Pipilo vs Diaspora Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pipilo
This app offers a unique social media experience by displaying posts in a horizontally scrolling timeline, showing conversations and replies from followed users. It provides a clean interface for following threads and supports various Fediverse platforms.
- Horizontally scrolling conversational timeline
- Collapsible threads from followed users
- Notifications grouped by day
- Rich link and video previews
- Home, local, and federated timelines
- Keyword filters for content moderation
- Advanced media and video player
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Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app that lets you browse posts on a horizontally scrolling timeline. Each post is displayed within the context of its conversation with replies from people you follow. This results in an elegant, distraction-free interface, making it easy to follow various conversation threads. Pipilo works with Mastodon, Pixelfed, Pleroma, Akkoma, Friendica, Firefish, Catodon, Iceshrimp, and GoToSocial. Features: - Horizontally scrolling timeline with each post appearing in the context of its conversation - Clean, collapsible threads showing only posts from people you follow, with an option to view replies from everyone - Notifications grouped by day - Quote posts - Rich previews for mentioned links and videos - Home, local, and federated timelines - Followed hashtags and custom lists - Quick search of posts, hashtags, and users - Full iPad support, with multiple windows allowing you to display different timelines side by side - Smooth media viewer with intuitive gestures, alt-text descriptions, share functionality, live text selection, and subject lifting - Advanced video player with native system interface for play/pause, time scrubbing, volume control, and full-screen or PIP mode viewing - Keyword filters to hide posts behind a warning or remove them from your timelines completely Premium Features: - Submit posts with images, videos, media descriptions, and content warnings - Sync reading position across multiple devices - Follow new hashtags and users - Create and edit custom lists - Add multiple accounts from all supported servers - Enable push notifications - Create and edit filters - Bookmark posts - Pin timelines - Create hashtag groups and follow remote instances Unlock all premium features with: - One-time purchase - Monthly subscription - Yearly subscription Privacy Policy: https://pipilo.thanel.me/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Diaspora Space
Connect with individuals globally who share similar origins or interests for dating, friendship, or business. Discover people from your country, no matter where you are in the world.
- Connect by origin
- Connect by interests
- Dating
- Friendship
- Business networking
- Global reach
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Diaspora Space is a mobile application that helps connect people from similar origins or interests anywhere around the world for dating, friendship or business. Find people from your country around you anywhere in the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diaspora Space at none against Pipilo's 3. Diaspora Space also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Pipilo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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. Pipilo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Diaspora Space asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diaspora Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipilo has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, Diaspora Space every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipilo | Diaspora Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukasz Rutkowski | RIGHTMENUS, INC. |
Customer experience
Pipilo
Diaspora Space
In-app purchases
Pipilo
- Monthly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Pipilo Premium$29.99
Diaspora Space
No in-app purchases
