Comparison

Colossus Social Reader vs Joiniee

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

Head to head
About

Colossus Social Reader

Features
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Read Mastodon in your language. Free, ad-free, with on-device translation. An independent Mastodon reader that lets you read and reply to posts in other languages using manual or automatic translation powered by Apple Translation. Access your Home, Lists, Bookmarks, and Notifications timelines with fast updates, complete threads, and a new-post counter that preserves your position. Translation is native, processed on-device, and does not send text to external translation services. With Slow Mode, translation is prepared in the background and displayed when you tap the translation button. Customize your experience with Liquid Glass, Light, Dark, and Soft themes, plus a configurable accent color. Also included: • Navigable mentions and profiles, with a Follow button. • Native video and GIF player. • Image viewer with zoom and direct saving to Photos. • Selectable text. • Built-in or external browser. • Spanish and English localization. This is an independent, unofficial Mastodon client. Account creation is not supported. To use the app, sign in with an existing Mastodon account created at: https://joinmastodon.org End User License Agreement (EULA): https://juliocuesta.github.io/LectorDeMastodon/en/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://juliocuesta.github.io/LectorDeMastodon/en/privacy-policy.html

About

Joiniee

Discover and create local activities to meet new people who share your interests. Find company for casual meetups, hobbies, or workouts, and build new connections in your community.

Highlights
  • Discover local activities
  • Create your own activities
  • Join existing plans
  • Receive plan updates
  • Meet people with shared interests
  • Build new connections
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Joiniee turns shared interests into real plans with real people. Open the app, see what is happening around you, and join in. Or host your own activity in a minute and let people come to you. Coffee and a chat, a morning run, yoga, padel, study sessions, video games, a night out: more than 30 activity types, each with its own covers. DISCOVER • Home with three tabs: All activities, Friends and People for you. • Explore on a live map: see plans around you, filter by type, time and distance, and check how many spots are left. • People for you shows who shares your interests and free time, how well you match, and what they have planned. RECORD • Track a run, walk, hike, ride or any sport with time, distance, pace and your route, and save it to Apple Health. • Indoor Run and Indoor Cycling for sessions without GPS. • Plan a route first: pick Run or Ride and a distance, tap Another Route for a new one, and start with a countdown. JOIN • Ask to join with one tap, or join straight away when the host lets anyone in. • Get a reminder before it starts. • Afterwards, share your experience with photos and a review. HOST • Create an activity in seconds: type, place, date and time, spots, a description and a cover. • Choose who sees it: Everyone, My Friends or Close Friends, or a group of people you pick. • Approve join requests yourself, or let people in automatically. • Start a group chat for your activity, so everyone who joins talks in one place. • Host again from an activity you already ran, with just a new date and time. TALK • Chat one to one, reply to a message, react with an emoji, and edit what you sent for up to 15 minutes. • Comment on posts, reply, like, and edit or delete your own comments. • Notifications show who they are from and open exactly what they are about. Find people. Do things.

Screenshots

Colossus Social Reader4 screens
Joiniee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Joiniee at every 2 days against Colossus Social Reader's every 9 days. Colossus Social Reader's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colossus Social Reader ships an update every 9 days, Joiniee every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Colossus Social Reader versus Joiniee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColossus Social ReaderJoiniee
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB81 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJulio CuestaAlireza Hajialiasgharajilforoosh

In-app purchases

None

Colossus Social Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Joiniee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colossus Social Reader free?
Colossus Social Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Joiniee free?
Joiniee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colossus Social Reader or Joiniee have ads?
Neither Colossus Social Reader nor Joiniee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colossus Social Reader or Joiniee?
Colossus Social Reader ships an update every 9 days, and Joiniee every 2 days. Most recently, Colossus Social Reader was updated on November 5, 2026 and Joiniee on October 31, 2026.

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