LINUX DO Community vs Mithka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LINUX DO Community
A native iOS client for a sincere, friendly, and professional community focused on Linux. It offers a seamless reading experience with full Markdown support, content discovery tools, and real-time discussion features. Users can engage with posts, chat, and receive timely notifications.
- Full Markdown support
- Code highlighting and math formulas
- Content discovery and search
- Real-time chat and private messaging
- Customizable notifications
- Dark mode and dynamic font support
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LINUX DO 是一个新的理想型社区：真诚、友善、团结、专业。这是 LINUX DO 官方 iOS 客户端，为社区量身打造的原生体验。 【原生阅读】 · 完整支持 Markdown、代码高亮、数学公式、表格、引用、折叠内容与投票 · 流畅的长帖阅读，自动记住阅读位置，楼层跳转一步到位 · 图片浏览支持缩放与保存，链接在应用内直接打开 【发现内容】 · 首页按最新、热门、未读等方式浏览话题 · 分类、标签与搜索，快速找到你关心的讨论 · 收藏与草稿，随时回到感兴趣的内容 【参与讨论】 · 发帖、回复、引用，支持图片上传与常用模板 · 点赞、表情反应与 Boost，轻松表达你的态度 · 聊天频道与私信，和佬友实时交流 【及时提醒】 · 回复、提及、点赞、徽章等通知实时推送 · 可按需调整通知偏好与免打扰时段 【为你适配】 · 深色模式、动态字体，阅读更舒适 · iPhone 与 iPad 全面适配，iPad 侧边栏分栏浏览 【安全可靠】 · 设备认证与加密连接，保护你的账户安全 · 未登录也可以先随便看看 社区内容由用户发布，请遵守社区规范。如发现不当内容，可在帖子或话题菜单中举报，也可以忽略或静音任何用户。
Mithka
A fast, customizable messaging client for focused communication. It organizes conversations, groups, and media into a clean interface with extensive visual and notification controls. Offers features like polls, checklists, and translation tools.
- Fast chat list and conversation views
- Groups and topic-style discussions
- Stickers, voice notes, polls, checklists
- Message search and rich previews
- Light/dark modes and accent colors
- Notification and translation settings
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Mithka is an independent messaging client built for people who want a fast, focused, and highly customizable way to stay in touch. It brings your conversations, groups, topic feeds, contacts, media, updates, and profile tools into a clean mobile interface designed for daily use. The app is powered by TDLib and keeps the experience close to native iOS patterns, with quick navigation, refined chat controls, and a flexible visual system. Highlights: - Fast chat list and conversation views - Groups, topic-style discussions, contacts, and profiles - Stickers, animated stickers, voice notes, polls, checklists, files, and location sharing - Message search, shared media, pinned messages, and rich message previews - One-to-one call interface - Light and dark appearance, accent colors, font controls, chat layout options, and notification settings - Translation settings and keyword blocking tools - Localized interface for English and Simplified Chinese Mithka is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Telegram. Telegram is a trademark of its respective owner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mithka at 5.0 against LINUX DO Community's 4.6. Mithka also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). LINUX DO Community's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and ratings volume (49 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mithka holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LINUX DO Community has 49 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of LINUX DO Community's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mithka's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LINUX DO Community ships an update weekly, Mithka every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LINUX DO Community | Mithka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (49 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 182 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | UASM, LLC | Kitta Co. |
Customer experience
LINUX DO Community
Mithka
In-app purchases
LINUX DO Community
No in-app purchases
Mithka
No in-app purchases
