Stomp brings a fully-functional Mastodon app to your Apple Watch | TechCrunch

One other former Twitter app developer has turned their consideration to Mastodon within the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover which put an finish to third-party purchasers. Launching at present, a brand new app from the developer of the Twitter app Chirp is bringing Mastodon’s social community to your Apple Watch. Stomp, as the brand new app is named, affords a full Mastodon expertise for the watch’s small display, together with the power to view your timeline, examine tendencies, entry your lists, search, ship messages, and extra.

Stomp’s developer Will Bishop has been concerned about constructing apps for Apple Look ahead to years, having beforehand developed a micro model of Reddit referred to as Nano earlier than launching his Twitter app Chirp for Apple Watch in 2018.

However final Saturday, Chirp finally shut down on account of the API modifications enacted below Elon Musk’s possession of Twitter, which has since rebranded as “X.”

Chirp isn’t the one Twitter app to close down in current months.

Twitter’s/X’s new insurance policies had already put an finish to other third-party Twitter clients like Twitterrific, Tapbbots’ Tweetbot, Echofone, Fenix, and others. And, like Bishop, a number of of these former Twitter app builders refocused on constructing for Mastodon as a substitute. Tapbots, for instance, gave up on Twitter and launched Ivory for Mastodon users. Fenix’s developer launched the Mastodon app Woolly, and the developer of the Aviary Twitter app created the Mastodon app Mammoth.

Stomp’s greatest differentiator from the remainder of these new third-party Mastodon purchasers is, in fact, that it runs on the Apple Watch.

Explains Bishop, “Since Twitter/X’s acquisition, folks have been asking me to construct a Chirp-esque app for Mastodon, and Stomp is my reply to that.”

“Stomp provides Mastodon the Chirp remedy, together with all the foremost options you’d count on from an iPhone Mastodon app, however in my trademark Apple Watch style,” he provides.

Picture Credit: Stomp

Past that, it’s a reasonably complete Mastodon app. You may endlessly scroll your Mastodon timeline, like and increase posts, view pictures and movies, and even reply to posts proper from the watch’s small display. It’s also possible to faucet on hyperlinks, mentions, and hashtags as you would on an iPhone app and examine in on what’s Trending.

Nonetheless, while you click on on hyperlinks in Stomp, you’re served a discover that explains you’ll be requested to register as a workaround for viewing webpages on the Apple Watch. With one other faucet, you’re then capable of view the webpage within the Stomp app. This additional step is required as a result of third-party apps aren’t technically allowed to open hyperlinks or show net pages.

Stomp’s means round that is to leverage the third-party sign-in help on Apple Watch — one thing that Apple permits so as to permit third-party logins by way of suppliers like Google or Fb. That’s why the app prompts you to “Register” to show the web site.

Although Stomp is a free download on the App Store, not all its options can be found free of charge.

Through an in-app buy, you’ll be able to decide to improve to “Stomp Professional.” This lets you create and reply to posts, use direct messages, and entry search and lists.

Picture Credit: Stomp

However Bishop is providing a number of other ways to pay, together with “pay what you need” one-time purchases of $2.99, $5.99, or $9.99 in addition to a month-to-month subscription of $0.99 or an annual subscription of $9.99. An in-app Tip Jar can also be obtainable.

Stomp is rolling out at present to the App Retailer.