  • Sort and filter content feeds
  • Upvote/downvote posts and comments
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Create posts via share extension
  • Bookmark content
  • Push notifications
  • Multi-account support
Features
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Echo for Lemmy is an iOS client for Lemmy, a community based link & text sharing decentralized social platform. - Connect with communities based on your interests. - Sort your feed by most active, trending posts, new posts, and many more. - Upvote and downvote posts & comments. - Powerful search experience to find the content you're looking for. - Create posts using share extension from any app on your device. - Bookmark posts to easily find later. - Push notification support for staying up to date with the content you care about. - Sign into multiple accounts at once and quickly switch between them. Even across multiple Lemmy instances/servers. - Fully native application with dark mode support & accessibility features. --- Upgrade to Echo+ for $1.49 USD per month or $11.99 USD per year to unlock the ability to create & edit posts, comment on posts, enable push notifications, unlock multiple account support, customize the app icon, and support future development of Echo. Echo+ auto-renews every month or year (depending on which term you select). Price may vary by location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel/stop your auto-renewing subscription by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription. --- Terms of Use: https://echo.rrainn.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://echo.rrainn.com/privacy

Screenshots

Tusker4 screens
Echo for Lemmy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tusker at 4.7 against Echo for Lemmy's 3.0. Tusker also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Echo for Lemmy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Echo for Lemmy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tusker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tusker has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Tusker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo for Lemmy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tusker ships an update every 3 months, Echo for Lemmy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tusker versus Echo for Lemmy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuskerEcho for Lemmy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB19 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVaccor, LLCrrainn, Inc.

Customer experience

Tusker

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

Echo for Lemmy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
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
2 purchases

Echo for Lemmy

Subscriptions2
  • Standard$1.491 Month
  • Standard$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Tusker free?
Tusker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo for Lemmy free?
Echo for Lemmy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tusker or Echo for Lemmy?
Tusker is rated higher. Tusker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Echo for Lemmy averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tusker or Echo for Lemmy have ads?
Neither Tusker nor Echo for Lemmy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tusker or Echo for Lemmy?
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, and Echo for Lemmy every 5 days. Most recently, Tusker was updated on October 19, 2026 and Echo for Lemmy on October 4, 2026.

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