Moro for Mastodon vs MicroSphere for Micro.blog

Moro is a light, simple, and friendly way to enjoy Mastodon. Built around three ideas — light, simple, friendly — Moro gives you a calm, refined home in the fediverse. No clutter, no ads, no noise: just your timeline and the people you follow. Bring your own account on any Mastodon server and start reading, posting, and connecting with a client that stays out of your way. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read your home timeline in a clean, distraction-free layout • Follow conversations with clear, threaded replies • Post, reply, and quote — with drafts, polls, media, alt text, content warnings, and per-post visibility • Catch up on mentions, boosts, favorites, and follows in a dedicated activity view • Boost, favorite, and bookmark with a single tap • Explore profiles and search posts, people, and hashtags • View media beautifully, with content-warning and sensitive-media handling that respects your choices • Translate posts written in other languages • Sign in with several accounts, even across servers, and switch with a long press • Make Moro your own with a theme color, post text size, and multiple app icons • Edit your whole profile on one page, including avatar, header, and profile fields THOUGHTFULLY BUILT • Light and fast, designed for iOS • Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • Share links and text into Moro from other apps • Privacy-first: no ads, no tracking. Your account and content stay between you and the server you choose — we collect only anonymous crash diagnostics to fix bugs. Moro works with any Mastodon instance. Sign in and make the fediverse feel light again.

MicroSphere is a fast, native iOS app for Micro.blog — the calm home for short posts, blogs, notes, and conversations on the indie web. Read your timeline, reply in threads, save bookmarks, switch between accounts, and explore topics without ads or third-party tracking. BUILT FOR MICRO.BLOG • Timeline and Mentions with pull-to-refresh, unread dots, dividers, and conversation threads • Bookmarks with tags, highlights, and saved-state sync • Explore: community discover, topics, search, photos, reading, long-form posts, and bookshelves • Multiple Micro.blog accounts with fast switching from the active-account chip • Copy post text from the More menu; reply, quote, save, and share from every post WRITE & SHARE • Compose new posts, replies, quotes, and scheduled posts; edit your own hosted blog posts from the timeline • Choose the hosted blog, categories, and cross-posting options for a post or draft — choices are remembered per account • Attach photos or one video per post, reuse images from your Micro.blog media library, and preserve line breaks in blog posts • Titled posts, long-post summaries, topic emoji, @-mentions, collapsible compose toolbar, and optional Blog/Category/Cross-post picker controls • Share Extension — send text, links, photos, and videos from Safari, Photos, and other apps • Photo attachments with optional accessibility descriptions; on-device metadata cleanup and GPS warnings before posting • Local draft recovery: text, encrypted offline photo drafts, and note edits can stay on device until Micro.blog sync returns PEOPLE & SAFETY • Profiles for Micro.blog, ActivityPub (Mastodon), and Bluesky authors with Posts and Photos tabs • Tappable profile bios, follower/following lists, and People to Follow • Block, mute, keyword filters, Limit mentions, and reporting • Optional Face ID or passcode app lock and saved-token protection DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Native SwiftUI on iOS 17 and later • iPad: sidebar navigation, split view, full-width account destinations, wide-column profiles and topics • Home Screen quick action to start a new post • System, Light, or Dark appearance • VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type, Reduced Motion support, and accessible photo descriptions PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Official Micro.blog APIs only — no reverse engineering • Your token stays in the iOS Keychain on your device • No analytics SDKs and no data selling • Privacy & Accessibility overviews in Settings; Privacy Policy and Terms in Legal • Account-scoped feed cache, encrypted share imports, and encrypted offline draft photos stay on device until you sync or clear them • Link preview images are off by default; copied post links can auto-clear from the clipboard • Email Support opens a prefilled diagnostics mail without tokens or post content SIGN IN YOUR WAY • IndieAuth (recommended) • Email magic link • App tokens for development or power users • Optional push notifications OPTIONAL SUPPORT The Treats Jar lets you leave a voluntary tip to support development. Tips are gifts only — they do not unlock features or content. REQUIREMENTS A Micro.blog account is required. Micro.blog is a separate subscription service. MicroSphere is developed independently by Marco Janssen. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Micro.blog, LLC. Questions or feedback? Use Email Support in Settings or find @marc0janssen on Micro.blog.