Comparison

status.log vs Tusks for Mastodon

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

Head to head
About

status.log

This app allows users to view and update statuses, upload photos, and interact with profiles from the omg.lol platform on their iPhone and iPad. It provides a streamlined experience for managing your social presence and discovering new connections.

Highlights
  • View latest statuses
  • Upload and view photos
  • Update status for addresses
  • Browse statuslog profiles
  • Respond to statuses
  • Discover addresses in directory
Features
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The best way to use omg.lol on your iPhone and iPad! • View everyone's latest status • Upload and view photos with some.pics • Update the status for each of your addresses • Browse someone's statuslog profile • Response to statuses • Discover interesting addresses in the omg.lol directory

About

Tusks for Mastodon

This app focuses on creating and managing threaded posts for Mastodon, prioritizing narrative continuity over a traditional timeline. It helps users blog and write longer content by making it easy to create and follow threads, with features for organization and drafting.

Highlights
  • Create and manage threaded posts
  • Blog-like posting experience
  • Drafting and follow-up support
  • Pin threads for quick access
  • Hide irrelevant posts
  • Unique thread titles
  • Search that ignores interactions
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Tusks makes posting to Mastodon feel like publishing to your blog. This is a Mastodon client with no timeline — just your posts. More specifically, it’s built around threads. Starting a new thread is just as easy as making a single post. But that’s not what makes it special. Tusks actively discourages posting into a vacuum, therefore losing valuable context. This is achieved by making it effortless to continue threading narratives. Each post becomes an update to a bigger story. This priority shift should make your account a higher quality follow. So, who is it for? To be clear, if you don’t post and are not interested in writing, then not you. Otherwise… • If you post regularly, then you. • If you blog, then you. • If you want to write (more), then you. Also: if you post occasionally, then Tusks could encourage you to post more. # Features Tusks show your posts as well as any of your follow-ups to the original post (to be clear, you won’t see any users replies, or your interactions with users). There are several features to help with organizing and publishing. • Pin threads for quick access. • Hide posts that you don’t expect to follow-up, so your list is always relevant. • You can set unique titles for each thread for faster recall. • Search ignores irrelevant posts (i.e. interactions with users). • Write as much as you want in one-go and press a button to split it up into multiple posts. In addition, drafting is a first-class feature. You can draft new threads, and as many follow-ups to already published posts. # Availability Tusks has iOS, iPadOS and macOS clients. A lot of work has gone into optimising for each form factor, so they always feel at home. All your drafts, pins and labels will be synced across your devices too. # Pricing Tusks has all features enabled for free users, except for one.  If you want to publish content to Mastodon, you’ll need to upgrade to Tusks Pro — this is available through an in-app purchase. No subscription required. All payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. # Privacy Tusks takes your privacy very seriously. It does not store any personal data — it stays completely private. The full privacy policy & terms of use can be read here: https://midnight-beanie-ccb.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3b45102d741e4a9fa15d8e398839cef0?pvs=4.

Screenshots

status.log4 screens
Tusks for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tusks for Mastodon at Free against status.log's $2.99. Tusks for Mastodon also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). status.log's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Tusks for Mastodon is free to download; status.log costs $2.99 up front. Tusks for Mastodon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. status.log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

status.log holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of status.log's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tusks for Mastodon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

status.log ships an update every 4 months, Tusks for Mastodon every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
status.log versus Tusks for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterstatus.logTusks for Mastodon
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developer433 LabsBardia Golriz

Customer experience

status.log

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tusks for Mastodon

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

status.log

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tusks for Mastodon

One-time1
  • Tusks Pro$4.99

Questions

Is status.log free?
status.log costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tusks for Mastodon free?
Tusks for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, status.log or Tusks for Mastodon?
status.log is rated higher. status.log averages 5.0 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Tusks for Mastodon averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do status.log or Tusks for Mastodon have ads?
Neither status.log nor Tusks for Mastodon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, status.log or Tusks for Mastodon?
status.log ships an update every 4 months, and Tusks for Mastodon every 4 days. Most recently, status.log was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tusks for Mastodon on November 4, 2026.

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