Android Mastodon Apps: 1/5
1. "Official" Mastodon app, found when you search for Mastodon on Android/Google app store. It is very limited and does not show the federated timeline. It also doesn't allow multiple tabs -- I could only get three tabs working: Home timeline, local timeline, and notifications. My lists didn't show in app.
Accessibility: Screenreader did not read posts smoothly, some parts were garbled. Inputting image description was difficult and hard to pull up.
Recommend? No.
2. Yuito is a fork of Tusky. Can set to way more than 5 tabs: multiple hashtags, lists, home, local, federated, notification tabs. It has adjustable font size, dark/light themes, positioning tab toolbar, turn off colorful gradients on CW posts, show indicator for bots, and other accessible features. Has a limited bandwidth and wellbeing mode.
Accessibility: screenreader read posts well including user names. Image descriptions easy to add and view. Easy to navigate and post.
Recommend? Yes.
3. Tusky. All the features I mentioned in Yuito is also on Tusky. However, Tusky limits the tab count to five: home, local, federated, notifications, and final tab can be hashtags or lists. It has all the same options as Yuito, except it does not have a low bandwidth mode.
Accessibility: screenreader read posts well and smoothly. Image description easy to add and read. Posts are easy to write and interface easy to navigate.
Recommend? Yes.
4. Tooot recently debuted on Android. Posts don't have clear edges like Tusky and Yuito, so they blend together more. Options for accessibility is limited to only changing font size and dark/light theme. Read more for long toots is not intuitive (click on "long post x more lines" to expand).
Accessibility: screenreader was unable to read people's usernames, not a smooth read. Image descriptions show as semi transparent "Alt" in pic corner.
Recommend? No due to limited accessibility options.
5/5
Those are the four main ones on Android that I tested. If y'all would like me to test others, let me know. Also, let me know if you got questions on accessibility features. It was hard to fit all my observations into 500 characters.
I hope this helps!
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@Aaidanbird Have you looked at Pinafore? While I don't use a screen reader, I know lots who do.
Thank you!
@CharJTF
I thought Pinafore was web only?
I can do a review on it too though! I've only tested it on my desktop, so need to check if it holds up as well on my phone's browser.
@CharJTF I'm only reviewing Android apps. I couldn't find it in the Android app store or in google play, so it might be just browser only?
I'll still review it and add it to the thread just in case. :)
@Aaidanbird @CharJTF Pinafore.social is a "progressive web app". You install it from the website in your preferred web browser. Chrome, Firefox, & Samsung Internet all support installation on Android. There should be an "install" menu option when you're viewing the website. After that, you can use it like a app, no app store required.
The default Mastodon web app is also an installable web app, although the exact features might vary a bit depending on your host server.
@AmeliaBR @Aaidanbird Thanks!
This is kinda embarrassing (given that it was within the last couple of weeks), but I can't remember what I did to install the app on my phone. But I'm using the app, not Pinafore in a browser.
(Maybe I did what you said and installed it from the website?)
@CharJTF @Aaidanbird Depending on your browser, you might have got an "install the app" pop-up when you visited the web site, and didn't realize that it worked differently from others that download it from the app store?
Either way, once a web app is installed, it works stand-alone, so you probably won't realize that the browser is running underneath. (At least, that's true in Android. On iPhones, it still behaves more like a homescreen shortcut to a website.)
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