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Mona 6.2.1

Mastodon app packed with customization features

Category: Social Networking
Price: Free
Popularity: Low
Version String: 6.2.1 (46892)
Release Date: 2024-03-11
Architecture: Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS: macOS 10.15
Vendor Name: Junyu Kuang
Homepage: mastodon.social

Version History 6.2.1 (46892)

Mona 6.2 includes improvements and bug fixes.

• The post composer now displays the number of characters you typed
• The shortcut action for sending posts can now automatically convert your long post to a thread of posts
• The thread convertor has been optimized with support of paragraph-based text splitting

Mona 6.1 includes basic support for displaying rich text posts and extra support for opening Flipboard links. The shortcut action “Open Post Composer” now has more customizable options.

Mona 6 includes new features, improvements, and adds new capabilities to the Shortcuts automation and the Action button on supported iPhone.

• Redesigned picture description editor (in the post composer, with Live Text support)
• Image viewer on macOS Sonoma now supports Live Text
• Post composer can now smartly split your post into a thread, if your post exceeds the character limit set by your server (requires Mona Pro)
• Picture loading system has been re-engineered, providing better performance and lower memory usage
• Supports locking the app with Face ID or Touch ID (can be enabled in the Advanced Settings)

Added support for new Mastodon features:
• New toggle in the list editor view: Remove from Home: remove certain posts from the Home timeline if they are already part of the list
• New toggles in the account profile editor/settings: 1) Show in Search Results: Show your public posts in search results on Mastodon; 2) Private Relationships: Prevent other people from browsing your following and follower lists

Some of the newly added actions in the Apple Shortcuts app:
• Send posts with a scheduled date
• Get, reschedule, or delete scheduled posts
• Send posts with media or poll attachment
• Send replies to a specified post, so you can create a thread of posts with customized automation
• Get character limit of certain account
• Split text for threading
• Get, add, modify, or delete server-side filters linked to your Mastodon accounts
• Check if the Mona app is running (so you can alter the Action button's behavior when Mona is running)
• Get the post or profile currently displayed in the Mona app
• Open the in-app post composer or search view
• Adjust settings for video autoplay (e.g. when you are using a certain Focus mode or when battery level is low)
• Get and set image caption (e.g. combining with a third-party caption-generating action)
• Get accessibility text of accounts or posts
• Take screenshots of certain posts

* Minimum system requirements for running Mona's shortcut actions: iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, macOS 13

Description:

Mona is a Mastodon app packed with customization features. Optimized for VoiceOver. 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
• 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 for Spring
• 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, add content warnings, and create polls
• More post actions: including favorite, reblog, quote post, add bookmark, and translate
• Add multiple accounts: you can also opt to favorite, reblog, 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