Comparison

Expedition for Mastodon vs Cyd

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Expedition for Mastodon

Features
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Expedition is a fast, modern, and elegant Mastodon client. Mastodon is the open-source social network. There's no algorithm, no suggested posts, no ads. Just friendly, intelligent people posting about technology, humor, news, sports, and more.

About

Cyd

Features
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Most tech platforms are controlled by a tiny group of powerful billionaires. You don't OWE them your data. Even posting on Bluesky is a privacy nightmare. Why should our social media posts remain on the internet forever? With Cyd for iPhone, you can: - CREATE A LOCAL, PRIVATE BACKUP OF YOUR DATA, including Bluesky posts, reposts, likes, bookmarks, and chat messages. - CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DELETE. You can delete it all, or you can be selective, deleting most of it but keeping what went viral. - SCHEDULE AUTOMATIC DELETION, keeping your online data as ephemeral as you want over time. The Cyd developers can't access your accounts or your data. - Cyd runs directly on your device, not on our servers. - Cyd is designed so that we don't have access to your accounts, or to any of your data in those accounts. We don't even record what your username is. - When you sign into a Bluesky account in Cyd, you grant the app running locally on your phone permission to access it, not us, the developers of the app. Cyd is open source. The code is available at: https://github.com/lockdown-systems/cyd-mobile Read our privacy policy at: https://cyd.social/privacy/ Read our EULA at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Expedition for Mastodon4 screens
Cyd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expedition for Mastodon at none against Cyd's 1. Cyd's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Cyd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Expedition for Mastodon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expedition for Mastodon ships an update every 8 days, Cyd weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Expedition for Mastodon versus Cyd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpedition for MastodonCyd
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB67 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHowlin Interactive, Inc.Lockdown Systems

In-app purchases

None

Expedition for Mastodon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cyd

Subscriptions1
  • Cyd Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Expedition for Mastodon free?
Expedition for Mastodon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cyd free?
Cyd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Expedition for Mastodon or Cyd have ads?
Neither Expedition for Mastodon nor Cyd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expedition for Mastodon or Cyd?
Expedition for Mastodon ships an update every 8 days, and Cyd weekly. Most recently, Expedition for Mastodon was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cyd on October 25, 2026.

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