Mastodon is a social networking app developed by Mastodon gGmbH. Available as a free download, it was updated to v2,024.90 on September 12, 2024, and currently holds a 4.56 out of 5 rating based on 13.4K reviews. Before downloading, make sure your device has at least 56 MB of free space and runs Android 15+ or iOS 16.0+.
Decentralized social network
Video: Mastodon Overview
Description
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.
Mastodon can be played on Windows and macOS using Android emulators such as BlueStacks. Download an APK version and follow our BlueStacks installation guide to get started. For help with downloading or installing APK files, visit our forums.
User Reviews and Ratings
★★☆☆☆Disappointing quality
Yes, Mastodon is ad-free and FOSS and all that, but even within the limitations those things imply, the quality of the iOS client is quite disappointing. Scrolling, transitions, and basic navigation are janky or even simply don’t work. Media uploads frequently don’t complete (this may be server-specific; I use mastodon.social). The web experience isn’t amazing but it’s at least competent, and is miles less frustrating than this app.
★★★☆☆Buttons on the new update are a nightmare to use
Big fan of the platform, I use the app every day, but the latest version re-jigged the active areas for boost, favorite, and reply, so now when I want to interact with a post, 95 times out of 100, it will just open the post instead. And the cycle repeats within the post itself, to I'm not entirely sure what arbitrary depth. Infuriating. I don't want to leave a bad rating for the app overall, but the latest version is an interactivity nightmare.
★★☆☆☆Was fine before update
Main search page (“top”) only shows 20 or so posts. My personalized feed is worse and my engagement is down. No notifications anymore.
★★★☆☆Not bad but no one is on
It’s not a bad app but literally no one is there so impossible to find someone posting anything I’m interested in
★★☆☆☆Mastodon is great, the app isn't
First off, the community on Mastodon is wonderful, and i'm very happy to be on the platform. That being said, this app is very laggy and broken at times. The easiest example is viewing profiles. There is something about the profile banner that lags my phone, and makes it hard to scroll anywhere past the first toot.
