Name: Toot! for Mastodon
Rating: 4.32571 (350 reviews)

User Reviews for Toot! for Mastodon

4.33 out of 5

350 Ratings

5 years ago, a-dirty-bird

Favorite Mastodon App

Feels like the most complete mastodon app out there! It’s definitely the one I use with the most ease and has almost all the features I find useful. Would like to see the ability to re-hide sensitive media once opened though, like you can do on the mastodon web app. Right now you can only re-hide CWs, but sometimes sensitive image posts don’t always have CWs. Once I open a sensitive image and then scroll past it or better yet, switch tabs, I’d like it to automatically be hidden again, should I have my settings set to “always hide sensitive media”. I’m on an instance where unflagged sensitive media should be reported, and the current format makes it hard to distinguish between images i’ve clicked on vs not properly flagged ones. Beyond that, I’m very happy with Toot! Thanks for the wonderful work on this app!

5 years ago, fluffy <3

A great Mastodon client which prioritizes the comfort and safety of its users

The Mastodon social network is a great place to interact with people (especially fellow members of marginalized communities), but like any federated form of social media it is difficult to prevent certain people from trying to make it unsafe. I am glad that Toot! uses a bunch of approaches to keep its users safe, such as making it easy to switch instances, being respectful of post privacy settings, and making it possible to avoid interactions with people through the blocking system. There are also some great quality-of-life features like the zen “relax” mode and some fun Easter eggs, and the developer is incredibly responsive to bug reports and feature requests. This app makes Mastodon a delight to use. My only complaints would be that it’s a bit harder than necessary to tune which notifications come up on my lock screen.

5 years ago, Kat567H

Complete, anti-fascist Mastodon app

This app is user-friendly and has all the features I need to use mastodon. I didn’t get it at first because I’m very broke but when the first app I was using left the App Store I decided to spring for it and I’m glad I did. It’s customizable, you can log in to multiple instances at once, and I love that it blocks Gab. I hope it continues to be as accessible and hate-free as possible. The only suggestions I would have would be: 1) add custom emojis. I know this has been requested previously and I’m pretty sure the developers said it might happen eventually but it really would be awesome to be able to access my instance’s emojis from the app! Also, 2) this is small but allow access to a user’s media tab within the app. If this is a feature I haven’t figured it out yet. Please keep up the good work!

5 years ago, Bluedepth

My First Mastodon Mobile App

I joined Mastodon a few weeks ago and immediately went to look for an app for my mobile devices. I discovered Toot! and I find the app delightful to use. It’s really well done, especially for the price, free. Everything works as expected and any use of the app that didn’t work was because it was dodgy WiFi or CloudFlare having connectivity issues with some Mastodon instances I have accounts with. I’ve never had a fault with the app, and I use it regularly. I am writing this review because there are other reviews in place that have nothing at all to do with the app and have everything to do with political arguments. This review space is to review the application itself. The author has done a fantastic job, and if you need a Mastodon app, this one will not let you down. It didn’t let me down.

5 years ago, Dwightner

Alright app with slightly batty devs

It does it’s job well, in fact it’s probably my favorite client app thus far. However while I do appreciate the option they included to “”Filter Awful Survers, filter out any toot originating from a white supremacist server. (Currently, only Gab.)”” I personally dislike how it’s automatically selected. It almost felt as if they were trying to parent us and say what we are and aren’t allowed to view using the app. I would have rated this app higher if it weren’t for them quite literally pushing their views (That you can turn off after going through the settings.) onto us. Perhaps in the future they’ll learn to consider others (However wrong) opinions and turn off the ‘automatic’ setting. Maybe just a pop-up notification would show when we first start the app that says something like “If you want to limit seeing Toots from offensive servers you can turn on a “Filter Awful Servers” option.

1 year ago, Larzzzz

Nice, but could be so much better

When I bought this app, it was one of the best at the time. It is such an impressive change of UI thinking that is really nice once you poke around to figure things out. Now, it is lagging behind, and the developer seems to have just given up. It lacks media playback control, still crops images to 16x9. I understand that the developer has an opinion for not including notifications, and I respect that. However, not everyone holds that opinion, and if we pay for things there is a certain level of expected minimum features. In the 3 months since the last update a lot has changed on the back end of the fedi, and even the last update only brought it to the bare minimum of features then!

2 years ago, Amidfallenleaves

Mostly Terrific but One Persistent Issue

I love most things about this app and enjoy it more than the other apps available right now. Thoughtful interface, robust functions, dependable and easy to use. And I like that it collects none of my data. The one persistent issue I’ve had is with loading older toots. I usually scroll long enough to reach the Load Older Toots button. When I hit it, how it loads is a crap shoot. Sometimes it’s perfect, loading the next most recent batch of toots. But as often as not, it jogs down to where I’d left off in my previous session and loads the oldest of the toots I haven’t yet seen. Doesn’t matter which timeline I’m in—home, local, or federated. Not impossible to work around, but annoying enough that it keeps me on the edge of leaving.

2 years ago, AshLumi

The most fun mastodon client available!

I love Toot! more than any other Mastodon app on iOS. I still find myself using the Metatext app for a couple of key features that I think Toot! is missing. Firstly, being able to sort profiles for “Media” posts is an essential part of using Mastodon for engaging with artists. Metatext has that option right at the top of every profile, but Toot! doesn’t seem to have any equivalent feature. It’s also a bit difficult to share images using Toot! since there is no feature to pull up albums. I sort my photos into albums and share them on Mastodon, but the only way to share images on Toot! is by finding them in chronological order, so it can be hard to pick out the correct images. Overall I think Toot! is a gorgeous app and it very clear that the folks behind it have put a lot of work into making it a very smooth and fun experience. I still keep the Metatext app installed, but I’m very grateful for all of the more modern features that Toot! includes that Metatext still hasn’t gotten around to adapting.

1 year ago, Works...

Some basic UX issues for scrolling

Please just add infinite scrolling on "now" without the suboptimal "show more" features below: 1. Selecting "show more" is really easy to miss, and I have to press it all the time as I scan down the feed. 2. Once you miss pressing "show more" the units shift from "Xm" to "Ymn" which I assume is supposed to mean months, typically mo and hard to see either way. The unit is actually useful here but not standard. Consider "min" and "mo" or "m" and "months". 3. Scrolling back up to find "show more" is quite easy to miss, so much that I start to look for the splitting point where the top right units shift from "mn" back to "m" 4. Confusing mechanic where the direction you show more from is based on where you came from, so when you overshoot (always), you then have to scroll back, next you have to slightly go forwards again to reorient the direction you want to scroll. 5. Oh sorry, you accidentally hit "show more" the wrong direction. Please progress back to step 3, scroll up hunting for the seam, and try again. Otherwise no complaints but this kills the core usability for me.

2 years ago, wandering9

Does not support following hashtags

No support for following hashtags (that I can find) is a dealbreaker for me. Unfortunately, that appears to be a problem across most of the Mastodon apps for iOS. However, what the app does support is laid out nicely. The ability to easily view the timelines of other instances is also well done. The developer also appears to be very responsive. EDIT: just discovered app does allow pinning of hashtags. Wish list: ability to group multiple hashtags under a particular label like you can do on website.

2 years ago, pileofgreyrocks

Good app, one issue

I’ve used multiple apps for Mastodon over the last couple of months and Toot! has been one of the standouts for functionality and usefulness. It is also the best looking of all the Mastodon apps. My only complaint is that longer image descriptions cover photos when I open a photo to look at it. Is there a way to either dismiss image descriptions or to toggle them off completely, so users who don’t rely on them can get a clear view of the image? Thank you!

2 years ago, Z Northwind

I’m enjoying the app

I’m enjoying the app. I already have an existing Mastodon account, after some confusion about the “add” button, I was finally able to find my instance (server) and log in. It loads toots faster and I like that I can easily find the various Mastodon timelines. Toot also has some nice options where you can change the color theme, and the notification sounds. The developer reached out when I had a problem, is responsive, and cares.

2 years ago, h_watch

Good w some bugs

Overall, good app. I like being able to use multiple servers easily, in my case a ‘standard’ mastodon instance and pixelfed. The problem w using this app for pixelfed is that I get favorite and boost counts below each post, but not the little round profile pic w link as I do for my other server account. So I have to log in via web to interact. Poor user experience. Also: super weird message at the top of my pixelfed feed (not visible though web interface) that I can’t delete or hide — ‘you booped their snoot’ and ‘stop yelling log off at my house.’ Does someone think this is funny?

6 months ago, Cynlew16

Near perfect app

I’ve been using Toot! (after trying other apps) for nearly two years and LOVE it. It does (almost) everything I could ask for as a Mastodon/Fediverse user, and it does it without any apparent bugs. The one exception is not limiting posts to a specific designated language — unless I just can’t find that setting. I know I can select a language on the Mastodon app, but that setting doesn’t flow through to Toot! (Is there a fix?) Otherwise it’s a 10/10.

6 years ago, Tomaganuk96

Lovely app.

This makes browsing Mastodon more pleasant. It has a quick and easy way to switch accounts, but I wish they had the option to change it from being on the right to being on the left. And for swipe gestures to boost or favorite. And inline replies. Other than that, it’s a lovely app. Very pleasant to look at, and a breath of fresh air in Mastodon clients. Quick edit: I wish there was a more convenient way to raise up issues, like a github/bucket to add requests or report on bugs.

5 years ago, lvela008

Best app for Mastodon I’ve tried!!

I’ve tried so many apps and this one has the most going for it! Definitely worth the purchase, especially considering I am online like every day Pros: -Easy to switch between accounts on different instances once you set it up -The user interface is super cute and easy to switch between the different themes -CWs work great and are continuous -You can add image descriptions when you post a picture -You can turn off the “include @ of the person who boosted” when you reply to a post -Filters actually work! Big plus -You can see and vote in polls Cons: -No options for adding custom emojis to posts (but I already have the short codes for my instance memorized so not too big of a deal) -Not exactly endless scrolling to older posts, but you can just click “show more”

2 years ago, jm-4

Please support Dynamic Text or text size options

It’s a nice app as the other reviews say and it’s great that the developer is working on it again. My only feedback is that there is no way to change text size. Dynamic Text has no effect and there is no option in the app to change text size. Accessibility options or support for features like Dynamic Text in iOS are essential for those of us with poor eyesight. It is difficult for me to use this app and I’m not sure I can continue, although I would like to.

5 years ago, Allycat86

Some issues with Voiceover.

I use the voiceover screenreader on my phone. When I tap on the button to make a new toot, nothing happens. Also, when I go to check my notifications, voiceover reads them, but it won’t read who they’re from. If you could look into these issues I’d really appreciate it. Thank you. All that aside, the app is pretty cool. I already like it more than the other app I’ve been using.

12 months ago, CytoplasmLawyer

Not my app

Purchased and tried Toot! for a couple weeks, but have too many complaints and went back to my old fav app. Some are personal preference, some are more general, but the gripe list includes: No swipe actions on posts in timeline (eg left to star, right to reply). Many excessive animations that can’t be turned off. UX customization options are low in general. Post privacy isn’t easy to see in the timeline. When creating a new post, I have to scroll a page length down for privacy and CW options, causing me to forget them regularly. “Load more” system doesn’t make sense to me - hard to find posts between now and last logon. Would like to see it work more like Mastoot. Gives 3 options to create a toot (text, image, video) when I really just want a text box with some nearby media upload buttons. Text posts don’t always format the way you expect after posting

2 years ago, Lvlytbina

Nice and seamless but…

I’ve been comparing Mastodon apps all day and decided to try toot! I’m not sure I’ll keep using mostly because: -Words instead of symbols for comments, boosts, and likes. Words are visual clutter and the brain works hard to constantly process them. There’s nothing wrong with simple symbols. -Ability to see # of boosts and likes when scrolling. You may say that’s not important, but that’s pushing your views on others. The option to toggle it on or off would be nice. -Automatically displaying replies without the option to turn them off. Those are usually out-of-context personal exchanges. Yes my account is public, but people don’t want to see me saying “thank you” or “cool!” every time I comment. I love the feature to change the notification tone — I just don’t think it worked on my phone. Maybe a brief glitch.

2 years ago, ptmonks

Solid Mastodon client with some glaring annoyances

Probably the biggest annoyance being that the issue link is broken - looks like the author migrated off GitHub (good move!) but forgot to update the support link in the app itself. Beyond that: * notifications are badly broken by design, and the author has no interest in fixing them * search function is hidden in a menu when it should be directly accessible * large alt texts on images obscure the image itself, and there’s no way that I’ve found to hide them (either temporarily or permanently)

2 years ago, Raantuva

Was doing great...

Update: now crashing harder and faster on iOS 15.4.1 Please for the love of sanity UPDATE!!! So unstable. I love this app. Pls fix it.🥲 ...until iOS14 attacked. I can't functionally access my photos for posting. Whatever protocol it's using to access albums is trash and adds extra steps to sharing images. Just...let me pick my photos and tell me if there's a limit. Whatever you did is the worst UX for photo sharing I've ever had. I'm having to airdrop my pics to send them through desktop. Please fix it. The search function is kinda butts too.

2 years ago, Ken1971S

Get it!

I don’t write reviews on apps. This app however is so good! It’s got all the needed features and the implementation is crazy good. Because of the attention to detail, it’s a pleasure to use. Somehow they have actually made the app fun to use. The tiny animations that don’t get in the way are so great! They have taken an amazing service and made it even more fun to use. Please keep up the development!

6 years ago, Cthulhuchick

My fave mastodon app

I’ve been on mastodon for nearly two years and this has really improved mobile experience. Cute, whimsical feel with solid features. Bought before it had themes and it was great when those came out. Always seems to be moving forward. There’s a few things I’d like to see improved but the tickets are in and the dev is super responsive, so I’m hopeful!

2 years ago, Nosfar

Best Mastodon app. Just buy it!

At first I balked at paying for an app when you can just use your browser or another free app. However this app is totally worth $4 to a programmer. The only one I tried that actually had all the features (edit button!) and just really well done and a joy to use. $4 isn’t anything for a good app. Don’t hesitate!

2 years ago, holborne

Excellent App

By far my favorite Mastodon app for iOS, and I’ve tried three others (including the official one). One little thing I’ve noticed: you can’t edit photos or alt text once you’ve posted, so I’d love to see that fixed. Other than that one thing, I have no complains. (Don’t forget to try the “scan user” function!)

5 years ago, SomniusTiger

Fantastic!

I've been loving how solid this app is—while it doesn't have all the same features that the web client does just yet, I've found this app to be the most reliable iOS client for Mastodon. Being able to choose the toot load order as I scroll is an especially appreciated feature. Some feature requests: - Icon indicating if media is a GIF/video/audio (there is no way to differentiate these currently) - Dark, or black and white, minimal icon choice (This is the tiniest of things, but I personally always prefer to have things in black and white) - Update trans friend icon to be a higher-res icon (on iPad Pro, it looks super low-resolution!) - Retain scroll position of timeline(s) on all devices

2 years ago, aRandomRobot

One of the best

I’ve been using Mastodon and other ActivityPub sites for years and the Toot! app really is one of the best clients out there. Especially if you have more than one account, switching between them is a snap. Plus it works great with other software besides Mastodon like Pleroma/Akkoma and Misskey that have compatible APIs. It’s great, well worth paying for.

2 years ago, Jerome233

Best Mastodon client app

The developer said it’s delightful to use. And they’re not lying. It’s absolutely the best out there, and every time I use it, I feel it’s so smooth and it makes me want to use it! The design and UX are definitely beautiful and natural. The animation is great too. One thing I’d add is to have a “media” tab when looking at someone’s page.

2 years ago, mattd20024

More attention to visual accessibly please….

Hello I love your app and its design, however, I have one suggestion. Being visually impaired, I would like the ability to change the font size. Additionally, it would be nice if the text size followed the accessibility settings in relation to size and boldness. Other than that. I think this app is great! Just wish it was easier for me to read.

1 year ago, Jason935

Faving a toot only works half the time

This app is the best and most complete app, but when favoriting a toot I often go back to my PC and see the fav didn’t take. It happens about half the time. It doesn’t matter if I’m on wifi or mobile data. It’s been a problem since I started using this app in December. It would be nice if they fixed this.

2 years ago, mike3k

Notifications

I love the speed, but it has the same problem as Metatext, which keeps me from using it: it doesn’t show an icon badge for notifications. Only the official Mastodon app does, but it’s slow and annoying. There’s also no indication on the notification tab when there are new notifications.

4 years ago, NeoYokel

The Best Social App on iOS

Toot! is the most beautiful social app I've ever seen, both in functionality and visual design - and I've seen a lot. I've been using it as my primary mobile Mastodon client since November 2018. It's colorful, smooth, clever, and has rarely - if ever - crashed. I wish I could use it for Twitter, to be honest. It's not just the best Mastodon app right now - it's the best social app, period.

2 years ago, Arioc

A few lacking features

It’s a nice, polished and fast app but needs a few basic features added. Like the ability to disable the viewing of alt text. On some images the alt text is so verbose it covers the entire image and there’s no way I can find to dismiss it without closing the image too. Just in general the settings also feel bare bones compared to other mastodon iOS apps.

2 years ago, VoodooMurphy

Overly complicated UI, annoying default sound

So I tried this for a full day and found it to be worse than the default app. The interface is overly complicated and forces you to juggle menus to find specific features that should be laid out in a single screen. The worst is the new post interface and the separation of image vs. text. Too many “cute” animations and dissolves between screens, far too much thought went into the default sound.

1 year ago, Tiaggggggggg

Fav Fedi App

I love Toot! been using it since it came out, happy to have updates again. Hope you're still trucking along to include new features; filters can be opened/closed like CW now, and have the key word shown. In app, this is not possible and sometimes it just hides random things I do not have filtered? I check in the browser to see what it is. Hiding media after viewing would also be great. And generally making these things (CW, eye to show/hide media) larger to make sure the space to tap to close doesn't just open the toot in another page or go to their profile. thanks for all your work 🥲

10 months ago, Bradley81

Missing webp support

Great app and the only one I use for Mastodon and Pleroma. It doesn’t seem to support webp though, which is an odd choice considering webp is 13 years old and is a better image format. A lot of people post webp images and I can’t view them. If I have to keep opening my browser what’s the point of having the app?

5 years ago, Rob Fahrni

Fun

Not only is Toot a great Mastodon client it’s just a lot of fun to use. It’s been very solid, easy to use, and it’s fast. It has a nice set of themes to suit your styling needs and even lets you adjust them. The attention to detail is superb and the animations for boosting a post and creating new posts are smooth and fun to watch. An all around solid app. Highly recommended.

2 years ago, Nauscica

Only missing one thing

I think that toot! is the better iPad-based mastodon app out there, The only thing it doesn’t have is nesting the left field. IWant more space for the tootsI’m looking at and I feel all that blank space on the left side is too much. Maybe just having the icons visible unless I open the menus board would be cool?

2 years ago, Twumfp

Smooth experience, iPhone and iPad have mixed metaphors.

The icons in the iPhone version make more sense, but are absent in the iPad. The words could readily be replaced with icons, which would visually free up the text of toots. Also, it seems like I can’t see feeds other than Home from the iPhone? If there’s a way it’s not clear.

2 years ago, Tikaro

This is the one to get

Fast, flexible, a communicative developer, ability to switch easily between accounts (once you wrap your head around what that even means)… I’ve tried them all and this is my favorite. Collects no data, too!

2 years ago, nybble_and_bits

Fun Design, but needs some important QoL updates

The animations are delightful. The way it shows threading works great and is super intuitive. Issues on ios16: - video only plays. No tracking or pausing. - CW toots still take up a large amount of the screen and should probably only unroll. Too large of a click area and could accidentally reveal, and the click area to hide is much smaller.

2 years ago, A security nerd

Nice / so far my favorite Mastodon app

So far, my favorite of the M6n apps. Novel rotary way to swap between accounts, if you’re working on 2+ accounts (mine, my company’s, a moderator acct, etc). Would like easier access to search. It’s one of several in a drop-down rather than an icon on main screen.

4 years ago, imGoomy

LOVE this app!

Been using it since last June and its become my go to for mobile mastodon. If there is one thing I would love to see to would be support for viewing gif avatars! Otherwise this app is wonderful, and I love the hidden “relax” options so much, they’re very charming.

1 year ago, RhetTbull

Alt text makes this unusable

There are lots of things to like about this app (such as that the developer doesn't collect data on users) and I wanted to like it but the way it handles alt text (which is very common in the Fediverse) makes it unusable. Alt text completely covers the picture you're trying to look at. I get it that some people need alt text but I want to see the image, not the text.

4 years ago, kadymac

Am I Shallow?

I love this app because it just works. Still, it’s the animations and the adorable icon that bring me back to open it over and over. I’m still getting used to Mastodon, but the program seems pretty robust in that one can open other feds(?). Keep up the good work. I rarely, rarely review.

2 years ago, DrPippi

See new toots link doesn’t work ever

That tempting link to see new toots never ever works. Not on iPad, not on iPhone. I have to scroll up to the top every time. Maybe put it somewhere else instead of on top of posts if you can’t make it work. No apps currently work well in every way for Mastodon. Browser still the most functional.

2 years ago, brigantine

An ok app!

It’s an ok app & nothing more. Can’t see why anyone would pay for this. It has no more features than most of the free Mastodon apps & it’s buggy on top of that. Is it pretty? Yeah it’s decent but again nothing better than free apps offered. I purchased this after coming over from Twitter & seeing it highly recommended. I just don’t get it? In any case I don’t recommend paying for this.

2 years ago, YsoSRS

Pretty great!

This has been my go-to app for years. It’s the only iOS app that doesn’t act like a Twitter app, and I have always loved the unique visual touches like the lines connecting replies to make it easy to follow conversations It would be nice if the following were fixed: -drop filtered posts entirely, since that’s how I have it set in browser -filter for words in alt text, which browser does but Toot! doesn’t -show animated userpics / emojos instead of freezing them as stills -incorporate the ability for timing mutes (X minutes/days like in browser)

4 years ago, David1B!

Best Mastodon client I’ve tried

Simple, fun, and with all the basic features you need. The fact that this app supports multiple Mastodon accounts is a lifesaver. The ability to administer a Mastodon server from the app would be even better, but I’ll take what I can get for now 😉

Description

Toot! is a client for the Mastodon social network. It is beautiful, and full of character and whimsy. What makes Toot! special? - It is delightful. It is full of beautiful design, animation, amusing details and hidden treasures. - It is fast and robust. It caches data locally to let you read without waiting for slow loading, and it remembers your reading position. - It lets you be as many people as you like. You can easily switch between accounts with a flick of your finger. It even lets you read timelines on instances you are not logged in to! - It has wide support for most features in Mastodon. - It has the cutest icon. What makes Mastodon special? - It is a social network by humans, rather than algorithms and corporate interests. - It is a social network for humans, rather than advertisers and data collectors. - It is a social network that is humane, rather than preying on your insecurities and worst instincts. Why does Toot! cost money? - Toot! shows you no ads, and it collects none of your information, nor does it track any of your habits. It does not try to trick you into doing anything you do not want. - That means it gets no money through such shady tricks, and relies on you to support its development. Follow @[email protected] for more updates and information! Also, many icons by icons8.com.