SoraSNS for Mastodon & Bluesky 17+

The application is good, especially considering its differentiating factor. But it requires some serious polish to make the experience better. First off, I could not even post due to a 429 status (which may or may not be due the server), some screens are incredibly cluttered (such as the inidvidual post screen), and some caching or background process (if not already present) would help when switching timelines so not to always reload the timeline. There are also a few layout issues that don’t respect padding (such as the username when writing a post), the search function when trying to tag someone does not work (may be related to 429 issues,). The text could be smaller. There is some jank when scrolling quickly (common in many other Mastodon clients).

Positives: I love how the application has “character”, it’s a nice design overall. The ideas are great. Grid picture view is super cool.

I hope you can further develop the app and “rough out the edges”.

Thank you so much for your feedback and kind words :)

Ever since your comment, I have attempted to add many new features and fixed a lot of issues. 

The 429 issue usually happens when your server is processing too many requests and are unable to process any more requests from you at the current moment. Sora always streams additional timelines (other than your home timeline) to curate posts, and this might adds to the requests count. In the newest version, this should happen less frequently. And if this happens, waiting for about 20-30 seconds and then reloading the page usually solves the issue.

This app is individually developed by myself, but I will try my best to add more features and make the app more smooth and stable in the future.

At any time, please feel free to provide feedbacks by joining the Discord group, mentioning @me@mszpro.com on Mastodon, or @mszpro.com on Bluesky.

Thank you again! And enjoy the Fediverse!

Best,
Dev of Sora

The app is absolutely incredible, I love the ML features, it is way better than any other Fediverse app.

However, it is really unstable for me. It crashes constantly (can’t scroll for more than 2-5 minutes before the app crashes), and the UI is very underbaked:

Things overlap all the time
Some things don’t have proper margins, i.e. between the timeline posts and the “for you”, “follow”, “trending”, etc. header, along with many more places
Buttons have tiny targets that are hard to hit
Fonts size is way too big
And many other minor inconveniences

This is completely understandable for an app with so many features developed by a single developer, but maybe it is worth it to spend more time on polishing the UI and fixing bugs, as currently they ruin everything else and make using all the cool features very frustrating.

In any case, I absolutely love this app and am willing to pay for the subscription, but I hope it gets even better in the future!

Thank you very much for your review! Kind words like yours motivate me to continue working hard on bringing new features to my indie apps!

I apologize about the inconvenience caused by the app crashing issue. In the most recent update V10.0.5, some of the bugs have been fixed. Please go to the App Store page, update to the newest version, and try to see if it improves.

At any time, please feel free to report a feedback by using the feedback button located at the bottom of the @Me page, mention me on Fediverse, or directly chat with me via community Discord server.

Thanks again for your feedback! I’ll continue to trying my best to bring the best experiences in my app!

Developer,
MszPro

It meets all my demand around fediverse… The only problem is that the font size seems to be too big and sometimes it cannot display the toot (to be specific, the reply, like or forward button) well and I cannot find a way to change the size of font…

Thank you very much for your review✨

I understand the issue about the reply, like, and forward buttons not displayed properly due to font issues. I’ll fix this today and submit a new version to Apple.

At any time, if you encounter an issue or have a suggestion, feel free to @me@mszpro.com and I’ll make it the way you’d like.

Best,
The developer

レビューをいただき、誠にありがとうございます✨

返信、いいね、転送ボタンがフォントの問題で適切に表示されないという問題を理解しました。今日中に修正して、新しいバージョンをAppleに提出します。

問題が発生した場合や提案がある場合は、いつでも@me@mszpro.comまでご連絡ください。あなたの望むように対応させていただきます。

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