trunks for Mastodon vs Thunder for Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
trunks for Mastodon
Enhance your Mastodon experience with a feature-rich client designed for seamless connection and content discovery. Manage multiple accounts, receive real-time notifications, and customize your interface with various themes and display options.
- Multi-account support
- Push notifications
- Follow hashtags
- Edit posts
- Threaded replies
- Dark mode
- Instance browse
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trunks for Mastodon is the best way to experience Mastodon any of your devices. With its rich features and intuitive interface, trunks makes it easy to stay connected with your friends, follow your favorite topics, and discover new content. Features: - Large screen and foldable support: See content in any form factor that suits your needs. - Multi account support: Easily switch between multiple Mastodon accounts without having to log in and out. - Push notifications: Never miss a post, reply, or direct message with real-time push notifications. - Follow hashtags: Stay up-to-date on the latest conversations and trends by following hashtags. - Edit posts: Made a mistake? No problem! trunks allows you to edit your posts after they've been published. - Threaded replies: Keep track of conversations with threaded replies, which make it easy to see who's replying to whom. - Unroll threads: Get a quick overview of a threaded conversation by unrolling it into a single, easy-to-read article style view. - Dark mode: Reduce eye strain and save battery life with dark mode. - Media aspect ratio options: Choose how you want your photos and videos to be displayed with a variety of media aspect ratio options. - Comment sorting: Sort comments by best, chronological, or controversial order. - Themes: Personalize your trunks experience with a variety of themes. - Quoting: Easily quote other users' posts to add your own thoughts and insights. - Markdown support: Use Markdown to format your posts and make them stand out. - Instance browse: Easily find and join new Mastodon instances with the built-in instance browser. trunks for Mastodon is available in English, Chinese (Simplified), and Finnish. Anyone can contribute a new translation through the GitHub page. Download trunks for Mastodon today and start your Mastodon journey!
Thunder for Lemmy
An open-source client for exploring the fediverse, offering multi-account support and extensive customization. Navigate communities, posts, and comments with swipe gestures and a Safari extension for seamless linking. Still in early development with more features planned.
- Open source client
- Multi-account support
- Customizable settings
- Swipe gestures
- Safari extension
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Thunder is an open source Lemmy/PieFed client for the fediverse, fully free of advertisements and trackers. Here's a peek at what Thunder offers: - Multi-account support: Login to all your accounts, and switch between them at ease - Fully customizable settings: Choose your own splash of accent, customize your own gestures, and much more - Swipe gestures: Navigate and interact with your favourite communities, posts, and comments all through customizable swipe gestures. - Safari extension: Opens Lemmy links in Thunder Thunder is still very early on in development and many more features are yet to be available!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: trunks for Mastodon at 4.5 against Thunder for Lemmy's 3.6. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
trunks for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 71% and 71% positive.
trunks for Mastodon ships an update fortnightly, Thunder for Lemmy every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | trunks for Mastodon | Thunder for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FooBar Software LLC | Hamlet Jiang Su |
Customer experience
trunks for Mastodon
Thunder for Lemmy
In-app purchases
trunks for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
Thunder for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
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