Eddy for Twitter vs Tootoise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eddy for Twitter
This app presents your Twitter feed one tweet at a time in a fullscreen, animated display. It allows for hands-free reading of tweets, supporting your home timeline, hashtags, and searches.
- Fullscreen animated tweet display
- Hands-free reading
- Home timeline view
- Hashtag browsing
- Search functionality
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Eddy animates through your twitter feed, one tweet at a time in a fullscreen display. That means you can read the latest tweets while keeping your hands free for cooking or coding or eating nachos while you watch the game. The default view is your home timeline (people you follow), but you can also view #hashtags and searches.
Tootoise
A straightforward client for the Mastodon social network, allowing users to manage multiple accounts, interact with timelines, and customize their experience. It offers robust post management features, including editing and pinning, along with privacy controls like muting and blocking.
- Manage multiple Mastodon accounts
- View and post to timelines
- Create and edit post lists
- Pinning and bookmarking posts
- Mute, block, and report users
- Customizable theme colors
- Edit posts
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Tootoise is a simple Mastodon client. ## You can do this - View and post timeline - Add and switch multiple accounts - List display, creation and editing - Add, remove and list favourites - Add, remove and list bookmarks - Display notifications list (Not push notifications) - Display and input of custom emoji - Post information about the song you are currently listening to - Sharing from other applications (Safari, etc.) - Use with iPad multitasking function (SplitView, SlideOver) - Change theme color - Absolute time display - Pinning posts - Mute, block, report, filter - Search (As per server specifications) - Display and vote on poll - Edit a post (Some functions are not yet supported.) - Setting and displaying the ALT attribute (alternate text) ## These are not possible - Push notifications - Streaming - Create a poll - Relative time display The text size can be changed from the iOS Settings view. You can check the license of the library etc. used in this App by tapping the app icon in iOS settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tootoise at every 2 weeks against Eddy for Twitter's every 2 months. Eddy for Twitter's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 68%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eddy for Twitter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Eddy for Twitter's written reviews are positive against 68% of Tootoise's.
Eddy for Twitter ships an update every 2 months, Tootoise every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eddy for Twitter | Tootoise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better | 4.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 68.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chris Ricca | Naoki Kuwata |
Customer experience
Eddy for Twitter
Tootoise
In-app purchases
Eddy for Twitter
No in-app purchases
Tootoise
No in-app purchases
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