Demodulate vs FocusMastodon
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Demodulate
Demodulate is a no-frills radio app, powered by React Native. There’s a search box and local stations list (based on data from radio-browser.info), favorites and history, and the minimal player UI. That’s it. Demodulate has a simple yet beautiful user interface based on Material 3. The UI has large elements to make it easy to use on the go or in a car, even in the split-screen mode. Demodulate can reliably do things many other apps can’t. It will show current track info, play in the background, handle headset buttons, restore playback after a call, and recover from many types of network failures. Demodulate will cache favorites and history info and switch between available server instances automatically. You can send your playback history if you’d like to make the local station list better for everyone, or if you just want to get updated stream URLs.
FocusMastodon
★★★★★Main Features★★★★★ - Clean and beautiful Material Design UI - Extremely Customizable – themes, font related customizations – basically everything you’d ever wish to be able to customize, it’s all there for you. Tailor your perfect experience - Background sync - Powerful mute filters - Night mode - Support for 2 accounts，Each account’s syncability can be controlled by you in the Settings of the app - Fully customizable tabs - Use our awesome readability-style browser for the best web experience of any app - Play Mastodon videos and GIFs without leaving your timeline - Native YouTube, Mastodon GIF, and Mastodon video playback - Widgets to view the home timeline, mentions, and unread counts
| Feature | Demodulate | FocusMastodon |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerVideoBrowser | Media PlayerMessagingVideoBrowserSocial |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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