Comparison

MaskerAid vs Mona Classic

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

Head to head
About

MaskerAid

Easily add emoji to your photos to obscure faces or highlight elements. This app automatically detects faces and offers intuitive controls for positioning emoji. It also removes metadata from shared images for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic face detection
  • Add and position emoji
  • Remove image metadata
  • Save and share photos
  • Thousands of emoji options
Features
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MaskerAid allows you to quickly and easily add emoji to images. Add emoji for jokes, to call attention to things, hide faces, and more! When you load an image with MaskerAid, it will AUTOMATICALLY detect all the faces in that photo, and obscure them with an emoji. Using MaskerAid, it's quick and easy to obscure the faces of children, shy friends, coworkers, or randos that are in your photos. Additionally, any images you share will automatically have ALL METADATA REMOVED. Privacy is your right, and MaskerAid helps protect it. MaskerAid removes hidden information like where the photo was taken, what device it was taken on, etc. Using the intuitive gestures you'd expect, you can move/resize/rotate emoji to get them centered *just right* over faces and objects. Plus, if you pay for the one-time in-app purchase, you can select from *thousands* of different emoji! Once you've gotten your image just right, you can quickly and easily save it to your Camera Roll, or share it using other apps. MaskerAid is written by one person, Casey Liss, who you may know from the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) or Analog(ue) on Relay FM. MaskerAid does not collect your images, and does not collect unnecessary data.

About

Mona Classic

This app offers extensive customization for a popular social network, allowing users to reorder actions, set swipe gestures, and personalize notes for other users. It also features iCloud sync, game controller support, and privacy-focused design.

Highlights
  • Customizable post actions and swipe gestures
  • iCloud sync for settings and data
  • Private user notes and aliases
  • Game controller support
  • Full-screen and column view modes
  • Customizable themes and accent colors
Features
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Mona is a highly customizable Mastodon app with VoiceOver optimization and native design. Post Actions • Drag actions into the order you prefer • Configure actions as swipe options: swipe a post horizontally to perform an action • Optionally hide some or all action buttons from post cards, while keeping them accessible via context menu, swipe options, keyboard shortcuts, and VoiceOver rotor iCloud Sync • Sync your mute list, user notes, reading positions, drafts, search history, accent colors, and custom app themes across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, privately and securely • Optionally disable some features from automatic syncing User Notes • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for other Mastodon users • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller (require iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 or a newer system) • Control the app and browse posts with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize button functions via in-app settings • Set extra functions for Adaptive Triggers on the Playstation DualSense controller Privacy • Mona does not collect any personal information • Your account tokens are protected by on-device Keychain • Your network connections to Mastodon servers are protected by HTTPS Other Mona features: • Full Screen mode on iPhone let your timeline content fill the entire screen once you start scrolling • Column View takes full advantage of the big screen on iPad and Mac, shows multiple views at once and allows you to navigate between views fluently and efficiently • Check recent posts on your home screen or notification center with widgets • Search posts on the Timeline • Adjustable text spacing • Adjustable and adaptive text sizes • Option to display post source on timeline (e.g. Mona for Mac) • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Customizable text translation experience • Automatic video and GIF playback on timelines • Supports changing app icon on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Turn on/off content scaling on Mac for extra screen estate or sharper text • Autocomplete for post composer • Push notifications • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Mona Pro and Mona Pro Max available as one-time in-app purchases, with 14-day free trial Tab Bar (Mona Pro feature) • Pin your frequently visit pages to the tab bar • Drag tabs into the order you prefer • Rename your tabs • Change your tab icons (more than a thousand of icons for you to choose) • Show/hide tab names and button shapes Accent Color (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different Accent Colors for Light and Dark mode • More than 10 built-in colors for you to choose • Design and set custom colors Theme Editor (Mona Pro feature) • Customize the app’s color scheme • Design and set custom themes • Advanced color settings allow you to fine-tune colors for different level of views • Export and share your custom themes • Import custom themes shared by other people Font Customization (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different fonts for body text and headings • Select from a variety of build-in fonts • Supports custom fonts installed by third-party apps Other Mona Pro features: • Full-featured post composer: write longer posts, attach pictures and videos, create polls, schedule post, and automatic thread conversion • More post actions: including favorite, repost, quote post, add bookmark, and translate • Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, repost, quote post, or follow using a non-current account • Filter and mute: filter timelines based on post category and content; hide posts with certain words; hide posts from certain people • Customize push notifications based on notification category • Export and import settings: easily transfer your custom settings between multiple devices Customer support: • Mastodon: @MonaApp@mastodon.social • Email: theSpringApp@gmail.com

Screenshots

MaskerAid4 screens
Mona Classic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MaskerAid at 4.8 against Mona Classic's 4.4. MaskerAid also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 71%). Mona Classic's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MaskerAid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mona Classic sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MaskerAid holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 317 and 166 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of MaskerAid's written reviews are positive against 71% of Mona Classic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MaskerAid ships an update every 6 weeks, Mona Classic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MaskerAid versus Mona Classic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaskerAidMona Classic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (317 ratings) — better4.4 (166 ratings)
Positive reviews87.7% of reviews — better70.5% of reviews
Number of ratings317 — better166
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.013.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLimitliss LLCJunyu Kuang

Customer experience

MaskerAid

All ratings314 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive87.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative9.4%

Mona Classic

All ratings166 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative21.9%

User reviews

MaskerAid

From 317 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 🔒 Preserves privacy
  • 💡 Versatile for fun and practical use
  • 🎨 Allows creative photo editing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Difficulty with emoji placement and resizing
  • 🔍 Lack of photo zoom/pan functionality
  • 💰 Some features locked behind paywall

Mona Classic

From 166 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Smooth and polished UI
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Excellent accessibility support
  • 👍 Robust multi-device sync

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🔒 Basic features locked behind paywall
  • 🔒 Expensive for a Mastodon app
  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🐛 Notification issues

Bugs and requests

MaskerAid

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent emoji sizing
  • Difficulty moving emojis precisely

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Increase emoji selection
  • Implement ML-based emoji suggestions
  • Add video support

Mona Classic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Locking up after viewing full-screen photos
  • Replies not loading properly
  • Inconsistent behavior with server-side features

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to mute individual posts
  • Improved thread viewing experience
  • More app icon options
  • Custom notification sounds

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MaskerAid

One-time1
  • Emoji Unlock$2.99
9 purchases

Mona Classic

One-time9
  • Mona Pro Max (14-day trial)Free
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$6.99
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  • Amazing Tip$9.99
  • Upgrade to Mona Pro Max$9.99
  • Mona Pro for Mac$11.99
  • Mona Pro for iPad$11.99
  • Mona Pro for iPhone$11.99
  • Mona Pro Max$29.99

Questions

Is MaskerAid free?
MaskerAid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mona Classic free?
Mona Classic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MaskerAid or Mona Classic?
MaskerAid is rated higher. MaskerAid averages 4.8 out of 5 from 317 ratings, while Mona Classic averages 4.4 from 166 ratings.
Do MaskerAid or Mona Classic have ads?
Neither MaskerAid nor Mona Classic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MaskerAid or Mona Classic?
MaskerAid ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mona Classic every 3 weeks. Most recently, MaskerAid was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mona Classic on October 27, 2026.

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