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Croissant – Cross-Posting

App Name

Croissant – Cross-Posting

App Version

1.0.4

Platform

iOS/iPadOS

Category

Social Networking

Description

It’s a social network explosion! And you can now post to all of them in one app.

Croissant solves that oh-so-2024 problem of wanting to post to all these great new social networks — Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon.

Now you can, in one shot. Croissant makes cross-posting buttery smooth.

Features:
* Set up your social media accounts, choosing from Threads, Bluesky or Mastodon
* Write posts using our composer, allowing you to attach images, hashtags, at-mentions.
* Create threads by chaining multiple posts together.
* Save drafts for later editing or sending.
* Make Croissant your own with custom app icons and colour themes!

Looking for features or support? Contact me at aaron@innoveghtive.com.

Privacy Policy: https://croissantapp.com/privacy.html
Terms of User: https://croissantapp.com/terms.html

Free or Paid

Free

Devices you’ve tested on

iPhone 16 Pro Max

Accessibility Rating

3 – Average

Accessibility Comments

Croissant can be used with VoiceOver, but some areas may navigate strangely. some buttons are read twice and some are just not labeled where they may say, “Number” when there is a hashtag.

Screen Reader Performance

The app works with VoiceOver, and everything can be focussed in the app. Not everything is labeled correctly.

Button Labeling

There may be buttons that appear twice to VoiceOver, and they may not have the most descriptive labels. This is especially true for the post screen.

Usability

This app is easy to figure out after learning the purpose of each button that may not be labeled correctly.

Low Vision Accessibility Comments

This app does have support for dark mode, and the app is fairly easy to read.

Other Comments

This app is free, but it has a subscription for more features. The best thing is that there is a lifetime option for $60 USD.

App Store Links

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/croissant-cross-posting/id6670288979

Developer Website

https://croissantapp.com

Threads

App Name

Threads

App Version

346.0

Platform

iOS/iPadOS

Category

Social Networking

Description

Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app.

Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow. Whatever it is you’re interested in, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things — or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.

A few things you can do on Threads…

■ Access your Instagram followers
Your Instagram username and verification badge are reserved for you. Automatically follow the same accounts you follow on Instagram in a few taps, and discover new accounts too.

■ Share your point of view
Spin up a new thread to express what’s on your mind. This is your space to be yourself, and you control who can reply.

■ Connect with friends and your favorite creators
Jump to the replies to get in on the action and react to commentary, humor and insight from the creators you know and love. Find your community and connect with people who care about whatever it is you’re interested in.

■ Control the conversation
Customize your settings and use controls to manage who can see your content, reply to your threads, or mention you. Accounts you’ve blocked will carry over from Instagram, and we’re enforcing the same Community Guidelines to help ensure everyone interacts safely and authentically.

■ Find ideas and inspiration
From TV recommendations to career advice, get answers to your questions or learn something new from crowd-sourced conversations, thought leaders and industry experts.

■ Never miss a moment
Stay on top of the latest trends and live events. Whether it’s about new music, movie premieres, sports, games, TV shows, fashion, or the latest product releases, find discussions and receive notifications any time your favorite profiles start a new thread.

■ Leap into the fediverse
Threads is part of the fediverse, a global, open, social network of independent servers operated by third parties around the world. Servers share information with each other to enable people to connect and discover new things across the fediverse.

Meta Terms: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Meta Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy
Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944
Threads Supplemental Terms: https://help.instagram.com/769983657850450
Instagram Community Guidelines: https://help.instagram.com/477434105621119
Consumer Health Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policies/health

Learn how we’re working to help keep our communities safe across Meta technologies at the Meta Safety Center: https://about.meta.com/actions/safety

Free or Paid

Free

Devices you’ve tested on

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Accessibility Rating

3 – Average

Accessibility Comments

Threads is mostly accessible with a few buttons not in the correct flick order.

Screen Reader Performance

Threads works great with VoiceOver.

Button Labeling

most buttons appear to be labeled.

Usability

This app appears to be fairly usable with VoiceOver. The app could have better support for going between posts, and VoiceOver actions.

Low Vision Accessibility Comments

This app could use the ability to change text size in the app.

App Store Links

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/threads/id6446901002

Developer Website

https://threads.net

Mona for Mastodon

App Name

Mona for Mastodon

App Version

6.7

Platform

iOS/iPadOS

Category

Social Networking

Description

Mona is a highly customizable Mastodon app with VoiceOver optimization and native design. Post Actions • Drag actions into the order you prefer • Configure actions as swipe options: swipe a post horizontally to perform an action • Optionally hide some or all action buttons from post cards, while keeping them accessible via context menu, swipe options, keyboard shortcuts, and VoiceOver rotor iCloud Sync • Sync your mute list, user notes, reading positions, drafts, search history, accent colors, and custom app themes across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, privately and securely • Optionally disable some features from automatic syncing User Notes • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for other Mastodon users • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller (require iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 or a newer system) • Control the app and browse posts with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize button functions via in-app settings • Set extra functions for Adaptive Triggers on the Playstation DualSense controller Privacy • Mona does not collect any personal information • Your account tokens are protected by on-device Keychain • Your network connections to Mastodon servers are protected by HTTPS Other Mona features: • Full Screen mode on iPhone let your timeline content fill the entire screen once you start scrolling • Column View takes full advantage of the big screen on iPad and Mac, shows multiple views at once and allows you to navigate between views fluently and efficiently • Check recent posts on your home screen or notification center with widgets • Search posts on the Timeline • Adjustable text spacing • Adjustable and adaptive text sizes • Option to display post source on timeline (e.g. Mona for Mac) • Share a post as picture • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Customizable text translation experience • Automatic video and GIF playback on timelines • Supports changing app icon on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Turn on/off content scaling on Mac for extra screen estate or sharper text • Autocomplete for post composer • Push notifications • Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID • Mona Pro and Mona Pro Max available as one-time in-app purchases, with 14-day free trial Tab Bar (Mona Pro feature) • Pin your frequently visit pages to the tab bar • Drag tabs into the order you prefer • Rename your tabs • Change your tab icons (more than a thousand of icons for you to choose) • Show/hide tab names and button shapes Accent Color (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different Accent Colors for Light and Dark mode • More than 10 built-in colors for you to choose • Design and set custom colors Theme Editor (Mona Pro feature) • Customize the app’s color scheme • Design and set custom themes • Advanced color settings allow you to fine-tune colors for different level of views • Export and share your custom themes • Import custom themes shared by other people Font Customization (Mona Pro feature) • Configure different fonts for body text and headings • Select from a variety of build-in fonts • Supports custom fonts installed by third-party apps Other Mona Pro features: • Full-featured post composer: write longer posts, attach pictures and videos, create polls, schedule post, and automatic thread conversion • More post actions: including favorite, repost, quote post, add bookmark, and translate • Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, repost, quote post, or follow using a non-current account • Filter and mute: filter timelines based on post category and content; hide posts with certain words; hide posts from certain people • Customize push notifications based on notification category • Export and import settings: easily transfer your custom settings between multiple devices Customer support: • Mastodon: @MonaApp@mastodon.social • Email: theSpringApp@gmail.com

Free or Paid

Free

Price

Devices you’ve tested on

I have this app on my iPhone, iPad & Mac. It works well on all of them.

Accessibility Comments

This app works extremely well with Voiceover.

Screen Reader Performance

Voiceover reads all page elements & provides helpful hints for navigation.

Button Labeling

All buttons have clear, concise labels.

Usability

This app is 100% accessible with Voiceover.

Other Comments

This app is free with in-app purchases.
It’s my favorite way to access Mastodon on my Apple devices. In episode 227 of Living Blindfully, Jonathan Mosen did a very in-depth tutorial on this app.
The tutorial can be found at:

Episode 227:A tutorial on Mona for Mastodon, the most powerful, accessible way to do Mastodon on your iPhone, iPad and Mac

App Store Links

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mona-for-mastodon/id1659154653

Developer Website

https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp

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