Comparison

Pipilo vs Quotes In The Dark

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

Head to head
About

Pipilo

Experience a unique social media feed with a horizontally scrolling timeline that displays posts within their conversation context. Easily follow discussions, manage notifications, and enjoy rich media previews. Offers premium features for enhanced posting and account management.

Highlights
  • Horizontally scrolling conversation timelines
  • Collapsible threads with follow-only option
  • Grouped daily notifications
  • Rich link and video previews
  • Home, local, and federated timelines
  • Keyword filters for content moderation
  • Advanced media viewer with gestures
Features
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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/

About

Quotes In The Dark

Explore and contemplate profound thoughts and beautiful quotes. This app encourages deeper thinking and personal reflection, aligning with the philosophy that an unexamined life is not worth living. Share insightful ideas to foster better thinking.

Highlights
  • Discover quotes
  • Reflect on thoughts
  • Share beautiful quotes
  • Encourage deeper thinking
  • Personal reflection
Features
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Discover, think about and share the most beautiful thoughts.

Screenshots

Pipilo4 screens
Quotes In The Dark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quotes In The Dark at none against Pipilo's 3. Quotes In The Dark also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Pipilo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pipilo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Quotes In The Dark asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quotes In The Dark 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. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pipilo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quotes In The Dark's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, Quotes In The Dark every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pipilo versus Quotes In The Dark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipiloQuotes In The Dark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB40 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLukasz RutkowskiTales Rodrigues

Customer experience

Pipilo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Quotes In The Dark

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pipilo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Pipilo Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pipilo Premium$29.99
None

Quotes In The Dark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipilo free?
Pipilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quotes In The Dark free?
Quotes In The Dark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipilo or Quotes In The Dark?
Quotes In The Dark is rated higher. Pipilo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Quotes In The Dark averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pipilo or Quotes In The Dark have ads?
Quotes In The Dark shows ads; Pipilo does not.
Which is updated more often, Pipilo or Quotes In The Dark?
Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quotes In The Dark every 4 weeks. Most recently, Pipilo was updated on November 7, 2026 and Quotes In The Dark on October 30, 2026.

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