You don't need to use the official Mastodon apps, they're not the best way to use Mastodon. The official apps only arrived last year, and they were intended as "Fisher Price My First Mastodon" things with a restricted set of features.

Third party apps have been around longer than official ones, and include way more features. You can sign in with the same account on all apps.

 On Android try Tusky, Fedilab, Megalodon, Tooot

 On iPhone/iPad, try Toot!, Ice Cubes, Ivory, Mona

@feditips i'm kind of new to this, are there web/chromeOS/desktop clients?
@alcryptoy @feditips if you're on Linux, give Whalebird a try! It's a flatpak app with a pretty good interface and support for desktop notifications too.
@southernwolf @feditips Oh! Good to know, I'm not on Linux yet, but will be in a few month, so I save your message, thanks!