Mona for Mastodon vs Silverleaf Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mona for Mastodon
This app offers a highly customizable and personalized experience for the Mastodon social network. Enjoy smooth scrolling, native design, and advanced features like user notes, game controller support, and extensive theme customization. It's designed for privacy and accessibility, with full VoiceOver optimization.
- Highly customizable interface
- User notes and aliases
- Game controller support
- iCloud sync for settings
- Advanced theme and accent color editor
- Column View for iPad/Mac
- Widgets for home screen
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Meet Mona 7, the default Mastodon app for everyone. Enjoy buttery smooth scrolling, native design, and powerful customization options. It delivers a truly personal Mastodon experience and is fully optimized for VoiceOver. All Mastodon features that everyone expects: • Browse timelines like Home, List, and Profiles • Reply, repost, favorite, bookmark posts with ease • Explore trending posts and news, plus Local and Federated timelines iCloud Sync: • Sync your reading positions, mute list, user notes, drafts, search history, accent colors, and custom app themes across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, privately and securely • Optionally disable some features from automatic syncing User Notes: • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for Mastodon accounts • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller: • Control the app and browse posts with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize button functions via in-app settings • Set extra functions for Adaptive Triggers on the Playstation DualSense controller Privacy: • Mona does not collect any personal information • Your account tokens are protected by on-device Keychain • Your network connections to Mastodon servers are protected by HTTPS Other Mona features: • A stunning new experience with the Liquid Glass design • Post with HDR photos and Live Photos • Use Genmoji and custom emojis in your posts • Column View takes full advantage of the big screen on iPad and Mac, shows multiple views at once and allows you to navigate between views fluently and efficiently • Check recent posts on your home screen or notification center with widgets • Adjustable text spacing and text sizes • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Automatic video and GIF playback on timelines • Retrieve missing posts with “Load from Remote Server” • Push notifications Tab Bar (Mona Ultra feature): • Pin your frequently visit pages to the tab bar • Drag tabs into the order you prefer • Rename your tabs • Change your tab icons (more than a thousand of icons for you to choose) • Show/hide tab names Post Actions (Mona Ultra feature): • Drag actions into the order you prefer • Configure actions as swipe options: swipe a post horizontally to perform an action • Optionally hide some or all action buttons from post cards, while keeping them accessible via context menu, swipe options, keyboard shortcuts, and VoiceOver rotor Accent Color (Mona Ultra feature): • Configure different Accent Colors for Light and Dark mode • More than 10 built-in colors for you to choose • Design and set custom colors Theme Editor (Mona Ultra feature): • Customize the app’s color scheme • Design and set custom themes • Advanced color settings allow you to fine-tune colors for different level of views • Export and share your custom themes • Import custom themes shared by other people Font Customization (Mona Ultra feature): • Configure different fonts for body text and headings • Select from a variety of build-in fonts • Supports custom fonts installed by third-party apps Other Mona Ultra features: • Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, repost, quote post, or follow using a non-current account • Automatically translate posts on the timeline • Filter and mute: filter timelines based on post category and content; hide posts with certain words; hide posts from certain people • Customize push notifications based on notification category • Export and import settings: easily transfer your custom settings between multiple devices Customer support: • Mastodon: @MonaApp@mastodon.social • Email: theSpringApp@gmail.com Terms of use: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Silverleaf Reader
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Silverleaf is a calm, focused RSS reader designed for people who care about blogs. Built to work seamlessly with Micro.blog, Silverleaf keeps your reading list in sync across devices while staying fast, lightweight, and distraction-free. No algorithms, no noise—just the posts you choose, presented beautifully. Why Silverleaf? Micro.blog's Inkwell Sync Connect your Micro.blog account and keep feeds, read status, and bookmarks in sync automatically. A Reader, Not a Feed Farm Silverleaf is designed for thoughtful reading, not endless scrolling. Clean typography and a minimalist layout help you focus on the writing. Fast & Lightweight Opens instantly, syncs quietly in the background, and stays out of your way. Offline Reading Save posts and read them later—even without an internet connection. Privacy-First No tracking, no analytics, no ads. Your reading habits are yours alone. Silverleaf is made by Silverpine Software, an independent studio focused on crafting thoughtful, long-lasting apps. If you enjoy reading blogs the way they were meant to be read, Silverleaf is for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silverleaf Reader at none against Mona for Mastodon's 7. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Mona for Mastodon sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Silverleaf Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mona for Mastodon ships an update weekly, Silverleaf Reader every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mona for Mastodon | Silverleaf Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (63 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 312 MB | 261 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Junyu Kuang | Silver Pine Software |
In-app purchases
Mona for Mastodon
- Mona Ultra14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Mona Ultra14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99
- Amazing Tip$9.99
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- Mona Ultra$39.99
- Mona Ultra$49.99
Silverleaf Reader
No in-app purchases
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