Mona 27 for Mastodon vs Trailblaize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mona 27 for Mastodon
This app offers a highly customizable and personalized experience for the Mastodon social network. It features a sleek interface, advanced customization options for themes and fonts, and robust privacy controls. Enjoy seamless navigation and enhanced accessibility for all users.
- Highly customizable interface
- Native design and smooth scrolling
- Advanced theme and font customization
- Widgets for home screen and notification center
- Cross-device sync for settings
- Game controller support
- Privacy-focused with on-device token protection
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Meet Mona, 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 Mona features: • A stunning user interface with the Liquid Glass design • Check recent posts and trending news on your home screen or notification center with widgets • 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 • Push notifications • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac 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: • 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 • Adjustable text spacing and text sizes • Retrieve missing posts with “Load from Remote Server” • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for Mastodon accounts • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place • Control the app and browse posts with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize game controller’s button functions via in-app settings 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
Trailblaize
Connect with your membership organization's community through a private, trusted network. Find members, stay updated on news, and discover opportunities within your trusted network.
- Member and alumni directory
- Direct messaging
- Organization announcements
- Job and internship opportunities
- Resource sharing
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Trailblaize is the private network for your membership organization - connecting members and alumni through a single, trusted app. Whether you're an active member or a decade out, Trailblaize keeps you plugged into the people who matter most. DIRECTORY & PROFILES - Search and browse your organization's full member and alumni directory - View profiles with contact info, career history, and location - Always know where your network is and what they're doing MESSAGING & NETWORKING - Message fellow members and alumni directly - Reconnect with people you've lost touch with - Build relationships that go beyond your membership years ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS - Stay up to date with chapter news, milestones, and updates - Receive announcements from chapter leadership - Never miss what's happening in your organization OPPORTUNITIES - Find jobs, internships, and new hires from within your trusted network - Share deals, referrals, and resources exclusively with members - Leverage your network the way it was always meant to be used Trailblaize is trusted by universities and membership organizations nationwide. Your network is your most valuable asset - keep it alive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trailblaize at 100% against Mona 27 for Mastodon's 43%. Trailblaize also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Mona 27 for Mastodon's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 3). 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 27 for Mastodon sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Trailblaize asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trailblaize holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mona 27 for Mastodon has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Mona 27 for Mastodon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trailblaize's.
Mona 27 for Mastodon ships an update weekly, Trailblaize every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Mona 27 for Mastodon | Trailblaize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (68 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 312 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Junyu Kuang | Trailblaize |
Customer experience
Mona 27 for Mastodon
Trailblaize
In-app purchases
Mona 27 for Mastodon
- Mona Ultra (1 Month)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Mona Ultra (1 Year)14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99
- Amazing Tip$9.99
Trailblaize
No in-app purchases
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