Tusker

I've tried the majority of Mastodon clients on iOS and this is my number one choice. The main benefits for me are: grouped notifications, macOS support, and a very responsive developer. I was happy to support the app with a tip! Mona is the only other client that comes close but it requires a subscription and imho it's still not as good as Tusker.

Nice mastodon client, and totally free. Regularly updated with new features. The tip jar is buried down in “my profile” > “preferences” > “tip jar” - I always encourage supporting apps that make purchase optional, so leave a tip when a new version comes out if you can afford it!

Tusker is all about getting the most value out of your time on Mastodon without getting hooked on it. It excels at helping the user distil posts on Mastodon into an easily digestible format. You can focus in on just what you’re interested in by creating lists of posts with specific hashtags or from specific users. Or you can zoom out and see posts, links, and hashtags which are trending. You can even visit timelines from other instances to see different communities in action. You can even save things to read later with the “Bookmarks” feature. Best of all, it has several great customisation options to help users avoid developing addictive patterns. My favourite are the ability to disable infinite scrolling, and the option to make all images black-and-white. I feel more in control of my usage of Mastodon while still reaping the benefits of it. I can’t thank the developer enough for that.

I have used almost every Mastodon app and keep settling on Tusker. It has great design and UX and well-thought settings. The UI could be a little better with the option to increase the font size independent of iOS accessibility settings and push notifications would also be welcome. Kudos to the developer and hopefully a little refinement comes to the app in 2024.

Ok #Tusker , ok. This is some strong work. Features I havent seen anywhere else, well organized Settings, and just some really good ideas. LOVE the Digital Wellness settings. Just really thoughtful. What’s Missing : Can only select images or videos from iPhone’s Photos library. Please add iCloud Drive and other alternate sources. Gonna put some funds in their tip jar and hope they add alternate image and video file sources like iCloud Drive. … also the draw something thing! That’s neat and I can see myself using that.

Very big deal that this app supports other forks of mastodon. Couldn’t find it anywhere else.

I have gone through almost every mastodon client and this has got to be the smoothest and most straight forward I've used. I think the only downside is it's slightly less pretty, but functionally, it has everything I want

Well done!

Loving this - fast, threads nicely, takes advantage of my iPad real-estate, very confugurable. Still has minor quirks - I'm not seeing it auto-expand all content warnings, and some media is blurred, even though I turned those both off. But - minor quibbles, I'm sure fixed at some point soon.

iPad specific comments: The layout of the app is more consistent with other iPadOS apps with a left side selection column. Feels familiar and seems much easier to use, IMO.