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 The official mastodon app is perfectly fine though if you want something simple.
Yeah! If you like using it that's great! :)
I'm mainly trying to make people aware that they have good options on here that they don't have on Twitter, Facebook etc.
@feditips It's definitely great that there are options and to know about them. I might try out another client at some point if I feel the need for any of those extras.