Mlem for Lemmy vs Doomscroll News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mlem for Lemmy
Experience the Fediverse through a native iOS app designed for seamless interaction with all major Lemmy instances. Enjoy powerful features like swipe actions, quick account switching, and extensive customization for an optimized mobile experience.
- Native iOS Swift development
- Lemmy instance compatibility
- Swipe actions
- Account quick-switching
- Customization options
- Optimized backend
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Mlem for Lemmy is beautiful, smooth, and compatible with all major Lemmy instances. Written fully in iOS' native Swift, Mlem lets you experience Lemmy while taking advantage of the best your device has to offer. With powerful, easy-to-use features such as swipe actions and account quick-switching, a robust set of customizations, and a highly optimized backend, Mlem offers the mobile Lemmy experience you deserve!
Doomscroll News
Stay informed with a curated selection of approximately 10 world news items daily. Designed for quick consumption, this app helps you get essential updates without the overwhelming 24-hour news cycle. Easily track your progress through the daily news list.
- Daily curated news selection
- Limited news items per day
- Focus on world news
- Completionist indicator
- Designed for quick use
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**Note: Doomscroll is NOT FREE. There’s a 7-day free trial, though.** Doomscroll is a news reader app that helps you stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. It shows you about 10 curated news items each day. You are supposed to open the app, spend a minute browsing through the news, and then get back to your day. Doomscroll shows you “world news,” which are mostly bad news that are mostly irrelevant to you. This way, you can use your RSS reader for tech news (or finance, or politics) and get your general news from Doomscroll. If you are a completionist, good news for you because it’s easy to scroll through the whole list. There’s a very obvious indicator at the end of the list. If you’re tired of the constant flood of news and want a simpler way to stay informed, Doomscroll is for you. It’s designed to be used for just a few minutes each day, helping you stay updated without getting sucked into the 24-hour news cycle. I hope you find Doomscroll helpful. - - - By using Doomscroll, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Use: (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mlem for Lemmy at none against Doomscroll News's 1. Mlem for Lemmy also leads on ratings volume (86 vs 2). Doomscroll News's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Doomscroll News sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.00 per year. Mlem for Lemmy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doomscroll News holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mlem for Lemmy has 86 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Mlem for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Doomscroll News's.
Mlem for Lemmy ships an update every 3 weeks, Doomscroll News every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mlem for Lemmy | Doomscroll News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (86 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Eric Andrews | And a Dinosaur |
Customer experience
Mlem for Lemmy
Doomscroll News
Bugs and requests
Mlem for Lemmy
Reported bugs
19 issues- Cannot validate username for account creation
- Loses progress when switching to another app while composing a post/reply
- App bounces back to the subscribed feeds list in various situations
- New bugs introduced with each update
- Embedded content (videos) only show as links
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- Changing font size via iOS Accessibility settings breaks drag and drop functionality
- Media type label in the lower left corner covers parts of the image
- App crashes frequently
- Jittery scrolling on ProMotion enabled iPhones
- Cannot log out of an account without deleting it
- Requires signing back into the instance every time an external link is followed
- No way to change font size
- Timeline is a mess
- Unable to save images
- Unable to zoom in on images
- Unable to load images on their own without comments
- Bad app icon (furry)
- No full screen for pictures, always goes to post
- Login required from the start for some users
Requested features
19 requests- Customizability for each feed type (e.g., bold headlines)
- Larger card view option
- Compact view option
- Option to customize gestures
- Fix embedded content to be playable
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- Fix font size breaking drag and drop
- Option to not display media type label or hide it
- Mark inbox as read automatically
- Hide post option
- Customizable swipe options on posts
- Cross-post functionality
- Set Reader mode as default for links
- Ability to zoom out on pictures
- Ability to save images
- Search for posts within a community
- Block communities from post options menu
- Filter instances option
- Collapse all comments by default
- Up/Down votes on the right side
Doomscroll News
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mlem for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
Doomscroll News
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$3.001 Year
Questions
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