Mastodon for iPhone and iPad Hack 2023.13 + Redeem Codes
Decentralized social network
Developer: Mastodon
Category: Social Networking
Price: Free
Version: 2023.13
ID: org.joinmastodon.app
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Description
Mastodon is the largest decentralized social network on the internet. Instead of a single website, it’s a network of millions of users in independent communities that can all interact with one another, seamlessly. No matter what you’re into, you can meet passionate people posting about it on Mastodon!
Join a community and create your profile. Find and and follow fascinating folks and read their posts in an ad-free, chronological timeline. Express yourself with custom emoji, images, GIFs, videos, and audio in 500-character posts. Reply to threads and reblog posts from anyone to share great stuff. Find new accounts to follow and trending hashtags to expand your network.
Mastodon is built with a focus on privacy and safety. Decide whether your posts are shared with your followers, just the people you mention, or the whole world. Content warnings let you hide posts containing sensitive or triggering material until you're ready to engage with them. Each community has its own guidelines and moderators to keep its members safe, and robust blocking and reporting tools help prevent abuse.
More features:
• Dark Mode: Read posts in light, dark, or true black mode
• Polls: Ask followers for their opinion and tally the votes
• Explore: Trending hashtags and accounts are a tap away
• Notifications: Get notified about new follows, replies, and reblogs
• Sharing: Post directly to Mastodon from any share sheet in any app
• Cuteness: Our mascot is an adorable elephant, and you'll see them pop up from time to time
Mastodon is a registered nonprofit and development is supported directly by your donations. There’s no advertising, no monetization, and no venture capital, and we plan to keep it that way.
Join a community and create your profile. Find and and follow fascinating folks and read their posts in an ad-free, chronological timeline. Express yourself with custom emoji, images, GIFs, videos, and audio in 500-character posts. Reply to threads and reblog posts from anyone to share great stuff. Find new accounts to follow and trending hashtags to expand your network.
Mastodon is built with a focus on privacy and safety. Decide whether your posts are shared with your followers, just the people you mention, or the whole world. Content warnings let you hide posts containing sensitive or triggering material until you're ready to engage with them. Each community has its own guidelines and moderators to keep its members safe, and robust blocking and reporting tools help prevent abuse.
More features:
• Dark Mode: Read posts in light, dark, or true black mode
• Polls: Ask followers for their opinion and tally the votes
• Explore: Trending hashtags and accounts are a tap away
• Notifications: Get notified about new follows, replies, and reblogs
• Sharing: Post directly to Mastodon from any share sheet in any app
• Cuteness: Our mascot is an adorable elephant, and you'll see them pop up from time to time
Mastodon is a registered nonprofit and development is supported directly by your donations. There’s no advertising, no monetization, and no venture capital, and we plan to keep it that way.
Version history
2023.13
2023-09-21
Hello and welcome to 13. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. We hope, that you've had a wonderful day so far!
Search got heavily improved in Mastodon and so we thought: Why not improving the iOS-app a bit, too? We hope, that the new search makes it easier for you to find interesting conversations and people on Mastodon. And so, that you spend more time looking for those interesting conversations and people than spending your time reading release notes, we keep them short this time:
- Better Search-screen (IOS-141)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes.
Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! Don't forget to enjoy the summer
Search got heavily improved in Mastodon and so we thought: Why not improving the iOS-app a bit, too? We hope, that the new search makes it easier for you to find interesting conversations and people on Mastodon. And so, that you spend more time looking for those interesting conversations and people than spending your time reading release notes, we keep them short this time:
- Better Search-screen (IOS-141)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes.
Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! Don't forget to enjoy the summer
2023.12
2023-08-28
Hello and welcome to 12. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. We hope you enjoy the summer at least a bit? We do, but nevertheless, we wanted to ship a new release. And it contains this:
- Your posts are visible to different groups of people. You can see this visibility now in the app (GH-594)
- We improved the trends-screen for instances with limited federation (GH-1104)
- You can use the app in Belarusian now (GH-1080)
- We didn't rename Mastodon to M (or any other random letter).
- When your instance doesn't have custom emojis, the spinner doesn't keep spinning (GH-1087)
- Double-tap on images enlarges those images (again) (GH-1084)
- We improved the error-handling (GH-1099)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)
- Your posts are visible to different groups of people. You can see this visibility now in the app (GH-594)
- We improved the trends-screen for instances with limited federation (GH-1104)
- You can use the app in Belarusian now (GH-1080)
- We didn't rename Mastodon to M (or any other random letter).
- When your instance doesn't have custom emojis, the spinner doesn't keep spinning (GH-1087)
- Double-tap on images enlarges those images (again) (GH-1084)
- We improved the error-handling (GH-1099)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)
2023.11
2023-07-03
Hello and welcome to the rather short release notes of the 11. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023:
- There are improvements in the UX for fullscreen-video and -audio, we fixed a little bug that didn't let you exit these screens (GH-1070, GH-955)
- We laid the groundwork to include more suggested servers (IOS-171)
- We didn't include a limit of how many toots you can read per day.
- If you already added a poll and accidentaly close the screen, you're asked to confirm that now. (GH-1078)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)
- There are improvements in the UX for fullscreen-video and -audio, we fixed a little bug that didn't let you exit these screens (GH-1070, GH-955)
- We laid the groundwork to include more suggested servers (IOS-171)
- We didn't include a limit of how many toots you can read per day.
- If you already added a poll and accidentaly close the screen, you're asked to confirm that now. (GH-1078)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have a great day today and tomorrow and the day after and so on! And don't forget to take a day of from time to time :)
2023.10
2023-06-28
Hello and welcome! Get yourself a hot or cold drink of your choice, have a seat and enjoy your drink while reading the release notes for the 10. release of Mastodon for iOS in 2023. As a former spy-actor would say, but with the weekend or so:
The Release Notes!
- As always: We updated the translations. Thank you very much to all the volunteers who helped with translations! (GH-1052)
- Video attachments got a new, more beautiful play-button (IOS-119)
- Speaking of attachments: We fixed a bug here, too. Sometimes the media viewer got dismissed although it shouldn't. (IOS-159).
- Blurple color looks better now when viewed in Dark Mode (IOS-160)
- The number of followers and followees is more correct now (GH-1053)
- The menu for posts learned a few new tricks. Check them out by tapping on the three dots in the upper right corner of a post (IOS-103)
- We added a workaround for when sensitive content was unvoluntarily visible (sometimes) (GH-1067)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Enjoy the rest of your snacks (or grab some more) and have an amazing day.
The Release Notes!
- As always: We updated the translations. Thank you very much to all the volunteers who helped with translations! (GH-1052)
- Video attachments got a new, more beautiful play-button (IOS-119)
- Speaking of attachments: We fixed a bug here, too. Sometimes the media viewer got dismissed although it shouldn't. (IOS-159).
- Blurple color looks better now when viewed in Dark Mode (IOS-160)
- The number of followers and followees is more correct now (GH-1053)
- The menu for posts learned a few new tricks. Check them out by tapping on the three dots in the upper right corner of a post (IOS-103)
- We added a workaround for when sensitive content was unvoluntarily visible (sometimes) (GH-1067)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Enjoy the rest of your snacks (or grab some more) and have an amazing day.
2023.9
2023-05-25
Hello and welcome! Get yourself small beverage of your choice, and some sweets or snacks, as you deserve them, have a seat and enjoy the release notes for Mastodon for iOS.
- Due to the help of many volunteers you can use the app in Greek now. That's Greek to me! (Sorry, I really tried, but I couldn't resist.) Also other languages got better translations, too! Thank you so much to all the people helping with translations, you're awesome! (GH-1038)
- When you change the tab on the notifications-screen, the app remembers your choice and doesn't reset your selection when you restart the app (GH-1048)
- We fixed a bug that the number of your followers and the people you follow didn't update (GH-417)
- Mastodon and the fediverse are more fun with friends and we want to help you have fun. That's why we updated and re-designed the screen, that suggests some accounts that you could follow if you don't follow people, yet. (IOS-157)
- We fixed a crash connected to custom emojis (GH-1042)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
- Due to the help of many volunteers you can use the app in Greek now. That's Greek to me! (Sorry, I really tried, but I couldn't resist.) Also other languages got better translations, too! Thank you so much to all the people helping with translations, you're awesome! (GH-1038)
- When you change the tab on the notifications-screen, the app remembers your choice and doesn't reset your selection when you restart the app (GH-1048)
- We fixed a bug that the number of your followers and the people you follow didn't update (GH-417)
- Mastodon and the fediverse are more fun with friends and we want to help you have fun. That's why we updated and re-designed the screen, that suggests some accounts that you could follow if you don't follow people, yet. (IOS-157)
- We fixed a crash connected to custom emojis (GH-1042)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
2023.8
2023-05-10
Hello and welcome! Get yourself a hot or cold beverage, have a seat and enjoy the release notes for Mastodon for iOS. We switched the versioning scheme from semantic versioning to calendar-based versioning. 2023.8 means: This version is the eighth version this year. Without further ado, the release notes:
- Have you heard of the verification-mechanism in Mastodon? If users have a verified link in their profile, you can see that now in the search-results or the list of followers (IOS-140)
- We added another widget. Say hello to the #hashtag-widget. #hashtag-widget says: Hello! If you add it to your homescreen and select a #hashtag, it will show you the most recent status with this very #hashtag. (IOS-152)
- There was a timezone-related bug in the profile. The "joined"-date was wrong in some cases (and timezones) (GH-1015)
- We slightly changed a button-text on the Onboarding-screen to make it more clear that there are hundreds, if not thousands of servers you can join. (IOS-153)
- We fixed a bug that prevented you from hiding sensitive content again (GH-1024)
- There are more accessibility improvements (GH-1009)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
- Have you heard of the verification-mechanism in Mastodon? If users have a verified link in their profile, you can see that now in the search-results or the list of followers (IOS-140)
- We added another widget. Say hello to the #hashtag-widget. #hashtag-widget says: Hello! If you add it to your homescreen and select a #hashtag, it will show you the most recent status with this very #hashtag. (IOS-152)
- There was a timezone-related bug in the profile. The "joined"-date was wrong in some cases (and timezones) (GH-1015)
- We slightly changed a button-text on the Onboarding-screen to make it more clear that there are hundreds, if not thousands of servers you can join. (IOS-153)
- We fixed a bug that prevented you from hiding sensitive content again (GH-1024)
- There are more accessibility improvements (GH-1009)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
1.5.2
2023-04-19
This update contains bug fixes, quality-of-life-improvements and updated translations:
- We added the parallax-effect to the onboarding, again. Have you ever tilted your phone during onboarding? (IOS-134)
- You're looking now better than ever: We slightly adjusted the position of your account-image in the Tab-bar (IOS-145)
- There's one crash less now when you close the Compose-screen (GH-1018, GH-890, GH-946)
- We updated the appearance of the media/alt-hint (IOS-148)
- Of course we further improved accessibility, this time in the onboarding (GH-95)
- There are some improvements in the documentation, but you won't see them in the app (GH-1017) and minor code cleanups (GH-1021)
- And, as mentioned in the beginning: We updated the localized texts.
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
- We added the parallax-effect to the onboarding, again. Have you ever tilted your phone during onboarding? (IOS-134)
- You're looking now better than ever: We slightly adjusted the position of your account-image in the Tab-bar (IOS-145)
- There's one crash less now when you close the Compose-screen (GH-1018, GH-890, GH-946)
- We updated the appearance of the media/alt-hint (IOS-148)
- Of course we further improved accessibility, this time in the onboarding (GH-95)
- There are some improvements in the documentation, but you won't see them in the app (GH-1017) and minor code cleanups (GH-1021)
- And, as mentioned in the beginning: We updated the localized texts.
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. Have an amazing day :)
1.5.1
2023-04-09
- The updated Welcome-Screen makes it simpler to join Mastodon (IOS-134)
- The entire Onboarding looks nicer now (totally the truth!) (IOS-139, IOS-138, IOS-137, IOS-135, IOS-132, IOS-131, IOS-129)
- Oh, and we improved the visual appearance of the app here and there (IOS-113)
- Links to mastodon.social and mastodon.online can be opened in the app now (IOS-123)
- We improved the accessibility of the app (IOS-71, IOS-82, IOS-69, IOS-94, IOS-96, IOS-97, IOS-80)
- We switched the tabs on the notification-screen (GH-969)
- The settings got cleaner (GH-984)
- The crash that happened (sometimes) when you reordered the fields in your profile, was fixes (GH-413)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. You're awesome!
- The entire Onboarding looks nicer now (totally the truth!) (IOS-139, IOS-138, IOS-137, IOS-135, IOS-132, IOS-131, IOS-129)
- Oh, and we improved the visual appearance of the app here and there (IOS-113)
- Links to mastodon.social and mastodon.online can be opened in the app now (IOS-123)
- We improved the accessibility of the app (IOS-71, IOS-82, IOS-69, IOS-94, IOS-96, IOS-97, IOS-80)
- We switched the tabs on the notification-screen (GH-969)
- The settings got cleaner (GH-984)
- The crash that happened (sometimes) when you reordered the fields in your profile, was fixes (GH-413)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. You're awesome!
1.5
2023-03-02
- You can edit your posts now (IOS-2)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these (rather short) release notes. You're awesome!
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these (rather short) release notes. You're awesome!
1.4.13
2023-03-01
- We fixed a bug that didn't let you reload the timeline properly (GH-942)
- The app doesn't change the aspect ratio anymore, when you just wanted to upload some videos (GH-902)
- We improved the UX around post translation (GH-933)
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. You're awesome!
- The app doesn't change the aspect ratio anymore, when you just wanted to upload some videos (GH-902)
- We improved the UX around post translation (GH-933)
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes. You're awesome!
1.4.12
2023-02-25
- We improved the server-list during onboarding to be consistent with our website (IOS-116)
- Also, we fixed a bug, that made the app crash occasionally when publishing a new status (GH-940)
- Last, but not least: We improved the accessibility of the app (IOS-88, IOS-86)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes
- Also, we fixed a bug, that made the app crash occasionally when publishing a new status (GH-940)
- Last, but not least: We improved the accessibility of the app (IOS-88, IOS-86)
Thank you so much for using Mastodon and for taking the time to read these release notes
1.4.11
2023-02-08
- We improved the random server selection during sign up
- Also: More accessibility improvements
- Also: More accessibility improvements
1.4.10
2023-02-08
- New and improved sign-up, we'll pick a server for you randomly if you don't select one!
- Home screen widgets!
- Select which language you're posting in from the compose screen
- See media descriptions that others have written
- A new "Open in Mastodon" action, for when you find a profile or post in the browser or another app
- Improved performance
- Tap on username in profile to copy it quickly
- Haptic feedback when navigating between screens
- Various accessibility improvements
- Home screen widgets!
- Select which language you're posting in from the compose screen
- See media descriptions that others have written
- A new "Open in Mastodon" action, for when you find a profile or post in the browser or another app
- Improved performance
- Tap on username in profile to copy it quickly
- Haptic feedback when navigating between screens
- Various accessibility improvements
1.4.9
2022-12-20
- You can now translate (public) posts (availability of this feature depends on the server you are connected to)
- Link preview cards are here!
- Other fixes and improvements
- Link preview cards are here!
- Other fixes and improvements
1.4.8
2022-12-06
- Follow hashtags you're interested in to get more posts in your home feed
- Live text support for images
- Fixed the issue where posts from blocked or muted users were not hidden in the app immediately
- Fixed the issue where "Next" button on some reports was greyed out
- Various accessibility improvements
- Live text support for images
- Fixed the issue where posts from blocked or muted users were not hidden in the app immediately
- Fixed the issue where "Next" button on some reports was greyed out
- Various accessibility improvements
1.4.7
2022-11-19
- We changed the login screen so it's more clear that you can enter any domain to login to it, but that it has to be the domain where you signed up before.
- More obvious account switcher, so you know you can add more than one account to the app
- It now shows progress when uploading media, and lets you retry if it failed
- Profiles now show verified links
- Bookmarks!
- Various other fixes and improvements
- More obvious account switcher, so you know you can add more than one account to the app
- It now shows progress when uploading media, and lets you retry if it failed
- Profiles now show verified links
- Bookmarks!
- Various other fixes and improvements
1.4.5
2022-07-02
- New app icon and new brand color!
- Fixed "Posts and Replies" tab on profiles not loading replies
- Fixed "Posts and Replies" tab on profiles not loading replies
1.4.4
2022-06-28
- Added "Follows You" indicator to profile headers
- Added account selection in Siri "Send Post" shortcut
- Fixed mentions tab in notifications not loading properly
- Fixed profile fields not displaying correctly
- Added account selection in Siri "Send Post" shortcut
- Fixed mentions tab in notifications not loading properly
- Fixed profile fields not displaying correctly
1.4.3
2022-06-05
- Fixed wrong line spacing if first character is an emoji
- Fixed domain not being visible on profile screen
- Fixed profile screen keyboard navigation
- Other small fixes and improvements
- Fixed domain not being visible on profile screen
- Fixed profile screen keyboard navigation
- Other small fixes and improvements
1.4.2
2022-05-23
- You no longer need an extendable thumb to make a new post. Button moved to the bottom!
- You can navigate back by using pan gestures from the middle of posts now
- New report dialog
- Pull to refresh on hashtag screen
- You can see "followers you follow" for profiles on the "For you" tab
- You can finally browse who favourited and reblogged a post now
- "Get started" has been renamed to "Sign up" on the start screen
- "Search servers" prompt has been changed to "Search servers or enter URL" on the server pick screen
- The app is no longer in Finnish on Swedish devices (sorry about that)
- Other various fixes and improvements
- You can navigate back by using pan gestures from the middle of posts now
- New report dialog
- Pull to refresh on hashtag screen
- You can see "followers you follow" for profiles on the "For you" tab
- You can finally browse who favourited and reblogged a post now
- "Get started" has been renamed to "Sign up" on the start screen
- "Search servers" prompt has been changed to "Search servers or enter URL" on the server pick screen
- The app is no longer in Finnish on Swedish devices (sorry about that)
- Other various fixes and improvements
1.4.0
2022-04-29
- Added community timeline (between "News" and "For you"!)
- Fixed validation errors not being displayed during sign-up
- Fixed sorting on the list of servers - medium-sized servers should now appear higher
- Fixed list of servers filtering out invite-only servers when logging in
- Various other fixes and translation updates!
- Fixed validation errors not being displayed during sign-up
- Fixed sorting on the list of servers - medium-sized servers should now appear higher
- Fixed list of servers filtering out invite-only servers when logging in
- Various other fixes and translation updates!
1.3.1
2022-04-21
New discovery page, fixed font size, and other improvements
1.3.0
2022-03-27
- iPad support
- Lots of new designs and visual updates
- You can now connect to .onion servers when using Orbot
- Lots of new designs and visual updates
- You can now connect to .onion servers when using Orbot
1.2.0
2021-12-05
- Multi-account support. Add multiple accounts to the app by long-pressing on your profile picture
- Browsing for following/followers lists
- Character limits and other configuration now loaded from your server's API
- If you accidentally scrolled to top by tapping the Mastodon logo, tap it again to return to the previous spot
- Fixes for voice over support
- Other fixes and improvements
- Browsing for following/followers lists
- Character limits and other configuration now loaded from your server's API
- If you accidentally scrolled to top by tapping the Mastodon logo, tap it again to return to the previous spot
- Fixes for voice over support
- Other fixes and improvements
1.0.8
2021-09-11
- Adds support for sharing URLs from other apps
- Adds Russian, Scottish Gaelic and Thai languages
- Fixes GIF playback sometimes pausing music
- Adds Russian, Scottish Gaelic and Thai languages
- Fixes GIF playback sometimes pausing music
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Ratings
4.6 out of 5
12.9K Ratings
Reviews
Nolan_Christopher_Parish269,
I love this app.
I love this Mastodon for iOS app. It is accessible, very functional with voiceover. However, my main concern, is notifications. Voice the iOS screen, reader, is not announcing those like it’s supposed to whenever someone has posted/tooted some messages with links, whenever I follow somebody, or when the notifications are such anyone, or followers, voiceover is not announcing, even if I’m not within the app or not using it if I’m on a different app. Please explain to me why, this isn’t working for iOS correctly like it’s supposed to? It would be great if that can be fixed, and corrected. If somebody could fix it, that would be great. It would work great for everybody. Also, it would be beneficial to use the default system sounds, so that whenever someone has posted something, I can get a notification/banner and announcement right away when somebody has posted pieces of information on their timeline. so my question for you is, is this possible if that could be fixed? In the next few updates, for iOS 17 going forward? That would be awesome if that would happen, please and thank you.
Maksymilian Robot,
The Twitter killer!
If you have a Twitter account, you might as well tell your followers you’re moving onto Mastodon. This app is simply amazing, it has an almost “Discord”-esque vibe to how communities are structured and ran. Whilst still following the same overall “platform” guidelines. As an LGBTQ+ person, I’m so happy to have frontline representation within the app by having an entire “LGBT” server search section within the app. This level of inclusion, for MY community is something that even Discord doesn’t have, and I want to thank everyone at Mastodon for including this into the app! Seriously, it means a lot to have one more app (in an honestly small pool of apps) that says “Hey! We accept and support your community. Period, dot”. All-in-all, I very much love the community inclusion.
I also very much like the, well defined UI/UX, and its nice features such as using emoji like, Blobcat. Alongside super fast performance and rock hard stability, Mastodon is a good reason to finally abandon Twitter, and the toxicity, and lack of support or care from management.
10/10 app.
I also very much like the, well defined UI/UX, and its nice features such as using emoji like, Blobcat. Alongside super fast performance and rock hard stability, Mastodon is a good reason to finally abandon Twitter, and the toxicity, and lack of support or care from management.
10/10 app.
Cyastis,
Amazing improvements
When I first got the app, I liked the aesthetics but there was quite a bit missing. I couldn't see those I'm following or my followers. I couldn't use multiple accounts without a hassle. I didn't understand how to write direct messages (this was a misunderstanding on my part) and I couldn't view the federated timeline. Fortunately in 1.2.0, it's now possible to see followers and those you're following. Possibly more importantly, multi account support is now stellar. Using multiple accounts is vital on decentralized platforms and protocols such as ActivityPub, and this gets it right. Maybe the federated timeline will come later, or maybe it'd be difficult to justify given Apple's strict rules, but it's chaotic and spammy enough that I don't mind logging in on a browser for the few times I need it. I love how quickly this project is taking shape. Its UI is simple yet does exactly what I want it to do. And that wouldn't be possible if it weren't a free and open source project!! Props to MainasuK and Gargron :)
magnus919,
Better Twitter than Twitter (and Musk-free!)
Like over 100,000 other former Twitter users, I joined Mastodon in April 2022 because I didn’t want to be on a social media platform owned and governed by the whims of an unkind billionaire. I did expect it to be sloppy and barren, but my expectations were laid to waste. Mastodon is crafted thoughtfully, with an eye toward building communities of people with similar interests run by people that you’re likely to know. And all of these little communities are connected to one another. Discovering people to follow takes a little more effort, but YOU are in control! YOU get to decide what server to join (or start your own) and each server can have its own rules, decide what other servers it will connect with, etc. freedom of speech is there, but so is a culture of kindness. I’m here to stay! Other Twitter refugees should come here. But remember you’re not sliding into some corporate wasteland site; you’re joining an individual person’s intentional community, so be a good neighbor!
Themusicman08,
Works great with voiceover to appoint
At the time of this writing, I am running iOS 16.5 on an iPhone SE three. Whenever I write a new Mastodon for those to read and I’m done with it by dictation, I double tap to end dictation. Dictation doesn’t seem to want to stop. As a matter of fact, the whole app wants to crash. So I have to hit the home button before this happens. Or I have to shorten what I want to say. This is very disconcerting. I don’t know if there is something wrong with the app or not. This is a fresh install of the app. I hope this gets fixed within the Mastodon app itself or within iOS. Other than that this is a great app. I wish the notification sound were a bit louder. They are a bit quiet.
Ljrcyber,
Mixed reviews
I gave the app 3 stars but if 2.5 was a possibility , I would’ve done that. I do like the idea of an alternative to Twitter that offers hope of getting away from all the fighting and negativity un the Twitterverse. Maybe having multiple servers for different types of accounts is how this is accomplished But after a month or so of use on my phone, the I’m frustrated that the app does not show me how many views a post of mine has had, and even if someone favorites it, I cannot see who it was that favorited it. Also, today I tried to install and use it on my ipad. I was told my password was incorrect (I know my email was correct.) I tried the “I forgot my password” route where they are supposed to send me a link to reset it. After multiple tries, no link was ever sent. (Yes, I checked my spam folder, AND turned off my vpn.) I ended up deleting the app from my ipad, and I only hope I don’t ever have to re-log into the app on my iphone, because I WILL keep using it there because I am enjoying it!
Kevin Maness,
First impressions: not so user-friendly
I just joined Mastodon, and I want to say right now that I think my opinion of the app/network will improve with time. But my initial impression, coming from popular sites like Facebook and Twitter (and to a lesser extent Instagram and Tumblr and simple blogging platforms) is that setting up a Mastodon profile and building a community that I follow has been overly difficult. The search engine doesn't always seem to find people who exist on the platform, and I can't use my usual (Twitter) method of building the list of people I follow—which is to follow someone I really like and then mine the list of people they follow—because people on that list on Mastodon only show up if they're on the same server that I'm on (an arbitrary choice for me that I've had to change once already because I had so much trouble finding my people to follow).
Anyway, like I said, as I get used to it, I'm sure I'll think more highly of it. And at least it's not f'ing Twitter or Facebook!
Anyway, like I said, as I get used to it, I'm sure I'll think more highly of it. And at least it's not f'ing Twitter or Facebook!
Tradersam,
Mastodon great but App limited, bad for iPad landscape mode
…I’m hoping for a robust feature update. As a beginner I found it confusing that I couldn’t do things I heard Mastodon was capable of, when this was the official app. Other apps have those features. Pros: Fast! Good flicker-less scrolling. I still use it for reading but… Cons: Can’t edit posts like other apps. Can’t follow hashtags like other apps. Can’t do lists like other apps. Can’t switch to local and federated feeds like other apps. At least I haven’t been able to. But I still root for it and hope it succeeds because it’s fast and appealing and I’m sure there are limited resources to improve it. Just unfortunate for newcomers it doesn’t show off what Mastodon/Fediverse can do like other apps. Oh and also landscape on an iPad puts otherwise useful features in a thin column on the right, so that may be a contributor to my complaint. I suspect this is more for iphone portrait use but I lack good eyesight for that anymore.
DCProud,
How Mastodon could improve
I love the ethos and underlying values of Mastodon, but as former journalist and news junkie I could not figure out how to connect with other media organizations. There also did not seem to be local or even regional US communities to align with. Also, how can I switch from the node I signed onto? It should be intuitive to move from one server to another. Posting links to articles do not actually display the article header as they do on Twitter—at least they didn’t when I tried it a couple of weeks ago. I also hope Mastodon encourages fact-based journalists, commentators and news organizations to post here. A news feed that would display on its own tab would be great. It is right to keep Mastodon from being a vector for misinformation and trolling, but it should encourage information, investigation, thoughtful debate—and yes, some fun 😸.
alexey_ivanov,
Bad Onboarding
You need to work on your Onboarding, it’s the most important part now for your App, because a lot of users will come from Twitter.
Your first step is to choose Server. When I try to find something in Art category, you having anything. So why you show this category. Another thing: you asked me to choose only one server, why only one? How it works? I’m just simple user and don’t understand your terminology and what you mean by server and what is the difference between simple groups by interests (where you can follow more than one) and your one server.
And a lot of other things you need to improve: like find people to follow. I have a big list of people, but I don’t know anyone, help me to sort them and find interesting people for me). Or you ask me to turn on notifications on the 3 step, why? I just downloaded your app, I don’t see the value of this action right now.
Sorry, but it was bad first impression.
Your first step is to choose Server. When I try to find something in Art category, you having anything. So why you show this category. Another thing: you asked me to choose only one server, why only one? How it works? I’m just simple user and don’t understand your terminology and what you mean by server and what is the difference between simple groups by interests (where you can follow more than one) and your one server.
And a lot of other things you need to improve: like find people to follow. I have a big list of people, but I don’t know anyone, help me to sort them and find interesting people for me). Or you ask me to turn on notifications on the 3 step, why? I just downloaded your app, I don’t see the value of this action right now.
Sorry, but it was bad first impression.
