Comparison

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots vs PottMenu

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

Head to head
About

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

Experience a beautifully designed and highly performant client for the Mastodon social network. Offers extensive customization, multi-account support, and advanced features like content warnings, polls, and powerful filtering.

Highlights
  • Beautiful visual and sound design
  • Blazing fast performance
  • Multiple account support
  • Content warnings and polls
  • GIF search and posting
  • Customizable push notifications
  • Powerful mute and timeline filters
Features
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Ivory is a brand new app that brings over a dozen years of experience building the award-winning Tweetbot for Twitter, over to the Mastodon network. We obsess over every detail and put good design and experience first. Download and experience it for yourself. If you liked Tweetbot, you’ll love Ivory! We are very excited about the future of Ivory and have so many great plans for it. Here’s what you can expect in Ivory now: ⁃ Beautiful visual and sound design ⁃ Blazing fast performance and super smooth scrolling ⁃ Many theme and app icon options ⁃ Support for multiple accounts ⁃ Create and view content warnings ⁃ Create and participate in polls ⁃ Easily search for and post gifs ⁃ Customizable push notifications and viewable notifications tab ⁃ View post statistics for the day and graph for the week in the stats tab ⁃ Powerful mute filters with regex support ⁃ Ability to follow hashtags and create hashtag lists ⁃ Bookmark posts to refer back to privately ⁃ View local and federated timelines as well as trending posts ⁃ Powerful timeline filters to quickly show/hide posts of different criteria ⁃ Never lose your place in the timeline across Ivory on multiple devices including iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. -- Subscription Details -- • Monthly and annual subscriptions are available • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period • Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription • Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tapbots.net/ivory/privacy/

About

PottMenu

Discover the licensed growers behind your favorite cannabis products. Follow cultivators, explore their harvests, and learn about their cultivation practices directly from the source. Get notified about new availability and share harvest details with others.

Highlights
  • Discover licensed growers
  • Follow grower profiles
  • Explore upcoming harvests
  • Learn cultivation practices
  • Receive availability notifications
  • Share Harvest Cards
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Consumers know dispensaries. Consumers know strains. Consumers should know growers. PottMenu helps consumers discover the licensed growers behind the cannabis they enjoy. Every licensed cultivator can create a verified public profile where consumers can follow their work, learn about their cultivation practices, and explore every harvest they produce. Every harvest receives its own digital identity through a Harvest Card, allowing consumers to follow upcoming harvests before they reach dispensary shelves, discover where they're available once they reach stores, and learn directly from the growers behind the product. Discover • Follow verified licensed growers • Explore upcoming and past harvests • Learn through photos, videos, and grower updates • Receive notifications when new harvests become available • Share Harvest Cards with friends, budtenders, and the cannabis community For Licensed Growers • Create a verified public profile • Publish upcoming harvests • Build anticipation before products reach dispensaries • Share cultivation updates • Build a following • Showcase every harvest you produce PottMenu brings greater transparency to the cannabis industry by helping consumers discover the people behind every harvest. Every harvest deserves an identity.

Screenshots

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots4 screens
PottMenu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PottMenu at none against Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots's 6. PottMenu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PottMenu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PottMenu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots has 3.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots's written reviews are positive against 100% of PottMenu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots ships an update fortnightly, PottMenu every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots versus PottMenu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvory for Mastodon by TapbotsPottMenu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.9K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB33 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperTapbotsPottMenu Inc

Customer experience

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

All ratings3,933 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews350 reviews
Positive74.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.9%

PottMenu

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when scrolling to top of timeline
  • Issues with muting and filtering functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit and delete posts
  • Support for more Mastodon features like hashtag tracking
  • Improved notification and moderation tools
  • Misskey and other Fediverse platform support

PottMenu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

Subscriptions6
  • Ivory iOS + iPadOS Monthly Sub7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Ivory for macOS Monthly Sub7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Ivory iOS + iPadOS Yearly Sub7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Ivory for macOS Yearly Sub7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • iOS, iPadOS + macOS Yearly Sub7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • macOS, iOS + iPadOS Yearly Sub7 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

PottMenu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots free?
Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PottMenu free?
PottMenu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots or PottMenu?
PottMenu is rated higher. Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while PottMenu averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots or PottMenu have ads?
Neither Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots nor PottMenu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots or PottMenu?
Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots ships an update fortnightly, and PottMenu every 10 days. Most recently, Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots was updated on November 7, 2026 and PottMenu on November 8, 2026.

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