Twidere X vs trunks for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Twidere X
This app offers a streamlined social media browsing experience with features like a chronological timeline, in-line media display, and conversation thread viewing. It allows for extensive interface customization, multi-account support, and advanced search capabilities without advertisements.
- Chronological timeline with retweets and comments
- In-line picture, GIF, and video display
- Album mode for image galleries
- Quick display of up to 2 levels of tweet conversations
- Customizable interface (avatar style, dark mode, text size)
- Send tweets with photos, subjects, and locations
- Multiple account support
- Advanced search functionality
Read full descriptionHide full description
Timeline - See what's new and what's happening! Tweets are sorted by time, support for displaying retweets with comments, and quick display of discussion threads. Pictures, GIFs, and videos are displayed in a completely new design. Complete features to ensure your browsing experience. Album mode - Enjoy the pure picture waterfall on the search and profile page. At the same time, multiple pictures in the timeline and tweets are displayed in an elegant form. Quickly display the discussion thread-Complete view of the discussion! Up to 2 levels of tweet conversations can be quickly displayed in tweets. Customized personalized interface - Perfect personalization features allow users to customize their interface: support for setting avatar style, following system settings to display light or dark mode, and customizing text size. Send tweets - You can send live photos in your tweets, or select images from the photo gallery. Send tweets that include the subject and location. Multiple accounts - Use as many identities as you want! You can add multiple Twitter accounts to Twidere X, ensuring that they don't interfere with each other. Search - Find tweets, media, and users among thousands of information. You can also use advanced search syntax to get more effective information. User Profile Display - New design for user’s homepage display. Subtle display of avatar, profile, and background. Also, the number of users following and follower, click to enter the list. User tweets display - a perfect display of user-related tweets and liked tweets with a quick display of discussion threads. Images are elegantly displayed in album mode. No ads - We do not carry any ads! A cool tweet experience. Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc.
trunks for Mastodon
Enhance your Mastodon experience with a feature-rich client designed for seamless connection and content discovery. Manage multiple accounts, receive real-time notifications, and customize your interface with various themes and display options.
- Multi-account support
- Push notifications
- Follow hashtags
- Edit posts
- Threaded replies
- Dark mode
- Instance browse
Read full descriptionHide full description
trunks for Mastodon is the best way to experience Mastodon any of your devices. With its rich features and intuitive interface, trunks makes it easy to stay connected with your friends, follow your favorite topics, and discover new content. Features: - Large screen and foldable support: See content in any form factor that suits your needs. - Multi account support: Easily switch between multiple Mastodon accounts without having to log in and out. - Push notifications: Never miss a post, reply, or direct message with real-time push notifications. - Follow hashtags: Stay up-to-date on the latest conversations and trends by following hashtags. - Edit posts: Made a mistake? No problem! trunks allows you to edit your posts after they've been published. - Threaded replies: Keep track of conversations with threaded replies, which make it easy to see who's replying to whom. - Unroll threads: Get a quick overview of a threaded conversation by unrolling it into a single, easy-to-read article style view. - Dark mode: Reduce eye strain and save battery life with dark mode. - Media aspect ratio options: Choose how you want your photos and videos to be displayed with a variety of media aspect ratio options. - Comment sorting: Sort comments by best, chronological, or controversial order. - Themes: Personalize your trunks experience with a variety of themes. - Quoting: Easily quote other users' posts to add your own thoughts and insights. - Markdown support: Use Markdown to format your posts and make them stand out. - Instance browse: Easily find and join new Mastodon instances with the built-in instance browser. trunks for Mastodon is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), and Finnish. Anyone can contribute a new translation through the GitHub page. Download trunks for Mastodon today and start your Mastodon journey!
Screenshots
Verdict
Twidere X and trunks for Mastodon both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of trunks for Mastodon's written reviews are positive against 63% of Twidere X's. trunks for Mastodon also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
trunks for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Twidere X's written reviews are positive against 71% of trunks for Mastodon's.
Twidere X ships an update every 2 weeks, trunks for Mastodon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Twidere X | trunks for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (33 ratings) | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SUJITEKU LIMITED LIABILITY CO. | FooBar Software LLC |
Customer experience
Twidere X
trunks for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Twidere X
No in-app purchases
trunks for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Twidere X free?
Is trunks for Mastodon free?
Which has better reviews, Twidere X or trunks for Mastodon?
Do Twidere X or trunks for Mastodon have ads?
Which is updated more often, Twidere X or trunks for Mastodon?
Other comparisons















