Sabertooth for Mastodon vs Pixelix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Pixelix
This app offers a user-friendly interface for the federated image-sharing social network Pixelfed. Easily connect to your instance, upload photos, and browse your feed. It provides a streamlined experience for sharing and discovering visual content.
- Intuitive Pixelfed interface
- Connect to Pixelfed instances
- Direct photo uploads
- Streamlined feed browsing
- Visual content discovery
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Pixelix is an open source client for the Fediverse photo sharing platforms Pixelfed and Vernissage. - Material Design - Multi-accounts support - Dark and light theme - Profile settings - Home / local / global timelines - Trending posts, trending hashtags, trending profiles - Custom app icons - Post templates - Open source
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelix at 60% against Sabertooth for Mastodon's 0%. Sabertooth for Mastodon's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sabertooth for Mastodon ships an update weekly, Pixelix every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Sabertooth for Mastodon | Pixelix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mahan Rahmati | Daniel Hiebeler |
Customer experience
Sabertooth for Mastodon
Pixelix
In-app purchases
Sabertooth for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
Pixelix
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sabertooth for Mastodon free?
Is Pixelix free?
Do Sabertooth for Mastodon or Pixelix have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sabertooth for Mastodon or Pixelix?
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