Snapshot (accurate as of 2025-10-01 I think) of features/functionality Pachli has relative to Tusky, since people keep asking me what the differences are. This is not exhaustive, it's just the ones I think most people are likely to be interested in.
Entirely possible there are also features Tusky has that Pachli doesn't. I can't speak to those.
- Monthly release cycle, so you get new features faster
- Pachli shows your whole timeline. Tusky can miss posts. See these bug reports for examples.
- More features:
- Check your posting language: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/07/29/2.7.0-release.html#warn-if-you-post-in-the-wrong-language
- Suggested accounts: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/06/27/2.6.0-release.html#show-suggested-accounts
- Trending links: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/12/30/2.9.1-release.html#show-posts-discussing-a-trending-link
- Markdown: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/03/31/2.11.0-release.html#experimental-support-for-rendering-markdown
- Remembers your reading position, no "Load more" button:
- Video playback:
- Account management: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/06/30/2.14.0-release.html#provide-an-account-management-ui
- Backups: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/04/30/2.12.0-release.html#backups
- Reverse the timeline: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/08/30/2.8.0-release.html#experimental-support-for-reversing-the-timeline
- Notifications that work: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/08/30/2.8.0-release.html#timely-notifications
- On-device translation: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/08/28/2.16.0-release.html#support-on-device-translation-if-installed-from-google-play
- Safety features
- Anti-harassment
- Anti-phishing: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/07/30/2.15.0-release.html#combat-phishing-by-highlighting-roles-on-accounts
- Better filter defaults: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/03/31/2.11.0-release.html#content-filters-now-default-to-applying-to-all-contexts
- Improved UI
- Use emojis?: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/08/28/2.16.0-release.html#emoji-improvements
- Image descriptions?: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/05/28/2.13.0-release.html#make-media-descriptions-more-prominent-when-writing-posts
- Hashtags: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/04/30/2.12.0-release.html#hashtag-quality-of-life-changes
- Fonts: https://pachli.app/pachli/2023/09/29/accesible-fonts.html
- Writing replies: https://pachli.app/pachli/2025/02/28/2.10.0-release.html#show-the-post-youre-replying-to
- Dialog accessibility: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/10/29/2.8.3-release.html#copy-button-in-accessiblity-dialogs
- Sharing: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/10/29/2.8.3-release.html#long-press-to-share
- Search: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/07/29/2.7.0-release.html#search-operators
- Timeline management: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/04/29/2.5.0-release.html#timeline-management
- List management: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/03/28/2.4.0-release.html#better-list-management
- Media previews: https://pachli.app/pachli/2024/02/28/2.3.0-release.html#previewing-and-playing-media
- Open source
- Pachli credits (About > Licenses) all the third-party open source code used in Pachli. Tusky shows a limited subset of the third-party code used in Tusky.