Comparison

FluffyChat vs Ice Cubes for Mastodon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FluffyChat

This open-source messenger app offers secure, decentralized communication with a user-friendly interface. It supports various message types, group chats, and advanced moderation features, all while prioritizing user privacy and a delightful experience.

Highlights
  • Send messages, images, and files
  • Voice messages and location sharing
  • Unlimited private and public group chats
  • Public channels with thousands of participants
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Encrypted chat backup
  • Discover and join public groups
Features
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FluffyChat is an open source, nonprofit and cute matrix messenger app. The app is easy to use but secure and decentralized. Features: - Send all kinds of messages, images and files - Voice messages - Location sharing - Push notifications - Unlimited private and public group chats - Public channels with thousands of participants - Feature rich group moderation including all matrix features - Discover and join public groups - Material You design - Hides complexity of Matrix IDs behind simple QR codes - Custom emotes and stickers - Spaces - Compatible with Element, Nheko, NeoChat and all other Matrix apps - End to end encryption - Encrypted chat backup - Emoji verification & cross signing ... and much more. FluffyChat comes with a dream! Imagine a world where everyone can choose the messenger they like and is still able to chat with all of their friends. A world where there are no companies spying on you when you send selfies to friends and lovers. And a world where apps are made for fluffyness and not for profit.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

FluffyChat4 screens
Ice Cubes for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ice Cubes for Mastodon at 4.8 against FluffyChat's 3.9. Ice Cubes for Mastodon also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 48%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). FluffyChat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.6 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ice Cubes for Mastodon sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. FluffyChat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ice Cubes for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ice Cubes for Mastodon has 2K ratings behind it against 104, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of FluffyChat's written reviews are positive against 78% of Ice Cubes for Mastodon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FluffyChat ships an update monthly, Ice Cubes for Mastodon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FluffyChat versus Ice Cubes for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluffyChatIce Cubes for Mastodon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (104 ratings)4.8 (2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.2% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1042K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB147 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperChristian KussowskiThomas Ricouard

Customer experience

FluffyChat

All ratings102 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive48.2%
Neutral20.9%
Negative30.9%

Ice Cubes for Mastodon

All ratings1,973 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews336 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

FluffyChat

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

None

FluffyChat

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Ice Cubes for Mastodon

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly supporter subscription$0.991 Month
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous tip$6.99
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  • Insane tip$13.99

Questions

Is FluffyChat free?
FluffyChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ice Cubes for Mastodon free?
Ice Cubes for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FluffyChat or Ice Cubes for Mastodon?
Ice Cubes for Mastodon is rated higher. FluffyChat averages 3.9 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Ice Cubes for Mastodon averages 4.8 from 2K ratings.
Do FluffyChat or Ice Cubes for Mastodon have ads?
Neither FluffyChat nor Ice Cubes for Mastodon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FluffyChat or Ice Cubes for Mastodon?
FluffyChat ships an update monthly, and Ice Cubes for Mastodon every 5 days. Most recently, FluffyChat was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ice Cubes for Mastodon on October 27, 2026.

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