The ARC Hive by Aware vs Sabertooth for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The ARC Hive by Aware
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The ARC Hive app is the gathering place of Aware Recovery Care (ARC), a pioneer in the field of in-home addiction treatment. ARC team members can stay plugged in and connected wherever they are through a variety of app functions - from communicating with colleagues to keeping up-to-date on ARC news and events. With push notifications, you'll know what's going on - always and everywhere. The ARC Hive app welcomes all users with a company overview, mission and vision, states served and more. At Aware, home is where recovery lives.
Sabertooth for Mastodon
Access the decentralized fediverse social network, connecting with users across different servers. Share photos, videos, and posts, and discover new communities. Customize your experience with content warnings and blocking tools.
- Access the fediverse
- Connect across instances
- Share photos and videos
- Explore public timelines
- Content warnings
- Muting and blocking
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Sabertooth puts the power of the fediverse social network in your hand. Access a universe of user-created content and join the decentralized conversation from anywhere. Connect with friends near and far by following users across instance boundaries. Share your perspective through photos, videos, and short-form posting. Discover new voices and communities by exploring public timelines. Customize your experience with content warnings, muting, and blocking. Stay in control of your digital life. Harness the strength of open protocols and ethical design. Sabertooth allows you to tap into the fediverse and join the Mastodon social network through an intuitive, cross-device experience. The future of social media, in your hand. What is the Fediverse? The fediverse is a network of decentralized, interoperable social media servers. Each server runs open source software that implements shared protocols like ActivityPub. This enables users on different servers to follow each other and interact across the fediverse.
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Verdict
The ARC Hive by Aware and Sabertooth for Mastodon are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
The ARC Hive by Aware ships an update fortnightly, Sabertooth for Mastodon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The ARC Hive by Aware | Sabertooth for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aware Recovery Care | Mahan Rahmati |
In-app purchases
The ARC Hive by Aware
No in-app purchases
Sabertooth for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The ARC Hive by Aware free?
Is Sabertooth for Mastodon free?
Do The ARC Hive by Aware or Sabertooth for Mastodon have ads?
Which is updated more often, The ARC Hive by Aware or Sabertooth for Mastodon?
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