BarkBarkBark vs Bubble for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarkBarkBark
A social media platform dedicated to dogs, allowing users to upload videos, interact with content, and discover new canine creators. It aims to provide a positive and safe online space focused on pet joy.
- Upload dog videos
- Interact with posts
- Discover dog creators
- Screen time limits
- Unique safety features
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BarkBarkBark is the platform to “pupload” videos of your furry friends, “lick” your favorite posts, and sniff out new canine creators. Against today's invective social media landscape BarkBarkBark is a rare breed: we capture the wagworthy moments without any of the ruff stuff. We’re making your feed a more pawsome place with screen time limits and unique safety features to bring joy to your scrolling. Can you dig it?
Bubble for Mastodon
A lightweight, user-friendly Mastodon client designed for a seamless experience. It offers essential features like content filtering, multiple timelines, and a rich post composer, with optional enhancements for power users.
- Powerful content filter
- Multiple timeline views
- Rich post composer
- Grouped notifications
- Attachment saving (Bubble+)
- Multiple account support (Bubble+)
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Bubble is a very simple native lightweight Mastodon client, that is meant to look soft and easy-to-use. It integrates perfectly with your Mastodon account, and matches your vibe, while having Mastodon-only features. Bubble also includes a ton of features you know and love: - A powerful content filter - Report user content - All of your favorite timelines: Home, Trending, Local, and Federated - Trending hashtags - A rich post composer with polls, emojis, and attachments - Suggestions - Grouped Notifications - A restricted user list Bubble+ also allows you to get a handful of useful features such as attachment saving, more accounts... And there is so much more to see! ==================================================== Bubble+ Terms of Service: https://d.lumaa.fr/tosplus Bubble is not affiliated with Mastodon gGmbH.
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Verdict
BarkBarkBark and Bubble for Mastodon both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BarkBarkBark's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's. BarkBarkBark also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Bubble for Mastodon's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Bubble for Mastodon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BarkBarkBark asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BarkBarkBark against 5.0 for Bubble for Mastodon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarkBarkBark has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of BarkBarkBark's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's.
BarkBarkBark ships an update every 6 months, Bubble for Mastodon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarkBarkBark | Bubble for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marshall Ross | Philippe Bondevine |
Customer experience
BarkBarkBark
Bubble for Mastodon
In-app purchases
BarkBarkBark
No in-app purchases
Bubble for Mastodon
- Bubble+ • Monthly$1.991 Month
- Bubble+ • 3 Months$4.793 Months
- Bubble+ • Yearly$17.991 Year
Questions
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