You don't need to use the official Mastodon apps, they're not the best way to use Mastodon. The official apps only arrived last year, and they were intended as "Fisher Price My First Mastodon" things with a restricted set of features.
Third party apps have been around longer than official ones, and include way more features. You can sign in with the same account on all apps.
On Android try Tusky, Fedilab, Megalodon, Tooot
On iPhone/iPad, try Toot!, Ice Cubes, Ivory, Mona
@feditips any metatext (from @metabolist) user hehe?
Unfortunately Metatext is no longer maintained. The lead developer had to take a break due to health issues :(
@metabolist @feditips Yeah, just read it. I'm looking for iOS apps, open source if possible at an affordable price. Toot and Tusker are my candidates.
@metabolist @feditips correction, it’s @tooot
Ice Cubes is free-of-charge free open source software, might want to try it?
Toot! is good too but isn't open source.
@metabolist @kaiju @feditips Rats! I really like Metatext. Hope the lead developer gets better soon.