Comparison

trunks for Mastodon vs CitySync

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multi-account support
  • Push notifications
  • Follow hashtags
  • Edit posts
  • Threaded replies
  • Dark mode
  • Instance browse
Features
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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!

About

CitySync

Discover when friends or colleagues will be in the same city you're visiting. Get notified in advance about potential meetups while traveling for business or leisure.

Highlights
  • Travel overlap alerts
  • Colleague and friend notifications
  • Advance meetup planning
  • Business and leisure travel support
Features
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Whether traveling for work or for fun, you can now be alerted ahead of time when colleagues or friends will overlap in the same city you are traveling to!

Screenshots

trunks for Mastodon4 screens
CitySync3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CitySync at 5.0 against trunks for Mastodon's 4.5. trunks for Mastodon's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CitySync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: trunks for Mastodon has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

trunks for Mastodon ships an update fortnightly, CitySync every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
trunks for Mastodon versus CitySync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertrunks for MastodonCitySync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (25 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB47 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFooBar Software LLCEliezer Tarlow

Customer experience

trunks for Mastodon

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative16.7%

CitySync

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

trunks for Mastodon

No in-app purchases

None

CitySync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is trunks for Mastodon free?
trunks for Mastodon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CitySync free?
CitySync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, trunks for Mastodon or CitySync?
CitySync is rated higher. trunks for Mastodon averages 4.5 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while CitySync averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do trunks for Mastodon or CitySync have ads?
Neither trunks for Mastodon nor CitySync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, trunks for Mastodon or CitySync?
trunks for Mastodon ships an update fortnightly, and CitySync every 3 weeks. Most recently, trunks for Mastodon was updated on October 18, 2026 and CitySync on October 8, 2026.

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