That led to a flurry of interest in new apps and other Twitter alternatives, like Mastodon. Though not quite as simple to use or understand as Twitter, Mastodon has gained traction in the months following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter.Īs Twitter’s new owner implemented controversial changes and the site’s performance degraded at times, some people had begun looking for a new home to post short updates, as they did on Twitter. But instead of serving as a client for Twitter’s network, the company has now embraced the promising open source platform Mastodon. Tapbots founder Paul Haddad told TechCrunch that Ivory’s App Store release was approved just yesterday, but the company had a few technical issues to address around subscriptions before publicizing the launch.įor longtime Tweetbot users, Ivory will offer a familiar experience. However, by launching publically on the App Store, Tapbots is able to put Ivory into more people’s hands after filling up the limited number of TestFlight slots it had for its test version. The “Early Access” label is a subtitle that Tapbots put on its release to indicate there will still be features missing as it debuts, the company told us. Hoping to fill the void that Tweetbot leaves behind, the company is now making its anticipated Mastodon client app Ivory available on the App Store as an Early Access release. Tapbots, the makers of popular third-party Twitter app Tweetbot that was recently killed by Twitter’s API changes, is releasing its next new product.
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