Bubble for Mastodon vs Neo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubble for Mastodon
A lightweight, user-friendly Mastodon client designed for a seamless experience. It offers essential features like content filtering, multiple timelines, and a rich post composer, with optional enhancements for power users.
- Powerful content filter
- Multiple timeline views
- Rich post composer
- Grouped notifications
- Attachment saving (Bubble+)
- Multiple account support (Bubble+)
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Bubble is a very simple native lightweight Mastodon client, that is meant to look soft and easy-to-use. It integrates perfectly with your Mastodon account, and matches your vibe, while having Mastodon-only features. Bubble also includes a ton of features you know and love: - A powerful content filter - Report user content - All of your favorite timelines: Home, Trending, Local, and Federated - Trending hashtags - A rich post composer with polls, emojis, and attachments - Suggestions - Grouped Notifications - A restricted user list Bubble+ also allows you to get a handful of useful features such as attachment saving, more accounts... And there is so much more to see! ==================================================== Bubble+ Terms of Service: https://d.lumaa.fr/tosplus Bubble is not affiliated with Mastodon gGmbH.
Neo
This app is a feature-rich client for the Matrix chat protocol, offering advanced functionalities like local AI chats, RSS feeds, and customizable notifications. It provides a futuristic and efficient way to communicate and manage your conversations.
- Local AI chats and summarization
- RSS feed reader
- Room folders for organization
- Customizable notifications and reactions
- Online GIF picker
- Message search functionality
- Encrypted room support
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Neo is a futuristic Matrix client built for speed, focus, and modern communication. Move quickly through Matrix rooms, spaces, threads with a modern and clean UI. Sign in with your Matrix account, join rooms, send rich messages, organize conversations with Threads and Matrix Spaces, and navigate everything from a fast sidebar. Neo supports encrypted rooms, image video sharing, reactions, threads, voice and video calls, rich notifications, RSS feeds, and local message translation with a single tap. Core Matrix Features • Sign in with username/password or SSO • Support for regular and encrypted Matrix rooms • Send text, images, videos, files, GIFs, stickers, and reactions • Use threads to keep long conversations on track • Organize rooms with native Matrix Spaces • Rich notifications with avatars and message previews • Voice and video calls Neo Extras • Fast sidebar navigation for rooms and spaces • Online GIF picker powered by Tenor • Message search • One-tap downloads for images, videos, and GIFs • RSS feed subscriptions and in-app reading • News view with RSS integration • Sticker picker, including Memoji stickers • Per-contact notification modes • Custom notification sounds • Custom default reaction emojis • Emoji folders • Local message translation • Foldable Markdown code blocks • Apple Intelligence message summaries on supported devices EULA / Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-matrix-tos.md Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-privacy-policy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bubble for Mastodon at 5.0 against Neo's 3.5. Neo's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Bubble for Mastodon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Neo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bubble for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neo has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's written reviews are positive against 43% of Neo's.
Bubble for Mastodon ships an update every 3 weeks, Neo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubble for Mastodon | Neo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philippe Bondevine | AsterKit |
Customer experience
Bubble for Mastodon
Neo
In-app purchases
Bubble for Mastodon
- Bubble+ • Monthly$1.991 Month
- Bubble+ • 3 Months$4.793 Months
- Bubble+ • Yearly$17.991 Year
Neo
- Nil Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Nil Pro Lifetime$8.99
