Comparison

Relatica vs Mona for Mastodon

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

Head to head
About

Relatica

This app provides a dedicated client for the Friendica social network. It allows users to interact with their Friendica accounts, view posts, and engage with their network. Enjoy a streamlined social media experience focused on this independent platform.

Highlights
  • Friendica social network client
  • View posts and updates
  • Engage with your network
  • Independent platform focus
  • Streamlined social media experience
Features
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A client for Friendica social network users

About

Mona for Mastodon

This app offers a highly customizable and personalized experience for the Mastodon social network. Enjoy smooth scrolling, native design, and advanced features like user notes, game controller support, and extensive theme customization. It's designed for privacy and accessibility, with full VoiceOver optimization.

Highlights
  • Highly customizable interface
  • User notes and aliases
  • Game controller support
  • iCloud sync for settings
  • Advanced theme and accent color editor
  • Column View for iPad/Mac
  • Widgets for home screen
Features
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Meet Mona 7, the default Mastodon app for everyone. Enjoy buttery smooth scrolling, native design, and powerful customization options. It delivers a truly personal Mastodon experience and is fully optimized for VoiceOver. All Mastodon features that everyone expects: • Browse timelines like Home, List, and Profiles • Reply, repost, favorite, bookmark posts with ease • Explore trending posts and news, plus Local and Federated timelines iCloud Sync: • Sync your reading positions, mute list, user notes, 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 Mastodon accounts • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller: • 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: • A stunning new experience with the Liquid Glass design • Post with HDR photos and Live Photos • Use Genmoji and custom emojis in your posts • 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 • Adjustable text spacing and text sizes • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Automatic video and GIF playback on timelines • Retrieve missing posts with “Load from Remote Server” • Push notifications Tab Bar (Mona Ultra 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 Post Actions (Mona Ultra feature): • 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 Accent Color (Mona Ultra 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 Ultra 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 Ultra 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 Ultra features: • Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, repost, quote post, or follow using a non-current account • Automatically translate posts on the timeline • 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 Terms of use: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Relatica1 screens
Mona for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Relatica at 5.0 against Mona for Mastodon's 4.3. Relatica also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Mona for Mastodon's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (63 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mona for Mastodon sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Relatica asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Relatica holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mona for Mastodon has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Relatica ships an update every 6 months, Mona for Mastodon weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Relatica versus Mona for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelaticaMona for Mastodon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews—42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings163 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB312 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMy Social Portal LLCJunyu Kuang

Customer experience

Relatica

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mona for Mastodon

All ratings63 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative53.1%

In-app purchases

None

Relatica

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Mona for Mastodon

Subscriptions2
  • Mona Ultra14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Mona Ultra14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$6.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99
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  • Mona Ultra$39.99
  • Mona Ultra$49.99

Questions

Is Relatica free?
Relatica is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mona for Mastodon free?
Mona for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Relatica or Mona for Mastodon?
Relatica is rated higher. Relatica averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mona for Mastodon averages 4.3 from 63 ratings.
Do Relatica or Mona for Mastodon have ads?
Neither Relatica nor Mona for Mastodon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Relatica or Mona for Mastodon?
Relatica ships an update every 6 months, and Mona for Mastodon weekly. Most recently, Relatica was updated on September 9, 2026 and Mona for Mastodon on September 22, 2026.

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