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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:14:55 JST FediTips has moved!

   Are you still using the official Mastodon app? You don't have to!

   There are loads of brilliant third party apps which have more features than the official app.

   Unlike Twitter, Facebook etc, Mastodon uses open standards, which means third party apps can do everything the official apps do and more.

   There are links to third party apps on the official Mastodon site, just scroll down past the official ones:

   ➡️ https://joinmastodon.org/apps

   Click on Android, iOS etc to narrow down the app selection.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:18:38 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Mona app
     • Jake

     @gogobonobo @MonaApp

     They would have to contact the Mastodon official website maintainers using the email hello@joinmastodon.org

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     Jake (gogobonobo@pdx.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:18:39 JST Jake

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     • Mona app

     @feditips How do you add to this list? I think @MonaApp belongs there too.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:19:26 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • David Fox 🌻🥸

     @DavidBFox

     Toot! is nice and so is Ice Cubes? But there are also fans of Mona and Megalodon and others!

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     David Fox 🌻🥸 (davidbfox@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:19:27 JST David Fox 🌻🥸

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     @feditips What are your current favorites for iOS?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:22:35 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • David Fox 🌻🥸

     @DavidBFox

     Unfortunately Metatext's developer had health issues so they could no longer carry on updating. Hopefully they get better soon 🤞

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     David Fox 🌻🥸 (davidbfox@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:22:36 JST David Fox 🌻🥸

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     @feditips I started using Metatext months ago and like it but it’s now missing important features. I’ll check out the ones you mentioned. Thanks!

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     bryan@inthedeltawaves.social's status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:25:16 JST bryan

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     @feditips I can’t pick just one.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:34:29 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • David Fox 🌻🥸

     @DavidBFox

     Ahh yeah, you're right, sorry!

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     David Fox 🌻🥸 (davidbfox@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:34:31 JST David Fox 🌻🥸

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     @feditips Hope so!

     In the meantime I’ll try the others. Thanks! Megalodon seems to be Android only.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:45:22 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • nellie-m

     @nellie_m

     There's nothing wrong with using it if you prefer it! 👍

     However, the third party apps tend to have more features and a lot of people prefer them instead.

     I'm mainly trying to reach people that are using the official app by default, because they think they don't have a choice. Many new users have come from closed platforms where there are no third parties, or third party apps are restricted somehow.

     On here, there are no restrictions on third party apps at all.

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     nellie-m (nellie_m@autisticpri.de)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 03:45:30 JST nellie-m

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     @feditips what’s wrong with using the official Mastodon app?

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     Brent "the birdman" Loon (brent_loon@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 04:01:02 JST Brent "the birdman" Loon

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     @feditips https://phanpy.social/ doesn't have an app but looks great on mobile. After the latest update, the offical app isn't awful.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 04:25:30 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Nordnick :verified:

     @nick

     All fair points, thank you!

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     Nordnick :verified: (nick@norden.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 04:25:31 JST Nordnick :verified:

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     @feditips

     In this case, the apps use the #Mastodon #Client #API.

     This is more or less also adapted by other #Fediverse #software.

     It's documented in an open way, but is not really an open standard.

     Regarding the open standard #ActivityPub, the server-to-server part is used, but not the client-to-server part.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 06:20:10 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • another_katt

     @another_katt

     Not as far as I know, sorry!

     This has been requested on core Mastodon, if you're comfortable using Github you can vote for it by giving a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/7692

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     another_katt (another_katt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 06:20:11 JST another_katt

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     @feditips

     thanks! 💖

     question: is there an iOS app that lets u create a "List" based on hashtags?

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     Prickly Pam (D-PA) (pricklypam@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-May-2023 16:38:56 JST Prickly Pam (D-PA)

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     @feditips
     Or just use your browser

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 01:28:10 JST FediTips has moved!

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     @eric0x

     Yes, at https://calckey.org/apps/

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     @feditips is there a similar list of Calckey app for iOS?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 01:28:45 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Seth
     • Megalodon

     @saluki

     Yes, there's @megalodon which is a fork of the official Android app with extra features..

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     Seth (saluki@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 01:28:47 JST Seth

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     @feditips Now the real question is kind I get one that has a similar look and feel to the official Android app but with more functionality.

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     Condalmo. (condalmo@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 23:52:04 JST Condalmo.

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     @feditips Is there a roadmap for development on the official Mastodon app (Android in particular)? I really like the UI on it but it is missing some key features that Tusky has

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 04:04:35 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Condalmo.

     @condalmo

     Yes, there's a roadmap for Mastodon and its official apps at https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

     Bear in mind you need to view this on a horizontal screen to see which parts of the map apply to which elements. Android app sections will be labelled "AND" on the horizontal version of the site, iOS is "iOS" and core Mastodon is "MAS".

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     Condalmo. (condalmo@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 06:06:23 JST Condalmo.

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     @feditips I probably could have not been lazy and Googled that and gotten an answer! But I appreciate you taking the time to give me that info, and all the work you're doing with the Tips gig here. It's a valuable contribution and you're appreciated.