# Fedilab

> Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.fedilab.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.fedilab.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `app.fedilab.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** tschneider
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 33,972
- **Rating:** 4.45 / 5 (1,850 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.43.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-28
- **First published:** 2019-05-18
- **Publisher country:** FR
- **Size:** 40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-01
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android)
- **Website:** [https://fedilab.app](https://fedilab.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://fedilab.app/page/privacy/](https://fedilab.app/page/privacy/)

## Description

**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.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `app.fedilab.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.fedilab.android)