dev.to vs Ice Cubes for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dev.to
Explore and engage with a blogging-forward social network focused on code creators. Discover content, follow tags and members, and stay updated on the evolving Forem ecosystem.
- Navigate Forem ecosystem
- Follow dev.to tags and members
- Discover Forem ecosystem content
- Read blog posts
- Write blog posts
- Stay up-to-date
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The best way to navigate DEV and the rest of the Forem ecosystem on your iPhone! The Forem app allows you to follow all your dev.to tags and members while also discovering what the evolving Forem ecosystem has to offer. Read, write and stay up-to-date in our blogging-forward social network.
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
This application provides a fast and beautiful way to interact with the Mastodon social network. Connect to any instance, manage your timelines, engage with posts, and customize your experience with advanced features and AI assistance.
- Connect to any Mastodon instance
- Timeline browsing and filtering
- Push notifications
- Quote toot and embed links
- List organization
- AI tools for composing and image descriptions
- Multi-account support
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Ice Cubes is a fast, reliable, and beautiful Mastodon client. You can connect to any Mastodon instance and use the various features this app offers. - Browse your home, federated, and local timeline. - Push notifications. - Timeline sync. - Favorite, bookmark, boost, share, and even quote any toot! - Great iPad support with a column dedicated to notifications. - You've read it right, this app offers a quote toot feature, Ice Cubes will also embed any other toot link so the content is easily readable. - Organize your timeline with lists, add and remove users from lists, and create new lists! - Filter your timeline by your lists, followed tags, and more. - The timeline is also live. This app is connected to the powerful streaming API of Mastodon so that you won't miss any content! - You can even pin other instance's local timelines, and you can keep up with all your communities from the same account. - Tag groups: Create a custom timeline with multiple tags. - Explore, search, and discover new content with a powerful explore tab. - Dedicated tab for your direct message. - Profile editing: you can edit all the info of your profile right within Ice Cubes. - Multi accounts support and easy switch between your accounts. - A lot of customization options. - AI Tools Integration, you can get a little help from your AI friend when composing your toot; it can help you correct your text or even shorten it! - The AI Helper can also generate image descriptions for you. - And much more to discover within the app. Bonus: It's completely open source. You can have a look at the code here: https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp to learn more, and maybe even follow along! Terms: https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp/blob/main/TERMS.MD Privacy Policy: https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp/blob/main/PRIVACY.MD
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ice Cubes for Mastodon at 4.8 against dev.to's 3.8. Ice Cubes for Mastodon also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 39%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). dev.to's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). 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
Both are free to download. Ice Cubes for Mastodon sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. dev.to asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ice Cubes for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ice Cubes for Mastodon has 1.9K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of dev.to's written reviews are positive against 78% of Ice Cubes for Mastodon's.
dev.to ships an update monthly, Ice Cubes for Mastodon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dev.to | Ice Cubes for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (32 ratings) | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.3% of reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dev Community Inc. | Thomas Ricouard |
Customer experience
dev.to
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
Bugs and requests
dev.to
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
Reported bugs
4 issues- Feeds not loading properly
- Duplicate account issues
- Error when loading pages
- Partial/incomplete timeline loading
Requested features
5 requests- Option to disable auto-play for videos
- Ability to sync timeline position across devices
- Improved text editing and cursor behavior
- Customizable swipe gestures
- Ability to rearrange bottom bar buttons
In-app purchases
dev.to
No in-app purchases
Ice Cubes for Mastodon
- Monthly supporter subscription$0.991 Month
- Small Tip$0.99
- Nice Tip$2.99
- Generous tip$6.99
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- Insane tip$13.99
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