Fedilab

Name: Fedilab
Rating: 4.47 (1820 reviews)
Author: tschneider

By: tschneider

Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse

Features & Capabilities

Fedilab is a powerful multifunctional Android client designed to access the distributed Fediverse, which includes platforms such as Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, and Friendica. This open source app offers a seamless experience for microblogging, photo sharing, and video hosting.

Fedilab provides advanced features like support for multiple accounts, scheduling of messages and boosts, bookmarking, interaction with remote instances, timed account muting, and cross-account actions via long press. Additionally, it includes translation features, dedicated art and video timelines, ensuring a rich and versatile user experience. The app's source code is publicly available, enhancing transparency and community collaboration.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

3.40.2 Last updated: 2026-05-23

Version code:

558

Creation date:

2019-05-18

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Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD Moderate risk
android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS Moderate risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk

Size:

40.03MB

Email:

he*****@fedilab.app

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

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# 344,815 ▼ 2,290

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Developed by:

tschneider

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android

Email:

he*****@fedilab.app

Website:

https://fedilab.app

User Reviews

Fedilab is praised for its comprehensive feature set, multi-account support, and customization, making it a top Mastodon client on Android. Users appreciate its rich features, including LaTeX rendering and hashtag following. However, common issues include notification bugs, slow or incomplete timeline refreshes, and a somewhat cluttered or dated UI that can be challenging to master. Media preview inconsistencies and lack of some web app features are also noted. Overall, the app is well-regarded but could benefit from UI refinements and improved reliability.

Pros

Supports multiple Fediverse accounts and instances with easy switching.
Feature-rich and customizable interface with options like scheduling, color coding, LaTeX rendering, dark mode, and hashtag following.
User-friendly and intuitive experience even for novices, with robust support and continuous improvements.
Unique features like treating lists as timelines and providing more full Mastodon feature coverage than other apps.
Works better than many free clients with reliable "pick up where you left off" functionality.

Cons

Notifications can be buggy, often failing to update, and some users experience issues getting them to work at all.
App refresh and timeline loading can be slow or incomplete, requiring manual refresh on some tabs.
UI has a learning curve and can feel cluttered; some design elements feel dated or unintuitive, with requests for better compactness and clearer buttons.
Media previews inconsistent (e.g., timelines not showing YouTube previews) and image loading issues like images not scaling properly or causing timeline reformatting.
Missing certain quality-of-life features compared to web apps, such as filtering local feed replies/boosts and consolidated account feeds.

Recent reviews

I've been trying this app for a week or two with 3 different Fedi accounts (2 Masto,1 Pixelfed). Basically it's fantastic. It's a beautiful customisable interface, multi acct interoperable and also offers translation inline. The settings can be a bit overwhelming at first but once you get familiar it's very good. I haven't quite got notifications to work yet but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Now please add Lemmy.world, then I'll be super happy!

Pe*****, 2025-01-17

Great new update guys. Not sure when that happened. I've been having an issue with sending reactions through on fedilab. If I press "😆" and there's already 1+ "😆," for example, then it simply highlights the bubble. If I use the drop-down menu to select it, it will remove the bubble that shows (😆 1) leaving nothing there. EDIT: 11/03/24 Still a problem. Thanks for nothing. Going back to Husky.