Mastoot

I’ve gone through all the various clients, but this application seems like the best option who’d prefer a clean native iOS app. It does the job, and it does it well.

It’s a great app, and I’d give it 5 stars if it showed the text description of a picture when I touched the picture, as other Mastodon clients do. Text descriptions on pictures are pretty important for Mastodon. But in this client it doesn’t seem to be possible to see a picture’s text description at all. You can create a text description when you make a post and attach a picture, but you can’t see the descriptions of pictures in posts you read.

If your phone came with a Mastodon app, it’d be Mastoot. It’s incredibly polished, supports the latest Mastodon features like editing tweets, and it’s fast and rock solid. It’s missing a couple of small things (like showing a list of your server’s emoji when composing a post), but it’s regularly updated and the sheer care the author puts into it shines through. I only wish I could pay for it!

Might be great but it won’t let me login to my account. Like so much mastodon stuff, it could be duff.

So, I’m new to Mastodon. Which means learning where everything is and how it all works is current task being undertaken. This app has made it extremely straightforward, everything is where it ‘should’ be. It’s super lightweight, visually pleasing, and so far I’ve not found a single bug. Well done developer/s, you have done a fantastic job 👏

Mastoot is my favourite Mastodon app, having tried almost all of them. So many nice little features, the typography and layout is great. Use of current iOS patterns makes it feel so nice to use. It’s getting regular updates which is super appreciated. There’s also a public roadmap and feature request site set up (access it via Settings). And lastly, the app icon is the best of all the 3rd party apps. Great app!

Works with federated timeline. Can add multiple accounts. Scrolling through posts is smooth and quick. No data collection or in app purchases. The only problem I have is when I comment on a post I’m not seeing it pop up until I go back to the post. Not a deal breaker considering its smooth functionality. Best app I’ve tried so far (even better than Metatext which seems to be on hiatus). Doubt there is a better app out there imo.

I love the app, but when I try to view users with the misskey.io net name their text shows up but the pictures don’t please fix that problem. When problem is resolved the you will get five stars.

So the creators of ivory seem to be riding their own coattails and not fixing bugs that are glaring while small developers aren’t charging and make amazing apps like Mastoot. There’s several others that are great as well but I’ve landed on this one as a favorite. Think twice before spending money ($50 per YEAR for MacOS and iOS separately for Ivory because the greed just never ends) and support small developers and donate as you can. I don’t want this to become another monopoly and it seems those at the top as per usual are fine pulling the ladder up behind them. Support small developers. Amazing app.

I try other clients out, but I always come back to Mastoot. Many of us find some comfort in the way Twitter looked, and this client really bridges that gap. If you are coming over from that nightmare of a site, this should be the app you jump into first. If I could make some recommendations, I would ask for a way to “quote tweet” toots via generating an image of the toot and the allowing text with the image embedded (Mammoth can do this, I think). Also, and I find this to be an oversight on the dev team’s part, but favoriting and boosting need to be at the bottom of every toot, not hiding behind an ellipses submenu. These kinds of feedback are crucial to the entire network, and boosting should be front and center. Even with those deficiencies, though, this is still a five star app. Stable. Nice looking. Simple. Great work.