Tusker vs Drop

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/

Drop is a messaging app that brings conversations back to the real world. Instead of endlessly swiping through feeds, you and your friends connect through messages that can only be unlocked by traveling to actual locations. When you send a drop, location becomes part of the message. Relive old memories by leaving drops where they happened. Send yourself reminders that only unlock when you arrive at the right spot. Imagine the potential of messages that live in the real world, waiting for the perfect moment and place to be discovered. Every drop is more than a notification. It is an experience waiting for you in the real world. You’ll receive messages that stay locked until you reach their location, explore a map of drops waiting to be found, unlock them only when you arrive, and send your own to turn everyday places into meaningful moments with your friends. No more endless scrolling. No more empty notifications. Every message is intentional, tied to a place, and meant to be lived, not just read. Make your conversations more authentic. Make your messages matter.