Comparison

Pipilo vs SmallActs

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

SmallActs

This app provides guidance for navigating everyday relationship moments with clarity and intention. It offers practical support for communication, trust-building, and managing stress, adapting to life's changing dynamics. It's a private space for reflection and turning intentions into actions.

Highlights
  • Clarity and care in everyday moments
  • Practical guidance for communication
  • Support for rebuilding trust
  • Navigating distance and stress
  • Adapts to shifting relationship dynamics
  • Private and personal reflection space
Features
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Small Acts is a relationship companion designed to help you show up with more clarity, care, and intention in everyday moments. Relationships are shaped less by grand gestures and more by what happens in between. The small choices, the timing of a message, the words you use when emotions are high, and the way you respond instead of react. Small Acts helps you navigate those moments with guidance that feels grounded, human, and practical. Whether you are trying to communicate better, rebuild trust, navigate distance, or stay present during stress, Small Acts offers support that meets you where you are. It does not tell you what you should feel or who you should be. It helps you decide what to do next. The experience is designed for real life. Relationships change with parenting, separation, conflict, reconciliation, and growth. Small Acts adapts to shifting dynamics and offers suggestions that reflect the situation you are in, not a generic script. Privacy is central to the product. Your conversations remain private. There are no social feeds, public profiles, or performance metrics. This is a calm, personal space built to support reflection and intentional action. Small Acts is not therapy and does not replace professional support. It is a practical companion for people who care about their relationships and want help turning intention into action. Big changes rarely happen all at once. What matters is consistency. One message. One moment. One small act.

Screenshots

Pipilo4 screens
SmallActs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmallActs at none against Pipilo's 3. SmallActs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Pipilo's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Pipilo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SmallActs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmallActs 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, SmallActs fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pipilo versus SmallActs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipiloSmallActs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB34 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperLukasz RutkowskiVisit Proof

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

SmallActs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipilo free?
Pipilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmallActs free?
SmallActs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipilo or SmallActs?
SmallActs is rated higher. Pipilo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SmallActs averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pipilo or SmallActs have ads?
Neither Pipilo nor SmallActs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pipilo or SmallActs?
Pipilo ships an update every 3 weeks, and SmallActs fortnightly. Most recently, Pipilo was updated on November 3, 2026 and SmallActs on November 5, 2026.

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