Thunder for Lemmy vs Interstellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thunder for Lemmy
An open-source client for exploring the fediverse, offering multi-account support and extensive customization. Navigate communities, posts, and comments with swipe gestures and a Safari extension for seamless linking. Still in early development with more features planned.
- Open source client
- Multi-account support
- Customizable settings
- Swipe gestures
- Safari extension
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Thunder is an open source Lemmy/PieFed client for the fediverse, fully free of advertisements and trackers. Here's a peek at what Thunder offers: - Multi-account support: Login to all your accounts, and switch between them at ease - Fully customizable settings: Choose your own splash of accent, customize your own gestures, and much more - Swipe gestures: Navigate and interact with your favourite communities, posts, and comments all through customizable swipe gestures. - Safari extension: Opens Lemmy links in Thunder Thunder is still very early on in development and many more features are yet to be available!
Interstellar
Access and interact with communities across Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed. This open-source client provides a unified platform for engaging with your favorite fediverse content.
- Access Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed accounts
- Interact with fediverse communities
- Open-source platform
- Bug reporting via GitHub
- Feature requests via magazine
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Interstellar is a free and open source, fediverse client, allowing you to access your Mbin/Lemmy/PieFed accounts and interact with your favorite communities. If you encounter any bugs or would like to request a feature, please report it on the GitHub repository (github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar) or the Interstellar magazine (kbin.earth/m/interstellar).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interstellar at 4.8 against Thunder for Lemmy's 3.8. Interstellar also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Thunder for Lemmy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Interstellar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Thunder for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interstellar's.
Thunder for Lemmy ships an update every 2 weeks, Interstellar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thunder for Lemmy | Interstellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hamlet Jiang Su | John Randall |
Customer experience
Thunder for Lemmy
Interstellar
In-app purchases
Thunder for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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