App Profile: Tusks for Mastodon

Tusks makes posting to Mastodon feel like publishing to your blog.

This is a Mastodon client with no timeline — just your posts. More specifically, it’s built around threads.

Starting a new thread is just as easy as making a single post. But that’s not what makes it special.

Tusks actively discourages posting into a vacuum, therefore losing valuable context. This is achieved by making it effortless to continue threading narratives. Each post becomes an update to a bigger story.

This priority shift should make your account a higher quality follow.

So, who is it for?

To be clear, if you don’t post and are not interested in writing, then not you. Otherwise…

• If you post regularly, then you.
• If you blog, then you.
• If you want to write (more), then you.

Also: if you post occasionally, then Tusks could encourage you to post more.

# Features

Tusks show your posts as well as any of your follow-ups to the original post (to be clear, you won’t see any users replies, or your interactions with users).

There are several features to help with organizing and publishing.

• Pin threads for quick access.
• Hide posts that you don’t expect to follow-up, so your list is always relevant.
• You can set unique titles for each thread for faster recall.
• Search ignores irrelevant posts (i.e. interactions with users).
• Write as much as you want in one-go and press a button to split it up into multiple posts.

In addition, drafting is a first-class feature. You can draft new threads, and as many follow-ups to already published posts.

# Availability

Tusks has iOS, iPadOS and macOS clients. A lot of work has gone into optimising for each form factor, so they always feel at home. All your drafts, pins and labels will be synced across your devices too.

# Pricing

Tusks has all features enabled for free users, except for one. 

If you want to publish content to Mastodon, you’ll need to upgrade to Tusks Pro — this is available through an in-app purchase. No subscription required. All payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase.

# Privacy

Tusks takes your privacy very seriously. It does not store any personal data — it stays completely private.

The full privacy policy & terms of use can be read here: https://midnight-beanie-ccb.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3b45102d741e4a9fa15d8e398839cef0?pvs=4.