Pipilo vs Neo
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/
Neo
This app is a feature-rich client for the Matrix chat protocol, offering advanced functionalities like local AI chats, RSS feeds, and customizable notifications. It provides a futuristic and efficient way to communicate and manage your conversations.
- Local AI chats and summarization
- RSS feed reader
- Room folders for organization
- Customizable notifications and reactions
- Online GIF picker
- Message search functionality
- Encrypted room support
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Neo is a futuristic Matrix client built for speed, focus, and modern communication. Move quickly through Matrix rooms, spaces, threads with a modern and clean UI. Sign in with your Matrix account, join rooms, send rich messages, organize conversations with Threads and Matrix Spaces, and navigate everything from a fast sidebar. Neo supports encrypted rooms, image video sharing, reactions, threads, voice and video calls, rich notifications, RSS feeds, and local message translation with a single tap. Core Matrix Features • Sign in with username/password or SSO • Support for regular and encrypted Matrix rooms • Send text, images, videos, files, GIFs, stickers, and reactions • Use threads to keep long conversations on track • Organize rooms with native Matrix Spaces • Rich notifications with avatars and message previews • Voice and video calls Neo Extras • Fast sidebar navigation for rooms and spaces • Online GIF picker powered by Tenor • Message search • One-tap downloads for images, videos, and GIFs • RSS feed subscriptions and in-app reading • News view with RSS integration • Sticker picker, including Memoji stickers • Per-contact notification modes • Custom notification sounds • Custom default reaction emojis • Emoji folders • Local message translation • Foldable Markdown code blocks • Apple Intelligence message summaries on supported devices EULA / Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-matrix-tos.md Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-privacy-policy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pipilo at 4.6 against Neo's 3.3. Pipilo also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.4). Neo's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Neo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pipilo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pipilo's written reviews are positive against 43% of Neo's.
Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, Neo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipilo | Neo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukasz Rutkowski | AsterKit |
Customer experience
Pipilo
Neo
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
Neo
- Nil Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Nil Pro Lifetime$8.99









