Comparison

Tusker vs Sabertooth for Mastodon

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

Sabertooth for Mastodon

Access the decentralized fediverse social network, connecting with users across different servers. Share photos, videos, and posts, and discover new communities. Customize your experience with content warnings and blocking tools.

Highlights
  • Access the fediverse
  • Connect across instances
  • Share photos and videos
  • Explore public timelines
  • Content warnings
  • Muting and blocking
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Sabertooth puts the power of the fediverse social network in your hand. Access a universe of user-created content and join the decentralized conversation from anywhere. Connect with friends near and far by following users across instance boundaries. Share your perspective through photos, videos, and short-form posting. Discover new voices and communities by exploring public timelines. Customize your experience with content warnings, muting, and blocking. Stay in control of your digital life. Harness the strength of open protocols and ethical design. Sabertooth allows you to tap into the fediverse and join the Mastodon social network through an intuitive, cross-device experience. The future of social media, in your hand. What is the Fediverse? The fediverse is a network of decentralized, interoperable social media servers. Each server runs open source software that implements shared protocols like ActivityPub. This enables users on different servers to follow each other and interact across the fediverse.

Screenshots

Tusker4 screens
Sabertooth for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tusker at 91% against Sabertooth for Mastodon's 0%. Tusker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (31 vs 2). Sabertooth for Mastodon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, 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. Sabertooth for Mastodon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tusker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. 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 point the same way: 91% of Tusker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sabertooth for Mastodon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tusker ships an update every 3 months, Sabertooth for Mastodon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tusker versus Sabertooth for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuskerSabertooth for Mastodon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB37 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperVaccor, LLCMahan Rahmati

Customer experience

Tusker

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

Sabertooth for Mastodon

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
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

Sabertooth for Mastodon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tusker free?
Tusker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sabertooth for Mastodon free?
Sabertooth for Mastodon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tusker or Sabertooth for Mastodon?
Tusker is rated higher. Tusker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Sabertooth for Mastodon averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tusker or Sabertooth for Mastodon have ads?
Neither Tusker nor Sabertooth for Mastodon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tusker or Sabertooth for Mastodon?
Tusker ships an update every 3 months, and Sabertooth for Mastodon weekly. Most recently, Tusker was updated on October 19, 2026 and Sabertooth for Mastodon on October 16, 2026.

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