Tusker vs javi!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Notification grouping
- Timeline sync with iCloud
- Customizable timelines with filters
- Extensive user preferences
- Digital wellness options
- Multiple account support
- Modern Mastodon 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/
javi!
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IRC is alive — and it can be convenient and modern! The javi! IRC client brings you the experience you expect from modern messengers while keeping the best of classic IRC chats. Chat with people on popular networks, or create your own independent community by connecting to your own IRC server. And enjoy it all in a modern interface, just like any modern messenger — with reactions, push notifications, channels, and more. What we offer: • Connect to any IRC server • Channels and direct messages • A modern interface for classic IRC servers • IRCv3 support • Message history • Push notifications on the official javi! server • Your chats are safely stored in your private iCloud • Safety tools: block or report users • A set of retro smileys! • No ads or trackers javi! is an independent IRC client. Third-party IRC servers are operated by their respective owners and may not support every client feature. BRING BACK YOUR 2003!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: javi! at none against Tusker's 4. Tusker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Tusker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. javi! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tusker | javi! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vaccor, LLC | Andrey Makeev |
In-app purchases
Tusker
- Tusker Supporter$1.991 Month
- Nice Tip$1.99
- Awesome Tip$6.99
- Incredible Tip$14.99
javi!
No in-app purchases









