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Mastodon gGmbH

Mastodon

Social Networking

4.55073(13,484 ratings)
Freev2026.03

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App intelligence summary

What Tech Dev Notes is tracking for Mastodon

Store metadata plus TDN-collected rankings, releases, screenshots, and build signals where available.

Best rank

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off-chart in tracked countries

Rating

4.55073

13,484 reviews

Latest version

v2026.03

1 releases logged

Research assets

Stack

TDN-collected signals

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What's new in v2026.03

From App Store

This update brings an all-new profile page and profile editing experience. More control over your own profile display: - Feature other accounts on your profile - Feature hashtags on your profile - For servers running 4.6+, set how and whether your “Media” and “Featured” tabs are displayed. More control when viewing other profiles: - Filter the timeline by hashtags they have featured - Accept or reject pending follow requests from the new banner - Content warning when viewing a profile that has been limited by your moderators Additional new features: - Create lists and manage them - Add and edit personal notes (visible only to you) about other accounts - Update bottom loading indicator lets you know when additional items are being actively fetched Bug fixes: - Images are sharable again — longpress them in the timeline or use the share button from the full size viewer - Fix main navigation bar gestures like scroll to top not working on iOS 26 ([#1537](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1537)) (Thanks to Patryk Zawadzki) - Improvements to the image gallery including easier paging, easier dismissing, double tap to zoom, and single tap outside the content to dismiss

About

From App Store

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!

■ Login and switch between multiple accounts ■ No spoilers! You can put your posts behind content warnings

A POWERFUL PUBLISHING PLATFORM

You no longer have to try and appease an opaque algorithm that decides if your friends are going to see what you posted. If they follow you, they’ll see it.

If you publish it to the open web, it’s accessible on the open web. You can safely share links to Mastodon in the knowledge that anyone will be able to read them without logging in.

Between threads, polls, high quality images, videos, audio, and content warnings, Mastodon offers plenty of ways to express yourself in a way that suits you.

A POWERFUL READING PLATFORM

We don’t need to show you ads, so we don’t need to keep you in our app. Mastodon has the richest selection of 3rd party apps and integrations so you can choose the experience that fits you best.

Thanks to the chronological home feed, it’s easy to tell when you’ve caught up on all updates and can move on to something else.

No need to worry that a misclick will ruin your recommendations forever. We don’t guess what you want to see, we let you control it.

PROTOCOLS, NOT PLATFORMS

Mastodon is not like a traditional social media platform, but is built on a decentralized protocol. You can sign up on our official server, or choose a 3rd party to host your data and moderate your experience.

Thanks to the common protocol, no matter what you choose, you can communicate seamlessly with people on other Mastodon servers. But there’s more: With just one account, you can communicate with people from other fediverse platforms.

Not happy with your choice? You can always switch to a different Mastodon server while taking your followers with you. For advanced users, you can even host your data on your own infrastructure, since Mastodon is open-source.

NON-PROFIT IN NATURE

Mastodon is a registered non-profit in the US and Germany. We are not motivated by extracting monetary value from the platform, but by what’s best for the platform.

AS FEATURED IN: TIME, Forbes, Wired, The Guardian, CNN, The Verge, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Gizmodo, PCMAG.com, and more.

Information

From App Store
Developer
Mastodon gGmbH
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Size
100 MB
Rating
17+
Version
2026.03
Compatibility
iOS 18.6+
Genres
Social Networking, News
Bundle ID
org.joinmastodon.app

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