Lemmios vs Interstellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lemmios
Explore and navigate the fediverse with this intuitive client. Discover content and communities across different instances in a streamlined manner.
- Browse Lemmy instances
- Discover fediverse content
- Intuitive navigation
- Community browsing
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Lemmios is a client built for Lemmy. Discover and browse through all parts of the fediverse in an intuitive way.
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 Lemmios's 3.4. Interstellar also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Lemmios's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lemmios's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interstellar's.
Lemmios ships an update every 2 weeks, Interstellar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lemmios | Interstellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Peter Lavallee | John Randall |
Customer experience
Lemmios
Interstellar
In-app purchases
Lemmios
No in-app purchases
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
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