“Civilized — Even in these crazy times, this place behaves civilized. If you came here for the dopamine clicks, influencers, and info bubbles, you’re going to be disappointed. No ads, no manipulative algorithm, no billionaire overlords…”
Public review signal · 500 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.6 ★13,480 ratings
—Downloads
17+Age rating
116 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Mastodon is the best way to keep up with what’s happening. Follow anyone across the fediverse and see it all in chronological order. No algorithms, ads, or clickbait in sight.
This is the official iOS app for Mastodon. In our app, you can:
EXPLORE
■ Discover new writers, journalists, artists, photographers, scientists and more ■ See what’s happening in the world
READ
■ Keep up with people you care about in a chronological feed with no interruptions ■ Follow hashtags to keep up with specific topics in real time
CREATE
■ Post to your followers or the whole world, with polls, high quality images and videos ■ Participate in interesting conversations with other people
CURATE
■ Create lists of people to never miss a post ■ Filter words or phrases to control what you do and don’t want to see
AND MORE!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
No ad complaints10 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Social media as it should be — Mastodon is how social media should be, no ads, chronological order feed, decentralization and user ownership, 100% recommend”
“A new, ad free experience — While I suggest looking around at instances to find the one you are most interested in, it’s still refreshing to see posts by the folks you follow, free of any algorithm or advertising. I feel closer to the…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.07.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.