Mastodon
Where conversations happen
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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.
more the app is so lag..when i search or play the video it's loading and buffering..please take down the issue ASAP
the app is so lag..when i search or play the video it's loading and buffering..please take down the issue ASAP
You have local timeline now. We need federated next.
You have local timeline now. We need federated next.
if have option rate 0.5 star i will choose that !comeon developer are you not doing UAT ?too many bugs, slow, throttle cpu for no reason, you dont need fancy app , look cool friendly, instead you need make sure everything functional well first !
if have option rate 0.5 star i will choose that !comeon developer are you not doing UAT ?too many bugs, slow, throttle cpu for no reason, you dont need fancy app , look cool friendly, instead you need make sure everything functional well first !
Please fix the app. I can’t upload photos, the app keeps on buffering.
Please fix the app. I can’t upload photos, the app keeps on buffering.
While larger changes take shape behind the scenes, this update brings a few important improvements:
- You can now manage multiple logged-in accounts from the Settings screen (this has always been accessible by longpressing the current account avatar, but that was not easy to discover).
- A new media viewer, which maintains current functionality while removing a technical obstacle to further improvements to the app as a whole.
- Fix for [BUG] No audio while playing videos or audio before going full screen #1505
- Fix for [BUG] Quoted posts that are *long* are not truncated #1516
- Fix for [BUG] Encoded HTML entities in display names are applied. #1528
- Make language variants available in language picker (contributed by Poren Chiang)
- Refactor AccessTokenQuery to use multipart/form-data for OAuth POST requests (contributed by vitalyster)
- Significant code clean up (contributed by Jack Alto)
2026.02 25 Mar
Some minor fixes to start off the year:
- Avoid triggering post actions accidentally while scrolling.
- Display Lists in alphabetical order, as on the web.
- Improved hashtag statistics layout for longer translations.
2026.01 13 Jan
A quick update to bring a more legible icon to the App Store listing.
2025.10 13/12/2025
Mastodon, now in Liquid Glass! We’ve also fixed a few crashes, turned on localization for some additional languages (including Estonian), and improved the iPad layout so that the margins are scrollable.
2025.09 11/12/2025
This version brings several improvements to the main timeline:
- The post “…” menu now offers both the existing “Copy Link” option and a new “Copy” option, which will copy the text of the post now that selecting text directly from the screen is not possible.
- There is a new dedicated audio player and improvements have been made to the video player.
- Loading from the top and bottom should work more smoothly, and the bottom loader now has some visual feedback as you scroll to trigger it.
We’ve also made big changes to the way we handle localizations, which will make the app much more flexible going forward. This may mean you see a few additional untranslated strings until our volunteer translators can catch up.
Several places in the app that display lists of other accounts have been updated to match our new layout and provide more useful information.
2025.08 01/12/2025
Important bug fixes!
- Better background color for “Muted” and “Blocked” buttons so you can read them
- Double tap on Home takes you to the top of the timeline
- Avoid opening the same post in thread mode multiple times in a row
- Crash fix
- Better updating of actions (like follow, boost, etc) from one screen to another
2025.07 24/10/2025
We are excited to bring you a brand new timeline layout throughout the app with a fresh look, smoother scrolling, more responsive buttons, and rich text formatting for posts using supported html tags.
- View Mastodon quote posts and compose them (when your Mastodon server supports the feature)
- Notifications list is less likely to show stale data
- Several crash fixes
- A fix to make it less likely you’ll hit a “too many requests” error
- Long poll options now wrap their text so you can read the whole thing!!!
2025.06 05/10/2025
Quick update:
- Donation form now respects the default currency provided by the server.
- Hopeful fix for #1385 Error 3 (cancelled) on attempt to export video from iPhone 16
2025.05 05/08/2025
A few fixes while work continues behind the scenes on home timeline improvements:
- Navigations should no longer look broken (fixes #1448)
- Editing a post now gives the same progress indication as publishing a post for the first time (filling up the button).
- Efficiency improvements to avoid the “too many requests” error (fixes #1449).
2025.04 01/08/2025
A few small improvements while we work on larger changes behind the scenes…
- iPad layout is better
- User’s default visibility choice is now respected for boosts as well as posts
- Server rule display now shows both the headline text and the additional explanations (if any), and will show rules in the user’s current preferred language setting, if translations are available.
2025.03 20/06/2025
Updates to notifications, new account registration, and more.
Notifications:
- Push notifications should work more consistently.
- Notification filter options offered now match the web interface.
- Admin notifications are optionally included for those with access to them.
New account registration:
- Terms of Service link will display for instances that have them.
- Fields will wait until you have entered data before warning if the entry is invalid.
- Date of birth field has been added for servers with a minimum age requirement.
Additional improvements:
- Boosts and favorites on already-boosted posts should “stick” properly.
- The Voice Over experience in the Followers and Following lists is significantly better.
2025.02 18/04/2025
Going viral just got a lot less painful! This version lists your notifications in streamlined groups instead of one at a time, meaning you can spend less time scrolling and more time being part of the conversation.
- Favorites, boosts, and follows that occur close together will be grouped with similar notifications. (Resolves #399)
- Follow requests can be approved or rejected when they appear. (Resolves #1342)
You’ll also see a bunch of improvements around post visibility (”Public”, “Unlisted”, etc.) throughout the app:
- Visibility setting for each post has been moved to the top of the compose window, just under the publish button, making it much more obvious.
- Posts that are not public show the visibility icon next to the timestamp.
- Private mentions and replies display headers as appropriate.
- Several other long-standing issues in this area have been resolved (#242, #472, #1395).
Plus quite a few other small fixes!
New Contributors
- @tvrrp made their first contribution in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/pull/1392
- @vtourraine made their first contribution in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/pull/1400
- @angristan made their first contribution in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/pull/1414
Full Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/compare/2024.12...2025.01
2025.01 26/03/2025
To see out 2024, a smorgasbord of bug fixes and improvements that we hope bring you some joy!
Posting is more reliable:
- Compose window now stays open while the post is published, so you can address any errors that pop up
- A bunch of errors that can happen during publishing are now reported to you instead of being ignored
- Less likely for the app to freeze up while you’re typing a post
Posts look better:
- Link previews no longer show large blank spaces for images that never arrive
- Compact link previews (for square/portrait or no images) show all the expected information
- GIFs in content-warned or filtered posts are (once again) blurred out
- Images and avatars should only ever show up with the posts they belong to
Timeline works better:
- Filters set to hide really do hide now (yes, we said that about the last version, too… but it really is fixed now, right?)
- Tap on the author name opens their profile instead of the thread view (by @gokulvenkat243)
- Larger tap areas for the action menu and content show/hide button
2024.12 26/12/2024
Just in time for Giving Tuesday, you may now see a banner at the bottom of your timeline inviting your support for Mastodon’s continued development (only when logged in to [mastodon.social](http://mastodon.social) or mastodon.online). You’ll also see a bunch of improvements, small and large:
Filters work better!
- Concealed posts no longer take up the full space of their content, which should make scrolling past them less arduous.
- Filtered posts now tell you which filter they triggered!
- Filters with the “hide” action should now actually remove posts from your feed completely, as intended.
- Content warnings have also been updated slightly — as on the web, if the content warning text is empty, only the attached image will be hidden.
Your privacy is better guarded…
- When you log out of an account, logging in again will now require re-entering the username and password.
- Deleting the app from your device and reinstalling will now launch as if you had never logged in.
The new user experience is a little better…
- The “Find people to follow” view is now dismissable even after you’ve viewed a profile.
- When you follow someone from the “Find people to follow” view, your blank feed will update immediately… and hopefully show you some cool stuff!
Some small visual improvements…
- Vertical-stacked layout of edit history labels, which fixes some spectacularly bad layouts when the localized strings are lengthy.
- Dark Mode icon now has a dark ‘m’.
And finally…
- Fewer crashes! File this under the customarily bland description “stability improvements” because although the refactoring projects involved have all the drama of sword dancing with freshly honed blades for the developer involved, you will hopefully notice nothing.
2024.11 02/12/2024
We’ve tweaked the app icon to make it perfectly integrate into the system.
2024.10 23/10/2024
We’ve fixed bugs and improved stability with this release.
2024.9 12/09/2024
Hey there! We’ve got some nifty updates for you in this release. Now you can check out your lists right in the app, because who doesn’t love a good list? If your server is feeling generous, you’ll enjoy our new notification filters. Filter away! We’ve sorted out the character counter on the compose screen, so you can add links without any counting mishaps. Crash fixes galore! The app is now more stable than your morning coffee routine. Widgets can finally retrieve data, and shortcuts are back to posting like champs.
Thanks for sticking with us and for all your feedback. We hope these tweaks make your app experience even better! Enjoy the update!
2024.8 07/08/2024
Long time no see! Okay, joke's on us as it has been just a week or so since the last release. But we've been busy and this is why you can enjoy these rather short release notes for the latest and greatest 2024.7-release of Mastodon for iOS. It contains not one, but two improvements and bug fixes:
1. We fixed a bug! In case you wanted to translate a reblogged status, this failed, but not anymore, as we fixed this! (IOS-271)
2. An improvement! If the author of a blogpost or a newspaper article or a video producer or any other content creator on the internet has a Mastodon-account (and did some configuration), you will see a small, additional button if someone posts a link to their written piece or video or content in general. This button leads you to the author's profile so that you can discover more of their content.
We hope that these numerous changes help you discover more content you like, but: No pressure! Use Mastodon only as much as it feels good to you. We don't want to lurk you in as we all know: There are way more important things in life than social media.
As always: This release wouldn't have been possible without your ongoing support. Thank you so much for that and for using Mastodon. It sparks so much joy to see people using the stuff you built. Until next time!
2024.7 02/07/2024
Hello there! We hope you enjoy the summer with a cold drink (if you live in the northern hemisphere) or the winter with a warm drink (if you live in the southern hemisphere). Regardless of where you live, you not only deserve peace and happiness, but also the 2024.6-release of Mastodon for iOS. And that comes with this:
- A new Privacy & Safety-section in the Settings-part of the app. Here you can configure the default visibility for new posts, for example. (IOS-168)
- A bug fix for our Number One-crash! When tapping in your own profile too quickly, this resulted in a crash. But don't worry: We got this! (IOS-255, GH-1257)
- Speaking of bug fixes: When you tried to change your profile fields, some content got erased. We are really for if this happened to you. (GH-1290)
- A little cleanup, that won't affect you: We removed old persistence code for cards and polls (IOS-178, IOS-182)
- We improved "Load more"-behaviour in several parts throughtout the entire app. Loading new content should be waaaaaaayyyyyy faster now, nearly at the speed of light! (IOS-272)
- When you update your profile-image, you will see that change now in the Tab-bar (IOS-277)
- We fixed a bug that showed the "Load more"-button in your Home-timeline when there was no new content (GH-1288)
We hope that these fixes and improvements make your Mastodon-life a little easier. This release wouldn't have been possible without your ongoing support. Thank you so much for that and for using Mastodon and making the Web (and the world) a better place.
2024.6 20/06/2024
Hey there! Welcome to the 2024.5 release of Mastodon for iOS. It's been a while but we worked on lots of bug fixes and (minor) improvements since the last version.
2024.5 comes with this:
- We fixed some issues with the new, fancy "New Posts"-pill. For example, it disappears now if you scroll to top (like it is supposed to) (GH-1278)
- Remember the screen to login when you have an existing account? We made the server selection more elegant (IOS-226)
- Also related to Onboarding: We slightly updated the Privacy-screen and improved Keyboard-handling. (IOS-221)
- You can finally change your profile picture again from the app. We introduced a bug in one of the last versions, but got it fixed with 2024.5. Sorry for any inconveniences. Now go and update your profile picture! (GH-1276)
- Don't want to miss any content, but missed the "Load More"-button between posts? Great news: We found and fixed a bug so that it's finally there again, so you don't miss any of the great content any longer! (IOS-266)
- We improved the stability of the app by reducing the crashes. Promise! (IOS-257, IOS-254)
- If there's a loooooong toot with a Content Warning, we limited the height of that Content Warning. (IOS-278)
- We fixed a bug related to polls: Your own choice is visible now (GH-1278)
- The avatar-image in the bottom bar doesn't flicker anymore when switching tabs (IOS-238)
- The menus for both profiles and toots got an update (IOS-231, IOS-229)
- We removed some clutter on the Mentions-screen (IOS-270)
- Once it'll be available on your instance, you'll see moderation warnings on the Notification-screen if you someone complained about you (IOS-264)
That's it! We hope, you enjoy those bug fixes and notice the new features.
Thank you so much for supporting us and using Mastodon!
2024.5 22/05/2024
Hello! Hello and welcome to another version of hand-written release notes for Mastodon for iOS. This time it's the 2024.4-release and we're working hard to keep up the schedule: One release per month! Just kiddin. Truth to be told: We're basically a bunch of lazy people but from time to time we think: Well, we should ship another release. And then we work really, REALLY hard to make the Mastodon-app better. And this is why the 2024.4-version contains this:
- We (hopefully!) improved the polls! Voting and poll creation should be much smoother and way more stable now. Give it a try and ask those nice and helpful people on Mastodon what to have for dinner tonight! (IOS-181)
- New month, new me! We updated the designs of the Home-screen, you can switch between your local community-timeline and the people you're following. We also updated the little indicator (we call it: Pill) that shows if there are new posts or if that toot was sent. Let us know how you like those changes! (IOS-234, IOS-235)
- We also updated how we present the timestamp and other meta-information of a post (IOS-232)
- Under the Explore-tab, we improved the interface which lets you choose between the most popular posts and other things to explore (IOS-237)
- Remember that we added Domain-blocking a few releases ago? Turns out: You could block the community you're part of. This wasn't intended at all and we just missed that, sorry and thanks for reporting! (GH-1269)
- We added a new visibility option to post. It's called either "Unlisted" or "Quiet public" and modernized the icons for those different options. (GH-1271)
- Temporarily we turned off haptic feedback. But same as with the community timeline or a famous killing machine: I(t) will be back! (IOS-247)
- Last, but not least we tweaked how the number of people is presented. (GH-1266)
You see: Lots of new bits and pieces to improve the Mastodon-experience step by step. And we will keep making it better. Thank you so much for supporting us and using Mastodon and enjoy the rest of this day and week and month and year and so on!
2024.4 18/04/2024
Hello and welcome to the release notes of the 2024.03-version of Mastodon for iOS. We're working hard to fix the bugs we introduced a few versions earlier and so this release mostly contains bug fixes and improvements. And without further ado it's an honor to present the release notes:
- Have you checked out the new Dettings-area yet? We added some more options there. For example you can set the default language for posts there or activate if you want to be asked before unfollowing someone. (IOS-166)
- Pardon my french: We fixed a bug for french-speaking users. If you wanted to compose a long post, the app crashed when it was too long. Thanks to you for reporting it and thanks to us for fixing it. Great teamwork! (GH-1255)
- We switched the tabs on the notification-screen so that it matches the other Mastodon-apps. (IOS-240)
- When you wanted to reply to a status, your handle showed up twice. Sure, your name is really nice, but once is enough (GH-1254)
- We fixed the cursor-color for the input for image descriptions. Now it sparks more joy to write image descriptions. This is a subtle hint: WRITE IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS!. (GH-1253)
- The app has its own User-Agent now. It also constains the version number. (GH-1098)
- We removed the Community-tab from the Explore-tab. It was kind of hidden but don't worry: It'll come back soon, stay tuned! (IOS-236)
- We fixed a bug (twice!) that didn't let you edit your profile. Now you can change your handle and your bio again and upload a nice avatar. Sometimes you need more than one shot. (GH-1244, IOS-239, GH-1259)
- We cleaned up some dust in the project. This won't affect your daily use. Promise! (GH-1248, GH-1247, GH-1252)
That's it! We're steadily working on improving the app, adding new features (and the community-tab!) and fixing nasty bugs. And, as always, this wouldn't be possible without you! And you are also the reason why we keep making things better: It's some awesome and wholesome to see all you people actually use Mastodon. So: Keep using it, please!
2024.3 23/03/2024
Welcome to another release of Mastodon for iOS. Some time has passed, but the latest version is finally here: Say hello to 2024.02! It's mostly a maintenance release, nothing special:
We fixed some bugs related to widgets (GH-1234) and hashtag-search (GH-1233) and improved performance throughout the entire app (GH-1237, GH-1192, GH-1230, GH-1229, GH-1227). Oh, and we improved sharing (GH-1199).
That's it, please enjoy the latest and greatest of Mastodon so far. In the meantime we're improving the app step by step. Have a great day!
2024.2 27/02/2024
This is a first!
Hello and welcome to the first release of Mastodon for iOS in 2024. We've worked hard, searched (and found and fixed) bugs and looked for other improvements. And we increased the speed, otherwise this wouldn't be the first release, right? Still, it comes with a truckload of stuff:
- Say hello to my little friend: Domain blocks! You're really annoyed by a bunch of people from the very same instance? Well, instead of blocking them individually, you can block the entire instance now, right from the app. To do so, head to the profile of that person as if you wanted to block them but block the domain. Now you can rest in peace and by resting in peace I mean enjoying Mastodon more than ever, of course! (IOS-5)
- We made some huge progress in our long-term project: Performance Improvements. Using the app should be significantly faster now, as we reworked the Status-handling throughout the entire app. (GH-1167, GH-1210, IOS-214)
- Speaking of speed: We reduced the amount of Network-requests sent to your Mastodon-instance when you scroll the Home-timeline. And we also don't fetch data anymore we don't need in the Status-menu. Why downloading stuff you don't need, right? Instead the app now fetches the data for the menu, when you need them. (GH-1214, GH-1213)
- You know, that you can edit your statuses afterwards, right? This comes in super handy when you fidn a tpyo in a status, for example. What you couldn't edit were image descriptions, also known as alt text. Well, now you can. This will also be super useful as it means that you can — and should! — add descriptions to images later, if you forgot that in the first place. (GH-1138)
- We fixed a bug that the app didn't respect the post-length defined on your server. (GH-1049)
- When we improved the credentials-handling in 2023.14, we forgot to make the Widgets use the new code. As a consequence the Wdgets couldn't login into your account which means that you couldn't use the Widgets. Sorry! (GH-1201)
- Search also got a little better: We fixed an endless loop when something went wrong. (GH-1188)
- Last but not least, we fixed a nasty bug that one offline account affected other accounts. In other words: If you have multiple accounts in the app with one being a suspended or expired account, this prevented the other accounts from being used, too. We cut the ties here. (GH-1178)
That's it! This is all the 2024.1-release of Mastodon contains. We didn't hide any other things like secret bug fixes or various improvements in there. Maybe we should declare it organic software?
Anyway, thank you for reading these hand-crafted release notes. And, of course: Thank you for using Mastodon!
2024.1 01/02/2024
Welcome to another release of Mastodon for iOS. Consider this our special offer: It's free! We've been quite busy in the last couple of days, but we want you to enjoy the latest and greatest bug fixes as soon as possible. This release is the 16. this year, that's why the version number is 2023.16. And it features this:
- We fixed a bug that wouldn't let you logout on iPad. When you tried to logout, well, the app crashed, but only on iPad. Thanks to everyone who reported it (and sorry for the crash)! (GH-1172)
- Speaking of logging out: When you restarted the app right after logging out, well, you were still logged in as we didn't remove the credentials properly. (GH-1181)
- Another credential-related bug: In the 2023.14-release, we added a bug so you couldn't share to Mastodon from another app. It resulted in the very precise error message "No available account". Well, good news everyone: We found your account! And we fixed the bug, so that you can share interesting articles and memes with your friends on Mastodon. Right in time for #Caturday. (GH-1168)
- This is the first contribution of Rizwan and we're very grateful for that: When you double-tap the search tab, it focuses the search bar so that you can start searching right away. Thank you, Rizwan! (GH-748)
- You Hometimeline shouldn't forget your position any longer when you switched tabs. (GH-744)
- We added some performance improvements for "Familiar Followers". (IOS-195)
That's it for now. We hope, that you didn't spend too much on special offers. Although Mastodon is free for you to use, it's not free to develop. That's why we're so grateful for your ongoing support. The less you spend on special offers, the more you can spend on us!
Just kidding, have a lovely time.
2023.16 25/11/2023
While larger changes take shape behind the scenes, this update brings a few important improvements:
- You can now manage multiple logged-in accounts from the Settings screen (this has always been accessible by longpressing the current account avatar, but that was not easy to discover).
- A new media viewer, which maintains current functionality while removing a technical obstacle to further improvements to the app as a whole.
- Fix for [BUG] No audio while playing videos or audio before going full screen #1505
- Fix for [BUG] Quoted posts that are *long* are not truncated #1516
- Fix for [BUG] Encoded HTML entities in display names are applied. #1528
- Make language variants available in language picker (contributed by Poren Chiang)
- Refactor AccessTokenQuery to use multipart/form-data for OAuth POST requests (contributed by vitalyster)
- Significant code clean up (contributed by Jack Alto)
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