Reviews of Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

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List of user reviews and ratings for Ivory for Mastodon by Tapbots

Total ratings

4.80 (Rating count: 3,913)

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Review summary

Ivory for Mastodon is widely praised for its gorgeous, polished UI and robust settings, making it a top iOS Mastodon client for daily use. Reviewers call it reliable, intuitive, and worth the price. However, multiple reviews flag missing power-user features (threaded conversations, grouped notifications, private messages inbox) and bugs impacting UX (auto-refresh during scrolling, unstable timelines, crashes) along with slow update cadence. A few users have switched to alternatives due to these gaps.

Pros

Gorgeous, polished interface.
Robust settings and strong control over app behavior.
Regarded as one of the best Mastodon clients on iOS with a solid, intuitive UX.
Widely used and considered worth the price; reliable for daily use.
Strong continuity for longtime Tapbots/Tweetbot users and familiar experience.

Cons

Feed auto-refresh during scrolling disrupts reading and navigation.
Missing essential power-user features: threaded conversations, grouped notifications, threaded replies, and a dedicated private messages inbox.
Search and Federated search functionality is often broken or unreliable.
Stability issues: crashes when typing, unstable timelines, and general buggy behavior.
Slow or infrequent updates; long gaps between patches.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40

All time rating average: 4.80

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13% (7)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-24	Pi*****	It is not free and one of the quotes on the website said: ”If you use Mastodon on a Mac, you’re nuts if you don’t try Ivory.“ This is very deceptive and just a way to earn money out of your users. I would be fine if it was a one-time payment, but get off the App Store. You’re nothing but a nuisance to free users.
It is not free and one of the quotes on the website said: ”If you use Mastodon on a Mac, you’re nuts if you don’t try Ivory.“ This is very deceptive and just a way to earn money out of your users. I would be fine if it was a one-time payment, but get off the App Store. You’re nothing but a nuisance to free users.
2026-07-15	Bi*****	I love Ivory
I love Ivory
2026-07-14	Th*****	Honestly, Ice Cubes is free and is nearly identical and functionality to Ivory. If I’m actually paying for an app, then I expect it to have good documentation. All their site has some bare minimum FAQs. There are certain things in the app that I just don’t understand and wonder what they do, but there’s no place to look it up. I definitely won’t be renewing my subscription. I might even switch back to Ice Cubes in the meantime. They say you can write them and ask for help but like that takes time. Why can’t they just have a website so I can look it up if I have a question. Do they really want to be bombarded with emails and go back-and-forth with customer support forever?
Honestly, Ice Cubes is free and is nearly identical and functionality to Ivory. If I’m actually paying for an app, then I expect it to have good documentation. All their site has some bare minimum FAQs. There are certain things in the app that I just don’t understand and wonder what they do, but there’s no place to look it up. I definitely won’t be renewing my subscription. I might even switch back to Ice Cubes in the meantime. They say you can write them and ask for help but like that takes time. Why can’t they just have a website so I can look it up if I have a question. Do they really want to be bombarded with emails and go back-and-forth with customer support forever?
2026-07-11	hy*****	I wish it wasn’t a subscription but this is genuinely a beautiful app
I wish it wasn’t a subscription but this is genuinely a beautiful app
2026-04-30	Le*****	Gorgeous interface, robust settings. I just cannot live without threaded conversation view; I cannot follow conversations properly without it. The other feature I missed from a different app I’ve used was a dedicated tab for private messages (a kind of inbox). I like being able to view those separately from other mentions. These two things are very important to me so I ended up going back to my old app, despite the fact it’s a bit glitchy with the timeline fetch right now.
Gorgeous interface, robust settings. I just cannot live without threaded conversation view; I cannot follow conversations properly without it. The other feature I missed from a different app I’ve used was a dedicated tab for private messages (a kind of inbox). I like being able to view those separately from other mentions. These two things are very important to me so I ended up going back to my old app, despite the fact it’s a bit glitchy with the timeline fetch right now.
2026-04-21	BD*****	The Achilles heel of this app is how the feed will refresh while in the middle of scrolling. More often than not I’ll be scrolling, reading a post or about to click on a post and the feed will auto refresh and jump to the beginning rendering the post I was interested in lost to the ether. It’s by far the most frustrating aspect of this app and it impacts the user experience in a very negative way. If this were fixed it would be a much better app.
The Achilles heel of this app is how the feed will refresh while in the middle of scrolling. More often than not I’ll be scrolling, reading a post or about to click on a post and the feed will auto refresh and jump to the beginning rendering the post I was interested in lost to the ether. It’s by far the most frustrating aspect of this app and it impacts the user experience in a very negative way. If this were fixed it would be a much better app.
2026-02-27	Ri*****	What do they expect, for us to just keep paying for the subscription while not getting any substantial updates. They’ve made so much money off of this app now for not putting much work into it. If I had this level of output at my job, I would be fired. My boss wouldn’t just be like oh yeah that’s fine. Take another year to rest. I would be out and looking for a new job.
What do they expect, for us to just keep paying for the subscription while not getting any substantial updates. They’ve made so much money off of this app now for not putting much work into it. If I had this level of output at my job, I would be fired. My boss wouldn’t just be like oh yeah that’s fine. Take another year to rest. I would be out and looking for a new job.
2026-01-23	An*****	I love the app, it is fantastic and well worth the money. However, I would like to regain the option to boost with a single press.
I love the app, it is fantastic and well worth the money. However, I would like to regain the option to boost with a single press.
2026-01-23	da*****	Decent Mastodon app, but recently updated it to remove a user setting around boosting posts and seems to be refusing to respect user preference around it, instead citing a desire to remain consistent with the Mastodon app. That’s really disappointing because it’s breaking the usability for power users, and I would rather just use the Mastodon app itself if Ivory isn’t going to provide a significant benefit over traditional experience.
Decent Mastodon app, but recently updated it to remove a user setting around boosting posts and seems to be refusing to respect user preference around it, instead citing a desire to remain consistent with the Mastodon app. That’s really disappointing because it’s breaking the usability for power users, and I would rather just use the Mastodon app itself if Ivory isn’t going to provide a significant benefit over traditional experience.
2026-01-20	in*****	If you use Mastodon, just buy it. It's the best. Don't waste your time with anything else.
If you use Mastodon, just buy it. It's the best. Don't waste your time with anything else.