Notes: The State of Mastodon Clients on iOS
The State of Mastodon iOS Apps
The Apps page on joinmastodon.org:
Linky
Metatext
Toot!
https://imgur.com/gallery/Ze9jtOZ
- Toot!’s colored thread display
Mast
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Amaroq
iMast
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- Toot is just a joy to use. It has a little too much sometimes (it actually contains little mini games...which really aren't needed), but the experience of using it has some really clever UI twists. ⏤ by *mikepictor- (↑ 6/ ↓ 0)
- Toot’s great, too. That’s what I was using before trying Metatext, and I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it except that it doesn’t feel as “native” as Metatext.
Others I’ve tried:
- Amaroq: Hasn’t been meaningfully updated in ages.
- Mast: So much promise, but the author is also writing the popular new Aviary app fo Twitter and seems to be concentrating on that.
- Mercury for Mastodon: I love it, but iPhone only. It operates in “zoomed in to fill the screen” mode on iPad and that ruins it for me.
Honorable mention:
- Linky: Not for reading Mastodon, but brilliant for posting to it. It’s my go-to for sharing web pages I stumble across, and I’ve scripted Drafts.app to automate Linky so that I can write a toot in Drafts and easily share it. ⏤ by *GummyKibble- (↑ 2/ ↓ 0)
- Toot! and Metatext are definitely my two favorite. ⏤ by *moonizsenpai- (↑ 3/ ↓ 0)
- >Linky: Not for reading Mastodon, but brilliant for posting to it. It’s my go-to for sharing web pages I stumble across, and I’ve scripted Drafts.app to automate Linky so that I can write a toot in Drafts and easily share it.
Thank you so much for your thoughts, for one.
For two, I am a Drafts user and would be very interested in that Action if you've shared it publicly. If not, no worries at all. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle- (↑ 2/ ↓ 0)
- It’s an action with a single step:
linky://x-callback-url/compose?text=[[draft]]
(I have another action to post from my Mac but it’s a lot more complex.) ⏤ by *GummyKibble- (↑ 2/ ↓ 0)
- I’m loving Metatext right now. It looks like a native app on both iOS and iPadOS. ⏤ by *GummyKibble- (↑ 6/ ↓ 0)
- That’s very good to know, thank you! I don’t have an iPad (or easy access to one,) so I particularly appreciate that insight. ⏤ by *AsphaltApostle- (↑ 1/ ↓ 0)
- I’m using Amaroq, which works well but is missing support for polls. ⏤ by *cheesy_the_clown- (↑ 3/ ↓ 0)
- I've been pretty happy with amaroq ⏤ by *Agitated_Rent_2089- (↑ 2/ ↓ 0)
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