Pipilo vs Interstellar
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/
Interstellar
Access and interact with communities across Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed. This open-source client provides a unified platform for engaging with your favorite fediverse content.
- Access Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed accounts
- Interact with fediverse communities
- Open-source platform
- Bug reporting via GitHub
- Feature requests via magazine
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Interstellar is a free and open source, fediverse client, allowing you to access your Mbin/Lemmy/PieFed accounts and interact with your favorite communities. If you encounter any bugs or would like to request a feature, please report it on the GitHub repository (github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar) or the Interstellar magazine (kbin.earth/m/interstellar).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Interstellar at none against Pipilo's 3. Interstellar also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Pipilo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Interstellar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Interstellar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pipilo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interstellar's.
Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, Interstellar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipilo | Interstellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| 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, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lukasz Rutkowski | John Randall |
Customer experience
Pipilo
Interstellar
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
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
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