Mona Classic vs Croissant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Croissant
Effortlessly share content across multiple social platforms simultaneously. This app allows you to compose posts with images and hashtags, create multi-part threads, and save drafts for later. Customize your experience with unique icons and color themes.
- Simultaneous cross-posting
- Support for Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon
- Image and hashtag support
- Thread creation
- Draft saving
- Customizable themes
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It's a social network explosion! And you can now post to all of them in one app. Croissant solves that oh-so-2024 problem of wanting to post to all these great new social networks — Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon. Now you can, in one shot. Croissant makes cross-posting buttery smooth. Features: * Set up your social media accounts, choosing from Threads, Bluesky or Mastodon * Write posts using our composer, allowing you to attach images, hashtags, at-mentions. * Create threads by chaining multiple posts together. * Save drafts for later editing or sending. * Make Croissant your own with custom app icons and colour themes! Looking for features or support? Contact me at support@croissantapp.com. Privacy Policy: https://croissantapp.com/privacy.html Terms of User: https://croissantapp.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mona Classic at 13.1 against Croissant's 18.5. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Mona Classic sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Croissant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Mona Classic against 4.6 for Croissant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 199 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Mona Classic's written reviews are positive against 63% of Croissant's.
Mona Classic ships an update every 3 weeks, Croissant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mona Classic | Croissant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (166 ratings) | 4.6 (199 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 62.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 166 | 199 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Junyu Kuang | Innoveghtive Inc. |
Customer experience
Mona Classic
Croissant
User reviews
Mona Classic
From 166 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Croissant
From 199 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent support
- 🚀 Smooth cross-posting
- 👍 Beautiful and simple design
- 👍 Supports multiple accounts per service
- 👍 Easy to use alt text feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Posting issues and lost work
- 🐛 Login and account issues
- 🐛 Buggy drafts and post restoration
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
Croissant
Reported bugs
5 issues- Threads login issues
- Mastodon login issues
- Bluesky login issues
- Duplicate accounts created
- Posting failures and lost work
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for more social networks (e.g. Twitter, WordPress, LinkedIn)
- Ability to group accounts
- Scheduled posts
- Customize account names/nicknames
- Integrate with Shortcuts
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- Add timeline viewing and interaction
In-app purchases
Mona Classic
- 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
Croissant
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
Questions
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