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What’s New Version 2026.1
Bugfixes:
- Fix limited duration mute not working
Description
Tusker is a free and flexible client for the Mastodon social network and other compatible services.
Features:
• Notification grouping: Combine favorite, boost, and follow notifications into a single row to get a more glance-able view of your notifications.
• Timeline sync: Keep your timeline position across all your devices using iCloud.
• Customize timelines: Pick which timelines (including lists, hashtags, and public instance timelines) are pinned to your home tab, and apply filters to hide posts you're not interested in.
• Tweak your experience: Tusker has a wide variety of preferences to allow you to customize how you use the app. From changing the appearance and interactions, to configuring how content warnings work, Tusker supports it all.
• Digital wellness options: Tusker has a variety of preferences to help you manage how you use social media, including by turning infinite scrolling off or showing all images in grayscale.
• Accessibility: VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type, and more are all fully supported.
• Multiple accounts: Sign in to multiple accounts and quickly switch between them.
• Modern Mastodon features: Edit posts, view quotes, view trending posts/hashtags/links, translate posts, and more.
• Broad software compatibility: Tusker also has builtin support for the Glitch and Hometown variants of Mastodon; as well as Pleroma/Akkoma, a Mastodon alternative; and PixelFed, a photo-sharing social network.
Mastodon is part of the fediverse, a free, open source, and decentralized social network. From your home server, communicate and interact with people on any other server using the ActivityPub protocol. Learn more at joinmastodon.org.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
In-App Purchases US pricing
Tusker Supporter Subscription
Monthly$1.99
One-Time Purchases
Nice Tip$1.99
Awesome Tip$6.99
Incredible Tip$14.99
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Version history 18 versions
Build 884936503v2026.12026-04-26 19:35:28
Bugfixes:
- Fix limited duration mute not working
Build 880875240v2025.42025-12-21 06:17:44
Bugfixes:
- Fix attachment being removed when adding alt text
Build 880218896v2025.32025-12-01 07:12:13
Bugfixes:
- Fix quote posts not displaying on Mastodon
- Fix hang when opening advanced preferences
- Fix account not updating when refreshing profile
- Fix hang when scrolling to end of Notifications screen
- Fix video controls overlapping alt text editor
- Fix order not being respected when adding attachments from photo library
Build 876348771v2025.22025-07-14 19:41:55
This version adds support for displaying quoted posts on compatible instances and for server-side grouped notifications on Mastodon 4.3 and later. See below for further improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Add reply/favorite/reblog actions to push notifications
- Add action to profile menu to show notifications only from that account
- Add "Delete and Redraft" action to posts
- Tweak design to use more rounded corners
- Show warning icon on content warnings
- Add advanced preference for switching between client-/server-side grouping or disabling grouping
- Mastodon 4.3: Support editing notification policies
- Mastodon 4.3: Support displaying filtered notifications
- Mastodon 4.3: Use server-side grouped notifications by default
- Mastodon 4.3: Support relationship severed and moderation warning notifications
- Akkoma/Mastodon 4.4: Display quoted posts
Bugfixes:
- Fix "Posted Successfully" not appearing on Notifications tab
- Fix replied-to post being truncated in Compose screen
- Fix gallery controls changing visibliity when switching pages
- Fix tapping certain Pleroma links not showing Conversation screen
- Fix push notifications delivered while in-app not appearing in Notification Center
- Fix tab bar being stuck transparent when switching pages on certain screens
- Fix page switcher on Home/Notifications tab not scrolling when necessary
- iPadOS: Fix scroll-to-top not working with multi-column interface
Build 873469481v2025.12025-03-25 12:00:16
This update introduces a new and improved Compose screen, with support for composing threads and more! See below for a list of further improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- New Compose screen
- Compose an entire thread at once
- Schedule posts (and view/edit scheduled posts from the ... menu on My Profile)
- Add attachments from the Files app
- Preference for sharing Live Photos as still photos or videos
- Show confirmation after successfully posting/editing/scheduling
- Add additional attachments when using share sheet extension
Bugfixes:
- Fix signing into API-restricted instances
- Fix push notifications not being grouped by thread
- Fix crash when displaying push notification in certain circumstances
- Fix context menu previews for post links not using correct preview/actions
- Pixelfed: Fix error displaying certain notifications
- Pixelfed: Fix crash when refreshing timeline
Build 871402522v2024.52024-12-29 10:58:15
Features/Improvements:
- Improve gallery animations
Bugfixes:
- Handle right-to-left text in display names
- Fix crash during gifv playback
- iPadOS: Fix app becoming unresponsive when switching accounts
- iPadOS/macOS: Fix Cmd+R shortcuts not working
Build 868941934v2024.42024-09-16 13:00:56
This release introduces support for iOS 18, including a new sidebar/tab bar on iPad, as well as bugfixes and improvements.
Features/Improvements:
- Import image description when adding attachments from Photos if possible
- iPadOS 18: New floating sidebar/tab bar
Bugfixes:
- Fix crash when viewing profiles in certain circumstances
- Fix video controls in attachment gallery not auto-hiding
- Fix crash if hashtag search results includes duplicates
- Fix "no content" text not being removed from list timeline after refreshing
- macOS: Fix video controls overlay being positioned incorrectly when Reduce Motion is on
- macOS: Fix reselecting current item not navigating back
Build 866172348v2024.32024-08-12 01:06:08
This update includes a number of bugfixes and performance improvements. See below for a list of fixes.
Bugfixes:
- Fix an issue displaying rich text in certain cases
- Fix crash when video attachment finishes playing
- Fix video attachment thumbnails being flipped on Compose screen
- Fix profile header images being blurry
- Fix crash when opening push notifications in certain circumstances
- Fix certain links in profile fields not being tappable
- Fix gifv playback pausing audio from other apps
- Fix gifv playback being paused when returning from background
- Fix badges on gifv attachments not appearing
- Fix excessive network traffic when opening profile pages
- Fix controls visibility not matching across attachment gallery pages
- Fix add hashtag/instance pinned timeline sheet in Customize Timelines dismissing instantly
- Fix Dynamic Type not applying to status content
- Fix mention/status push notifications not showing CW
- Fix sensitive attachment thumbnails being shown in push notifications
- Fix profile moved overlay visual and VoiceOver issues
- Fix opening Mastodon remote status links
- Fix reply author avatar on Compose screen not being pinned to top when scrolling while typing
- Pleroma/Akkoma: Fix editing attachment descriptions not working
- Pixelfed/Firefish: Fix error loading certain accounts
- Pixelfed: Fix error loading relationships and follow/block/etc. actions
- iPadOS: Fix pointer interactions throughout the app
- iPadOS: Fix multiple close buttons being added in multi-column interface
- iPadOS: Fix Cmd+1/etc. removing columns when returning to previous tab
- iPadOS: Fix multi-column interface not animating for some actions
- iPadOS: Fix selecting search results always adding new column
Build 866080071v2024.22024-05-21 08:42:23
This release introduces push notifications as well as an enhanced multi-column interface on iPadOS!
Features/Improvements:
- Push notifications
- Add post preview to Appearance preferences
- Show instance announcements in Notifications tab
- Add subscription option to Tip Jar
- iPadOS: Multi-column navigation
- Pleroma/Akkoma: Emoji reaction notifications
Bugfixes:
- Fix fetching server info on some instances
- Fix attachment captions not displaying while loading in gallery
- macOS: Remove in-app Safari preferences
- Pleroma: Handle posts with missing creation date
Build 864963448v2024.12024-04-08 13:29:48
This update includes a significant improvements for the attachment gallery and displaying rich text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Improve attachment gallery
- Improve animations
- Display video captions
- Support sharing/saving videos
- Resume music playback after playing videos
- Improve rich text display in posts
- Add See Results button to polls
- Add Share and Save to Photos menu items to post attachments
- Show verified links in account lists
- Display message on empty list timelines
- Add preference to indicate attachments lacking alt text
- Mark notifications as read on Mastodon web frontend once displayed
- iPadOS: Support tapping the selected sidebar item to scroll to top
Bugfixes:
- Fix issue changing scope after searching
- Fix crash when searching "from:me"
- Fix tapping Followers button on profile opening Following screen
- Fix crash when removing poll option on Compose screen
- Fix hang when sharing video/GIFV attachments
- Fix stretched Save to Photos icon when sharing attachments
- Fix GIFV playback preventing device sleep
- Fix Notifications tab not scrolling to top when tab bar item tapped
- Fix selection not clearing on Trending Hashtags
- Fix fast account switcher overlapping iPhone sensor housing in landscape
- Fix Edit List screen not updating when adding/removing accounts
- Fix changing list reply policy not refreshing timeline
- Pixelfed: Fix crash when there are multiple follow notifications from the same account
- macOS: Fix attachment gallery displaying improperly when Reduce Motion is on
Build 862425256v2023.82023-12-23 01:20:16
This update adds support for search operators and post translation, and improves support for displaying rich-text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Show search operators on Mastodon 4.2
- Use server-set preference for default post visibility, language, and (on Hometown) local-only
- Allow changing list reply policy and exclusivity options on Edit List screen
- Add Translate action to conversations (on supported Mastodon instances)
- Style block quotes correclty in rich-text posts
- Improve the appearance of lists in rich-text posts
- Add preference to underline links
- Compress uploaded video attachments to fit within instance limits
- Add preference to hide attachments in timelines
- Update visible timestamps after refresh notifications/timelines
- iPadOS: Allow switching between split screen and fullscreen navigation modes
- Pixelfed: Improve error message when uploading attachment fails
- Akkoma: Enable composing local-only posts
Bugfixes:
- Fix older notifications not loading if all initiially-loaded ones are grouped together
- Fix List timelines failing to refresh if they were initially empty
- Fix replies to posts with CWs always showing confirmation dialog when cancelling
- Fix Compose screen permitting setting the language to multiple/undefined
- Fix crash when uploading attachments without file extensions
- Fix Live Text button reappearing with swiping between attachment gallery pages
- Fix avatars on certain notifications flickering when refreshing
- Fix avatars on follow request notifications not being rounded
- Fix timeline jump button appearing incorrectly when Button Shapes acccessibility setting is on
- Fix public instance timeline screen not handling post deletion correctly
- Fix post that's reblogged and contains a followed hashtag not showing the reblogger
- Fix crash on launch when reblogged posts are visible
- Fix crash when showing display names with custom emoji in certain places
- Fix crash when showing trending hashtags without history data
- Fix potential crash on instance selector screen
- Fix potential crash if the app is dismissed while fast account switcher is animating
- Fix potential crash after deleting List on the Eplore screen
- Pixelfed: Fix error decoding certain posts
- VoiceOver: Fix history entries on Edit History screen not having descriptions
- iPadOS: Fix delay on app launch before "My Profile" sidebar item appears
- iPadOS: Fix language picker button not highlighting when hovered with the cursor
- macOS: Fix "New Post" window title appearing twice
- macOS: Fix Cmd+W sometimes closing non-foreground windows
- macOS: Fix visibility/local-only buttons not appearing in Compose toolbar
- macOS: Fix images copied from Safari not pasting on Compose screen
Build 859865964v2023.72023-09-13 13:39:27
This update includes some minor bugfixes.
Changes:
- Indicate that edit history may be incomplete for remote post.
- Fix crash when collapsing to tab-bar mode in certain circumstances
- Fix potential crashes when using autocomplete on the Compose screen
- Fix Iceshrimp instances not being detected
Build 858660240v2023.62023-07-23 16:20:11
This update fixes a number of bugs and improves stability throughout the app. See below for a list of fixes.
Bugfixes:
- Fix issues displaying main post in the Conversation screen
- Fix crash when opening the Compose screen in certain locales
- Fix issues when collapsing from sidebar to tab bar mode
- Fix incorrect UI being displayed when accessing certain parts of the app immediately after launch
- Fix link card images not being blurred on posts marked sensitive
- Fix links appearing with incorrect accent color intermittently
- Fix being unable to remove followed hashtags from the Explore screen
- Akkoma: Fix not being able to follow hashtags
- Pleroma: Fix refreshing Mentions failing
- iPhone: Fix ducked Compose screen disappearing when rotating on large phones
Build 857139029v2023.52023-05-18 17:20:52
This update adds new several Compose-related features, including the ability to edit posts and a share sheet extension. See below for the full list of improvements and bugfixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Edit posts
- Indicate edited posts in timestamp
- Show post edit history from Conversation screen
- Add Share Sheet extension
- Add expanded attachment view on Compose screen
- Add an attachment, select the description text field, then tap the expand button
- Expanded view allows you to see the attachment while writing the description
- Allows playing back videos while writing description
- iOS 16: Allows zooming in to the attachment
- Add language picker to the Compose screen
- Improve Compose screen ducking behavior
- Show reblogger's avatar on reblogged posts
- Use system photo picker instead of custom interface
- Improve hashtag search UI in Customize Timelines
- Improve status collapse/expand animation on Notifications screen
- Apply filters to Notifications screen
- Improve performance when scrolling through timeline
- Improve error messages when editing filters
- Change favorite/reblog button order to match Mastodon UI
- Gracefully handle unknown attachment types
- iPadOS: Persist sidebar visibility across
Bugfixes:
- Fix scroll-to-top not working in in-app Safari
- Fix inaccruate titles in certain error popups
- Fix error decoding post HTML
- Fix replied-to account not being the first @-mention
- Fix "No Content" message on profiles using wrong background color
- Fix reblogged posts appearing in Bookmarks
- Fix spurious errors when loading timeline
- Fix crash when displaying certain profiles
- Fix crash when the server returns invalid notifications
- Fix link previews not appearing in Notifications
- Fix Notifications screen taking a long time to load
- Fix deleted posts not being removed from Notifications screen
- Fix crashes when switching between sidebar/tab-bar modes
- Fix instance features not being detected on IDNA domains
- Fix list/hashtag timelines missing controls when opened in new window
- Fix reblog button being enabled on the user's own direct posts
- Fix main post in Conversation flickering
- Fix link card images not loading on Mastodon
- Fix crash when editing filter with the Hide action
- Fix certain remote status links not being resolved
- Fix Handoff to iPad/Mac presenting new screen modally
- GoToSocial: Fix decoding certain posts
- Calckey: Fix decoding certain posts
- iPadOS: Fix Compose window lacking a title
- iPadOS: Fix keyboard focus highlight not showing
- macOS: Fix sidebar keyboard shortcuts not working
Build 855242643v2023.42023-03-01 01:44:32
Features/Improvements:
- Add preference for non-pure-black dark mode
- Add Jump to Present button to timelines on the home tab
- Consolidate Trends into a single screen
- Allow pinning instance public timelines to the Home tab
- Add GIF/ALT badges to attachments (and preference to hide them)
- Add action to show hide/show reblogs from specific accounts
- Add preference to hide link preview cards
- Hide placeholder image in link preview card for previews without images
- Truncate links in posts
- Move Drafts button in Compose screen to nav bar to reduce accidental presses
- Load more posts/notifications on each page
- Update Bookmarks screen when posts are bookmarked/unbookmarked
- Add infinite scrolling to Bookmarks screen
- Add Favorites screen to the Explore tab
- Make attachment description text selectable in gallery
- Add long press to copy username on profile screens
- Optimize conversation loading
- Apply server-configured poll limits in Compose screen
- Add infinite scrolling to trending links/hashtags/posts
- Add state restoration for more screens
- Persist state when switching between accounts
- Add Handoff support for various screens
- Add preference to sync timeline position using Mastodon API, rather than iCloud
- Show percentage of voters for multi-choice polls, rather than percentage of votes
- Display message on remote profiles with no posts
- Indicate moved profiles
- Make Load More button on timelines more prominent
- VoiceOver: Make fast account switcher accessible
- VoiceOver: Improve labels for notifications
- VoiceOver: Fix custom emoji picker not having labels
Bugfixes:
- Workaround for not being able to sign in to certain instances
- Fix timeline position sync not working in certain circumstances
- Fix local-only posts not being decodable when logged in to Akkoma instances
- Fix Trends sometimes appearing in Explore/sidebar on non-Mastodon instances
- Fix favoriters/rebloggers list not resizing on screen rotation
- Fix crash when tapping My Profile tab immediately after app launch
- Handle authentication required errors on instance public timelines
- Fix follow request accept/reject buttons not matching accent color preference
- Fix tapping reblog count in conversation main status showing favorites list
- Fix crash when certain tags are present in post HTML
- Fix crash when opening Report screen in certain circumstances
- iPadOS: Fix crash when resizing window while on the Explore screen
- iOS 15: Fix accent colors not being displayed in Preferences
Build 854595581v2023.32023-01-26 14:21:32
This update includes a number of bugfixes and a few small features. It also includes some changes to address the unreliability when logging in to accounts on mastodon.social.
Also, by popular request, this update also adds a Tip Jar, which can be found on the Preferences screen.
Features/Improvements:
- Add scopes to the search field
- Handle instance timeline authentication failures more gracefully
- Add a tip jar
- iPadOS/macOS: Show trending posts and suggested profiles on the Explore screen
Bugfixes:
- Fix Open in Safari action not working
- Fix notifications for posts from subscribed accounts not being shown
- Fix Misskey post links not being detected
- Fix trending hashtags not adjusting to Dynamic Type
- Fix link preview card descriptions not being formatted
- iPadOS: Fix crash when expanding the window size while showing the Trending Posts/Hashtags/Links screens
- macOS: Fix not being able to right-click to remove pinned timelines on the Customize Timelines screen
Build 854527141v2023.22023-01-22 16:03:22
Features/Improvements:
- Improve design of link preview cards
- Show loading indicator during timeline state restoration
- Show loading indicator while loading conversation
Bugfixes:
- iPad/Mac: Fix some keyboard shortcuts not working
- Fix several state restoration crashes
- Fix not being able to tap More Replies button in conversations
- Fix collapse button disappearing from posts on the conversation screen
Build 834645803v2023.12023-01-19 19:07:18
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releaseNotes updated
Bugfixes:
- Fix limited duration mute not working
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description updated
Tusker is a free and flexible client for the Mastodon social network and other compatible services.
Features:
• Notification grouping: Combine favorite, boost,
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subtitle updated
A flexible app for Mastodon
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name updated
Tusker
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Version 2026.1 released
Bugfixes:
- Fix limited duration mute not working
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Version 2025.4 released
Bugfixes:
- Fix attachment being removed when adding alt text
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Version 2025.3 released
Bugfixes:
- Fix quote posts not displaying on Mastodon
- Fix hang when opening advanced preferences
- Fix account not updating when refreshing profile
- Fix hang when scrolling to end of Notifications screen
- Fix video controls overlapping
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Version 2025.2 released
This version adds support for displaying quoted posts on compatible instances and for server-side grouped notifications on Mastodon 4.3 and later. See below for further improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Add reply/favorite/re
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Version 2025.1 released
This update introduces a new and improved Compose screen, with support for composing threads and more! See below for a list of further improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- New Compose screen
- Compose an entire thread at once
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Version 2024.5 released
Features/Improvements:
- Improve gallery animations
Bugfixes:
- Handle right-to-left text in display names
- Fix crash during gifv playback
- iPadOS: Fix app becoming unresponsive when switching accounts
- iPadOS/macOS: Fix Cmd+R shortcuts
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Version 2024.4 released
This release introduces support for iOS 18, including a new sidebar/tab bar on iPad, as well as bugfixes and improvements.
Features/Improvements:
- Import image description when adding attachments from Photos if possible
- iPadOS 18: New f
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Version 2024.3 released
This update includes a number of bugfixes and performance improvements. See below for a list of fixes.
Bugfixes:
- Fix an issue displaying rich text in certain cases
- Fix crash when video attachment finishes playing
- Fix video attachment
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Version 2024.2 released
This release introduces push notifications as well as an enhanced multi-column interface on iPadOS!
Features/Improvements:
- Push notifications
- Add post preview to Appearance preferences
- Show instance announcements in Notifications tab
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Version 2024.1 released
This update includes a significant improvements for the attachment gallery and displaying rich text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Improve attachment gallery
- Improve animations
-
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Version 2023.8 released
This update adds support for search operators and post translation, and improves support for displaying rich-text posts. See below for a full list of improvements and fixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Show search operators on Mastodon 4.2
-
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Version 2023.7 released
This update includes some minor bugfixes.
Changes:
- Indicate that edit history may be incomplete for remote post.
- Fix crash when collapsing to tab-bar mode in certain circumstances
- Fix potential crashes when using autocomplete on the
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Version 2023.6 released
This update fixes a number of bugs and improves stability throughout the app. See below for a list of fixes.
Bugfixes:
- Fix issues displaying main post in the Conversation screen
- Fix crash when opening the Compose screen in certain loca
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Version 2023.5 released
This update adds new several Compose-related features, including the ability to edit posts and a share sheet extension. See below for the full list of improvements and bugfixes.
Features/Improvements:
- Edit posts
- Indicate edited posts i
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Version 2023.4 released
Features/Improvements:
- Add preference for non-pure-black dark mode
- Add Jump to Present button to timelines on the home tab
- Consolidate Trends into a single screen
- Allow pinning instance public timelines to the Home tab
- Add GIF/ALT
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Version 2023.3 released
This update includes a number of bugfixes and a few small features. It also includes some changes to address the unreliability when logging in to accounts on mastodon.social.
Also, by popular request, this update also adds a Tip Jar, which
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Version 2023.2 released
Features/Improvements:
- Improve design of link preview cards
- Show loading indicator during timeline state restoration
- Show loading indicator while loading conversation
Bugfixes:
- iPad/Mac: Fix some keyboard shortcuts not working
- Fi
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Version 2023.1 released