Comparison

Flocon vs Impressia for Pixelfed

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

Head to head
About

Flocon

Features
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Create a Flocon group and share your holidays between with your friends or your family: Flocon is the app the save in the cloud your photos while respecting your privacy, all data is hosted in Europe. You can read the terms of use here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Impressia for Pixelfed

This app offers a dedicated photo-only timeline for discovering and enjoying photography. It features a clean interface for liking, commenting, and following users, with tools for managing content and discovering trending posts. Share your own photos and explore a community of photo enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Photo-only timelines
  • Clean and minimalistic interface
  • Like and comment on photos
  • Follow users
  • Discover trending photos, tags, and accounts
  • Share your photos
  • Photo details with metadata
Features
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Impressia is a simple and intuitive Pixelfed client that is focused on showcasing and sharing photos. With Impressia, you can browse through a timeline that is dedicated to photos only. This means that you won't find any other types of media in the app, so you can focus solely on discovering and enjoying beautiful photography. Our app features a clean and minimalistic interface that is designed to put the focus on the images. You can easily like and comment on photos, as well as follow other users to keep up with their latest posts. Main features: - clean timelines (home/local/federated) focused on photos - photo details screen with other user comments and metadata (like location, alternative text etc.) - ability to like photos and boost photos - following other users from Pixelfed (and across the Fediverse) - blocking and muting other users - reporting of abuse - support of photos bookmarks - trending photos, tags and accounts - sharing your photos - and much more... Impressia is 100% free and open-source. So, whether you're a professional photographer, an amateur enthusiast, or simply someone who loves to discover and share stunning photos, Impressia is the perfect app for you. Try it out today and join our growing community of passionate photo lovers.

Screenshots

Flocon4 screens
Impressia for Pixelfed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Impressia for Pixelfed at fortnightly against Flocon's every 12 months. Flocon's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Flocon sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Impressia for Pixelfed sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flocon ships an update every 12 months, Impressia for Pixelfed fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flocon versus Impressia for Pixelfed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloconImpressia for Pixelfed
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.6 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—63.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—41 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFloconMarcin Czachurski

Bugs and requests

Flocon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Impressia for Pixelfed

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Cannot log in
  • App won't open
  • Sign in sheet never passes data
  • App stuck in web authentication view
  • Does not work with 2FA
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  • Captcha issues
  • Long load times and freezes
  • Cannot edit or delete posted materials
  • No way to contact admins for issues
  • Home feed does not work
  • Hashtags don't work
  • IP checker and Captcha issues
  • Login only works if 2FA is not enabled
  • Credential sheet never passes to permission page
  • App says password is wrong even if correct
  • Sign in with Mastodon doesn't log in
  • 419 page expired error
  • Unable to log in on iOS 17/18
  • Feed is too zoomed in
  • Cannot overlay like counts and comment counts
  • Cannot pan images when zoomed

Requested features

8 requests
  • More view options for feed (e.g., grid)
  • Ability to edit comments
  • Grid view option for feed
  • Overlay like counts and comment counts on images in feed
  • Ability to pan images when zoomed
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  • iPad version with tiling view
  • Option to change licensing model (e.g., CC)
  • Dark mode option

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Flocon

Subscriptions4
  • 50GB monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • 200GB monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • 500GB monthly$9.991 Month
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  • 1TB monthly1 Month trial$17.991 Month
3 purchases

Impressia for Pixelfed

One-time3
  • Donut$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Coffee & cake$6.99

Questions

Is Flocon free?
Flocon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Impressia for Pixelfed free?
Impressia for Pixelfed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flocon or Impressia for Pixelfed have ads?
Neither Flocon nor Impressia for Pixelfed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flocon or Impressia for Pixelfed?
Flocon ships an update every 12 months, and Impressia for Pixelfed fortnightly. Most recently, Flocon was updated on October 5, 2026 and Impressia for Pixelfed on October 17, 2026.

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