About this app
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and discussions from the Lobsters (https://lobste.rs) community, now in a beautiful and native iOS app. Note: This is an unofficial app. Crustacean is not affiliated to Lobsters (https://lobste.rs), but is built with love for the community. Crustacean brings you a seamless reading experience, with a clean design, sleek animations, and a native UI that feels right at home on your iPhone. You can even read previously loaded posts offline, caching ensures that you are not dependent on network connectivity to catch up with your fix of tech news. Designed specifically for Lobsters, Crustacean is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to stay engaged with the community on-the-go. Download Crustacean today and dive into the world of computing news, discussions, and community!
Latest release
What’s New
- Reply to comments right in the app now - Upvoting works properly again (it used to log you out — sorry!) - You'll get a heads-up if a vote or flag doesn't go through - Read stories no longer stand out in bold - Tidier feeds with avatars, and they're cached so scrolling stays fast
Audience growth
Ratings growth
Baseline captured. Growth appears after the crawler observes a changed rating count.
Momentum comes from crawler snapshots for the tracked storefront. “Viral growth signal” means unusually fast recent rating gains; it is an indicator, not download data.
Price tracking
Price intelligence
First snapshot captured. The trend line starts after the next crawler price observation.
- First observed Sep 1, 2026 · 2:50 PM $1.99
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