Wafrn vs Interstellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wafrn
Connect with friends on decentralized social networks like Mastodon and Bluesky. This app offers custom emojis, drawing tools, and a supportive community. Actively developed with user feedback in mind.
- Connect to Bluesky and fediverse
- Custom emojis and reactions
- Drawing editor
- Quotes and bookmarks
- Active development based on user input
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Wafrn is a social network built to be a caring and inviting place. You can connect with your friends on Bluesky and the fediverse (Mastodon, Sharkey, Pleroma, Gotosocial, etc), natively, with no shenanigans. You can draw in the editor and upload your drawing seamlessly. We have custom emojis, emoji reactions, quotes, bookmarks... Everything you can hope for in a fediverse app and more. Development of new features is currently active and we are listening to every input from our users, so if you want something new included, we are all ears,
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
Wafrn and Interstellar both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Interstellar's written reviews are positive against 67% of Wafrn's. Interstellar also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Wafrn's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Wafrn's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interstellar's.
Wafrn ships an update every 3 weeks, Interstellar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wafrn | Interstellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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 | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Juan Dominguez Jara | John Randall |
Customer experience
Wafrn
Interstellar
In-app purchases
Wafrn
No in-app purchases
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
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