Interstellar vs Crowfi for Mastodon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
Crowfi for Mastodon
A minimalist client for the Mastodon social network. Connect to your instance to browse timelines, interact with posts, publish your own content, and manage notifications.
- Browse home timeline
- View trending posts and tags
- Interact with posts (reply, repost, favorite)
- Publish content (text, media, polls)
- View notifications
- Search users, posts, and tags
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A Mastodon client that feels fast, looks clean, and respects how we use the Fediverse. Connect to your preferred Mastodon instance and enjoy the following features: - Browse your home timeline & lists, explore trending posts, tags, and news - Interact with posts (reply, quote, repost, favorite, bookmark) - Publish content (text, media, and polls) - View notifications - Search for accounts, posts, and tags
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crowfi for Mastodon at weekly against Interstellar's every 2 months. Interstellar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Interstellar against 4.8 for Crowfi for Mastodon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Interstellar ships an update every 2 months, Crowfi for Mastodon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interstellar | Crowfi for Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | John Randall | 宏旭 朱 |
Customer experience
Interstellar
Crowfi for Mastodon
In-app purchases
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
Crowfi for Mastodon
No in-app purchases
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