Comparison

feather for Mastodon vs Bell8

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

Head to head
About

feather for Mastodon

Enhance your social media experience with a highly customizable client. Manage multiple accounts, personalize your interface with themes and custom tabs, and streamline interactions with swipe gestures. Enjoy advanced features like keyword muting and real-time timeline streaming.

Highlights
  • Multi-account support
  • Customizable themes and tabs
  • Swipe actions for post interactions
  • Advanced keyword muting
  • Real-time timeline streaming
  • High-functionality posting screen
Features
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feather for Mastodon is an app that renews your Mastodon experience. It pursues comfort and customization, offering a Mastodon world that fits perfectly in your hands. โ—†โ—‡ Unlock Infinite Possibilities with Multi-Account Support โ—‡โ—† Do you have multiple accounts? With its multi-account support, feather allows you to instantly check all your timelines. โ—†โ—‡ Stylish Themes โ—‡โ—† feather currently offers 10 stylish themes. You can easily set them according to your preferences at any time. โ—†โ—‡ Customize Tabs for Your Own Unique Mastodon Experience โ—‡โ—† Add a variety of timelines to your tabs, not just Home, including hashtags and lists, and create your own Mastodon app. You can explore Mastodon, perfectly tailored to your preferences. โ—†โ—‡ Customizable Swipe Actions โ—‡โ—† feather does not place buttons such as favorites and boosts on each post in order to display many posts on the screen. Instead, you can quickly perform these actions by swiping left or right on the posts. Swipe actions are customizable, so you can set them to frequently used actions according to your preference. You can also perform actions with other accounts by long-pressing the favorite or boost button. โ—†โ—‡ High-functionality Posting Screen โ—‡โ—† feather supports a wide range of Mastodon posts, allowing you to smoothly express your thoughts and communicate more effectively. These features are supported: - Account switching - Draft function - Image attachment - Scheduled posts - Voting function - @(mention), #(hashtag), emoji input completion - NowPlaying with currently playing music, artwork input - Post re-editing โ—†โ—‡ Enhanced Keyword Mute โ—‡โ—† feather offers a more advanced keyword mute feature compared to Mastodon's standard mute, allowing you to keep your timeline clean. You can configure the following detailed settings: - Specify keywords using regular expressions - Include usernames in the mute targets - Flexibly apply mutes to specific timelines โ—†โ—‡ Following Customized Server Functions โ—‡โ—† It also supports the features of servers that have been uniquely extended, like fedibird.com (such as reactions). While it does not support all features, we plan to gradually follow-up based on user requests. โ—†โ—‡ Supports streaming of timelines โ—‡โ—† Streaming of Home, Hashtag, Local, and Federated timelines is supported. By enabling streaming, you can view new posts in real time without having to do a pull refresh. โ—†โ—‡ Special Experience with Supporter Plan โ—‡โ—† Are you seeking a clean Mastodon experience without ads? By joining the Supporter Plan, you can remove ads. Additionally, we plan to add new features exclusive for supporters in the future. Currently available supporter-exclusive features: - Removal of banner ads - Receive push notifications for favorites, boosts, etc. - Why? You can change pull-to-refresh into bacon. Download feather for Mastodon now, and freely, joyfully, and fully immerse yourself in the world of Mastodon!

About

Bell8

Features
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Bell8ใฏใ€8ๆ–‡ๅญ—ใ ใ‘ใฎใƒกใƒƒใ‚ปใƒผใ‚ธใ‚’้€ๅ—ไฟกใงใใ‚‹ใ‚ทใƒณใƒ—ใƒซใช้€šไฟกใ‚ขใƒ—ใƒชใงใ™ใ€‚ ใƒใ‚ฑใƒ™ใƒซใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๅ‘ผใณๅ‡บใ—ไฝ“้จ“ใ‚’ใ€็พไปฃใฎใ‚นใƒžใƒผใƒˆใƒ•ใ‚ฉใƒณใงๅ†ๆง‹็ฏ‰ใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ ไธปใช็‰นๅพด๏ผš ใƒป8ๆ–‡ๅญ—้™ๅฎšใฎใƒกใƒƒใ‚ปใƒผใ‚ธ้€ไฟก ใƒปใ‚ทใƒณใƒ—ใƒซใง็›ดๆ„Ÿ็š„ใชๆ“ไฝœ ใƒปไธไพฟใ•ใ‚’ๆฅฝใ—ใ‚€ใƒฌใƒˆใƒญใชไฝ“้จ“

Screenshots

feather for Mastodon4 screens
Bell83 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bell8 at none against feather for Mastodon's 2. Bell8 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. feather for Mastodon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bell8 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
feather for Mastodon versus Bell8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfeather for MastodonBell8
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews55.6% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.412.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developercovelline, LLC.PortFolder, Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

feather for Mastodon

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter Plan (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Supporter Plan (Yearly)$19.991 Year
None

Bell8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is feather for Mastodon free?
feather for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bell8 free?
Bell8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do feather for Mastodon or Bell8 have ads?
feather for Mastodon shows ads; Bell8 does not.

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