Metatext

El funcionamiento; es realmente parecido al de la app oficial de Twitter, lo que hace la curva de aprendizaje plana a más no poder :) Y lo mejor es que es 100 por ciento accesiblecon Voice Over; una auténtica maravilla. Enhorabuena a todo el equipo de desarrollo.

It’s a very intuitive and nice experience.

Came for the cool logo design, stayed for the ease of use. Sign in was very easy, once I chose the server it signed me in automatically since I was already signed in on the official app, and I was off to the races. I’m not an expert on how Mastodon works, but I found that my searches for accounts were much more successful through Metatext than the official app. I do enjoy how you can choose between “toots” and “posts”, I can see the appeal for both. The UI feels a lot less “enclosed” than in the official app, it uses many default iOS UI parameters, which might not be your style, but I find it quite intuitive. System dark and light mode is a big plus for me, I find that with this UI style light mode can be eye watering at night. Now some caveats: While I didn’t make an account this time, the process of creating an account through this app is much bulkier than via the official app. Where the official app had its own UI for creating an account, Metatext instead redirects you to the in-app browser to create an account. I know that iOS is messy at best when it comes to account creation in app and redirecting outside of the app, but hopefully something can be done to make this a bit more accessible. Another feature I hope to be added is the ability to see the context of content warnings. As of right now, all we can see is “sensitive content” on top of the blurred out post/image. A content warning works better if the viewer is informed about what’s behind it beforehand. All in all, I would still call this the best fediverse app on the App Store. I enjoy the choice of icons, and it makes Mastodon a much more pleasant experience.

This app used to be the best; now it won’t even load images and gives an error message when attempting to post.

TL;DR—Metatext claims it’ll translate posts but if it can do so, it’s a very well-hidden feature. I used the Mast app since I joined a Mastodon instance about four years ago, but recently Mast stopped updating my timeline and it looks like that app has been abandoned. To replace Mast, I downloaded Metatext, and it’s worked well for me so far. However, one feature that Mast has is completely missing from Metatext: translation of posts. It’s not possible in Metatext, yet Mast had this feature from the beginning four years ago. And no, I don’t consider the “highlight text and then send it to Apple’s servers” method a valid translation mechanic nor a feature of the app.

Been using the app for about six months, and it’s my default go-to on the iphone. But the edit function doesn’t appear or seem to work. If they fix that, this would be a five star review.

The GitHub is archived so no more work has been done on the app since November 2022. Good app but I wouldn’t recommend installing anymore.

It works reliably, doesn't steal any data (unlike some, watch out) and I appreciate that it's open source, but the project isn't being updated (GitHub/metabolist is asking for volunteers to take it over). I'm going to try the official Mastodon app and compare features.

Needs some 🔥 April 14, 2023 Still needs 🔥 also high school search engine needs college/professional level

This was my go-to app from November 2022 until March 2023. The last update was the month I started, so it won’t be able to keep up with the great new apps. I switched to Ice Cubes, but am about to start comparing Ivory and Mammoth. I enjoyed it while it lasted, and the features haven’t moved beyond Metatext yet, too much.