Comparison

Mona Classic vs feather for Mastodon

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

Head to head
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

About

feather for Mastodon

Enhance your social media experience with a highly customizable client. Manage multiple accounts, personalize your interface with themes and custom tabs, and streamline interactions with swipe gestures. Enjoy advanced features like keyword muting and real-time timeline streaming.

Highlights
  • Multi-account support
  • Customizable themes and tabs
  • Swipe actions for post interactions
  • Advanced keyword muting
  • Real-time timeline streaming
  • High-functionality posting screen
Features
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feather for Mastodon is an app that renews your Mastodon experience. It pursues comfort and customization, offering a Mastodon world that fits perfectly in your hands. ◆◇ Unlock Infinite Possibilities with Multi-Account Support ◇◆ Do you have multiple accounts? With its multi-account support, feather allows you to instantly check all your timelines. ◆◇ Stylish Themes ◇◆ feather currently offers 10 stylish themes. You can easily set them according to your preferences at any time. ◆◇ Customize Tabs for Your Own Unique Mastodon Experience ◇◆ Add a variety of timelines to your tabs, not just Home, including hashtags and lists, and create your own Mastodon app. You can explore Mastodon, perfectly tailored to your preferences. ◆◇ Customizable Swipe Actions ◇◆ feather does not place buttons such as favorites and boosts on each post in order to display many posts on the screen. Instead, you can quickly perform these actions by swiping left or right on the posts. Swipe actions are customizable, so you can set them to frequently used actions according to your preference. You can also perform actions with other accounts by long-pressing the favorite or boost button. ◆◇ High-functionality Posting Screen ◇◆ feather supports a wide range of Mastodon posts, allowing you to smoothly express your thoughts and communicate more effectively. These features are supported: - Account switching - Draft function - Image attachment - Scheduled posts - Voting function - @(mention), #(hashtag), emoji input completion - NowPlaying with currently playing music, artwork input - Post re-editing ◆◇ Enhanced Keyword Mute ◇◆ feather offers a more advanced keyword mute feature compared to Mastodon's standard mute, allowing you to keep your timeline clean. You can configure the following detailed settings: - Specify keywords using regular expressions - Include usernames in the mute targets - Flexibly apply mutes to specific timelines ◆◇ Following Customized Server Functions ◇◆ It also supports the features of servers that have been uniquely extended, like fedibird.com (such as reactions). While it does not support all features, we plan to gradually follow-up based on user requests. ◆◇ Supports streaming of timelines ◇◆ Streaming of Home, Hashtag, Local, and Federated timelines is supported. By enabling streaming, you can view new posts in real time without having to do a pull refresh. ◆◇ Special Experience with Supporter Plan ◇◆ Are you seeking a clean Mastodon experience without ads? By joining the Supporter Plan, you can remove ads. Additionally, we plan to add new features exclusive for supporters in the future. Currently available supporter-exclusive features: - Removal of banner ads - Receive push notifications for favorites, boosts, etc. - Why? You can change pull-to-refresh into bacon. Download feather for Mastodon now, and freely, joyfully, and fully immerse yourself in the world of Mastodon!

Screenshots

Mona Classic4 screens
feather for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mona Classic at none against feather for Mastodon's shown. Mona Classic also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 56%) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mona Classic sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and feather for Mastodon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mona Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, feather for Mastodon every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mona Classic versus feather for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMona Classicfeather for Mastodon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (166 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings166 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJunyu Kuangcovelline, LLC.

Customer experience

Mona Classic

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

feather for Mastodon

Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral27.8%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

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

feather for Mastodon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mona Classic

One-time6
  • 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 Max$29.99
2 purchases

feather for Mastodon

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter Plan (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Supporter Plan (Yearly)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Mona Classic free?
Mona Classic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is feather for Mastodon free?
feather for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mona Classic or feather for Mastodon have ads?
feather for Mastodon shows ads; Mona Classic does not.
Which is updated more often, Mona Classic or feather for Mastodon?
Mona Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, and feather for Mastodon every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mona Classic was updated on November 3, 2026 and feather for Mastodon on November 3, 2026.

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