Herd for Mastodon vs Sabertooth for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Herd for Mastodon
Connect with millions on Mastodon using this iOS client. Manage multiple accounts, view timelines, send direct messages, and organize follows with lists. Discover trending content and people.
- Multi-account support
- Home, Local & Federated timelines
- Bookmarks & Direct messages
- Notifications
- People & Hashtag recommendations
- Lists for organizing follows
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A brand new Mastodon client for iOS - be heard with Herd! Simply log in with an existing Mastodon account (or create one at https://joinmastodon.org if you don't have one already) and start chatting with millions of Mastodon users. Herd has: Swipe to switch between multiple accounts; Home, Local & Federated timelines; Bookmarks; Direct messages; Favorites; Notifications; Explore the larger world of Mastodon with People Recommendations (For You), Hashtags, News, Trending Posts and Search; and group people you follow together using Lists for your Friends, Family, Tech News, Artists, Authors, etc.
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 clearest difference is price: Sabertooth for Mastodon at Free against Herd for Mastodon's $0.99. Herd for Mastodon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Sabertooth for Mastodon is free to download; Herd for Mastodon costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Herd for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Herd for Mastodon ships an update daily, Sabertooth for Mastodon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Herd for Mastodon | Sabertooth for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ross Cooper | Mahan Rahmati |
Customer experience
Herd for Mastodon
Sabertooth for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Herd for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
Sabertooth for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
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