Comparison

masd vs Tootoise

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

Head to head
About

masd

Access and engage with the Hatena anonymous diary service. Read entries, write comments, and manage your time by interacting with community content. Bookmarking and commenting functionality has been updated due to service changes.

Highlights
  • Read Hatena anonymous diaries
  • Write comments on diaries
  • Community content engagement
  • Time management through reading
  • Updated bookmarking/commenting via share button
Features
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This is an informal app to read the Hatena anonymous diary, which is a web service managed by Hatena Co., Ltd. You can also write a comment on a diary. You can spend your wasted time writing and reading comments in your diary. ◆Due to a change in Hatena's specifications, the ability to add bookmarks/comments has been discontinued. Please consider bookmarking/commenting from the share button by referring to the following page. How to "bookmark" from your favorite application? https://b.hatena.ne.jp/help/entry/app_extension#bookmark ◆Privacy We do not collect information such as URLs viewed in the app or Hatena IDs. We do use Visual Studio App Center to collect OS versions, crash reports, and other information that can help us improve our app development. We also use advertising (nend) in our apps. Please see below for nend's privacy policy. https://nend.net/privacy/sdkpolicy https://github.com/fan-ADN/nendSDK-iOS/wiki/nendSDK-https://github.com/fan-ADN/nendSDK-iOS/wiki/nendSDK-Data-Collection-Items If you have any questions, please use the "Feedback" section in the app.

About

Tootoise

A straightforward client for the Mastodon social network, allowing users to manage multiple accounts, interact with timelines, and customize their experience. It offers robust post management features, including editing and pinning, along with privacy controls like muting and blocking.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple Mastodon accounts
  • View and post to timelines
  • Create and edit post lists
  • Pinning and bookmarking posts
  • Mute, block, and report users
  • Customizable theme colors
  • Edit posts
Features
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Tootoise is a simple Mastodon client. ## You can do this - View and post timeline - Add and switch multiple accounts - List display, creation and editing - Add, remove and list favourites - Add, remove and list bookmarks - Display notifications list (Not push notifications) - Display and input of custom emoji - Post information about the song you are currently listening to - Sharing from other applications (Safari, etc.) - Use with iPad multitasking function (SplitView, SlideOver) - Change theme color - Absolute time display - Pinning posts - Mute, block, report, filter - Search (As per server specifications) - Display and vote on poll - Edit a post (Some functions are not yet supported.) - Setting and displaying the ALT attribute (alternate text) ## These are not possible - Push notifications - Streaming - Create a poll - Relative time display The text size can be changed from the iOS Settings view. You can check the license of the library etc. used in this App by tapping the app icon in iOS settings.

Screenshots

masd3 screens
Tootoise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tootoise at none against masd's shown. Tootoise also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

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

masd ships an update every 3 weeks, Tootoise every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
masd versus Tootoise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermasdTootoise
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews68.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB23 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHavas LLCNaoki Kuwata

Customer experience

masd

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Tootoise

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative16.0%

In-app purchases

None

masd

No in-app purchases

None

Tootoise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is masd free?
masd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tootoise free?
Tootoise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do masd or Tootoise have ads?
masd shows ads; Tootoise does not.
Which is updated more often, masd or Tootoise?
masd ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tootoise every 2 weeks. Most recently, masd was updated on October 16, 2026 and Tootoise on October 6, 2026.

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