Skyscraper for Bluesky

Name: Skyscraper for Bluesky
Rating: 4.5 (46 reviews)
Author: Cameron Banga

Your penthouse view of Bluesky

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

46 Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Category

Social Networking
Developer

Cameron Banga
Language

EN
+ 4 More
Size

95.2
MB

1.4.1 adds a bunch of small quality of life improvements, like adding the Media tab to Profiles, better Threaded Post support, less features that require Pro, and more! Skyscraper is the Bluesky client that feels like it belongs on your device. Scroll your timeline on your schedule, with scroll position saved across sessions and cloud-synced across your devices. Built from the ground up for iOS and iPadOS, Skyscraper is your penthouse view of the Bluesky network. Smooth, fast, and thoughtfully designed to match the way you want an app to feel. The Features You Need: • iCloud sync support keeps your Following feed position in sync across sessions and devices • Full timeline with pinned feeds and custom algorithms • Post with images, videos, GIFs, and alt text • Direct messages and notifications with optional push alerts • Search posts, users, and hashtags • Moderation controls that put you in charge • Profile editing and saved posts Power features that set Skyscraper apart: • Multiple Accounts — Switch between accounts instantly • Post Drafts — Save ideas for later • Account Backup — Export and archive your data • Thread Archival - Share popular threads with friends off Bluesky • Safari Extension — Open bsky.social links directly in Skyscraper • Trending Hashtags — See what's buzzing right now • Unified Timeline — See replies in your following feed • Mute Reposts — Silence repost-happy users without unfollowing • Custom Theme Colors — Make the app fit your personality • Post Translation — Read posts in any language Download Skyscraper and get a better view of the Bluesky. EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

46 Ratings

An Excellent Bluesky App
Mar 5

RM 724
I began using Skyscraper for Bluesky shortly after it was released in January, and it has quickly become my favorite Bluesky client. If you primarily use Bluesky on an iPad like I do, then you are going to love how it runs natively on iPad and takes advantage of the full iPad screen and full sized iPad keyboard. The app simply looks stunning on iPad, and it is just so much better than the official Bluesky app that does not take advantage of the full iPad screen. The iPhone version of this app is also great, but it truly shines on iPad. In additional to its fantastic visuals, the app also functions very well. It loads feeds quickly, provides multiple intuitive options for navigating through feeds, provides great customization options and includes all of the functions and features that you would expect in a top notch social media client. Skyscraper has become my go-to Bluesky client, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for an alternative Bluesky app that simply blows the official Bluesky app out of the water.

Developer Response
Thank you very much for the kind comments on Skyscraper! We’re glad you enjoy using the app on the iPad! Very happy to hear that we are your favorite way to use Bluesky.
An Excellent Bluesky App
Mar 5

RM 724

I began using Skyscraper for Bluesky shortly after it was released in January, and it has quickly become my favorite Bluesky client. If you primarily use Bluesky on an iPad like I do, then you are going to love how it runs natively on iPad and takes advantage of the full iPad screen and full sized iPad keyboard. The app simply looks stunning on iPad, and it is just so much better than the official Bluesky app that does not take advantage of the full iPad screen. The iPhone version of this app is also great, but it truly shines on iPad. In additional to its fantastic visuals, the app also functions very well. It loads feeds quickly, provides multiple intuitive options for navigating through feeds, provides great customization options and includes all of the functions and features that you would expect in a top notch social media client. Skyscraper has become my go-to Bluesky client, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for an alternative Bluesky app that simply blows the official Bluesky app out of the water.
Developer Response Mar 7
Thank you very much for the kind comments on Skyscraper! We’re glad you enjoy using the app on the iPad! Very happy to hear that we are your favorite way to use Bluesky.
Solid iPad and Mac Bluesky Client
Jan 20

edcarley3
I’ve been looking around for a good Bluesky app for the iPad, since the official app and many other apps have very poor support for it. So far I mostly like the overall layout and UI, and I have an iPad mini, which often isn’t great with even Apple’s optimized iPad apps. Keeping that in mind, I think that the profile section could use some work. It’s very cramped and doesn’t properly display all the entirety of saved or liked posts. It cuts them off on the sides, and I just think that the profile should have its own full screen tab, or at least the liked and saved posts should so viewing them is nicer. I’ve notice less of a post is cut off in landscape than in portrait, but portrait is still cut off. Again, this could be an iPad mini thing… I do love the profile switching and export features, plus so few apps have good settings for Feed, Timeline, or Following. Good on the dev for not locking things like hide replies behind a paywall too. Really solid start for this app, I’d love to see it ironed out for the iPad in the future, because I like where the dev is going with this app’s iPad UI layout.

Developer Response
Appreciate the thoughtful feedback and we will take a look at Skyscraper on the iPad mini a bit further!
Solid iPad and Mac Bluesky Client
Jan 20

edcarley3

I’ve been looking around for a good Bluesky app for the iPad, since the official app and many other apps have very poor support for it. So far I mostly like the overall layout and UI, and I have an iPad mini, which often isn’t great with even Apple’s optimized iPad apps. Keeping that in mind, I think that the profile section could use some work. It’s very cramped and doesn’t properly display all the entirety of saved or liked posts. It cuts them off on the sides, and I just think that the profile should have its own full screen tab, or at least the liked and saved posts should so viewing them is nicer. I’ve notice less of a post is cut off in landscape than in portrait, but portrait is still cut off. Again, this could be an iPad mini thing… I do love the profile switching and export features, plus so few apps have good settings for Feed, Timeline, or Following. Good on the dev for not locking things like hide replies behind a paywall too. Really solid start for this app, I’d love to see it ironed out for the iPad in the future, because I like where the dev is going with this app’s iPad UI layout.
Developer Response Jan 22
Appreciate the thoughtful feedback and we will take a look at Skyscraper on the iPad mini a bit further!
Exactly what I was looking for - like Tweetbot for Bluesky!
Jan 26

Kyle373849
I search the App Store about once a month hoping that someone has finally built something better than the first party app for Bluesky. Today I was pleasantly surprised to find that Skyscraper is exactly what I was looking for! The reverse timeline keeps track of your place, you can mute individual users’ reposts, and there are lots of customization options. If you liked Twitter apps like Tweetbot, this is the Bluesky client you’ve been waiting for.Easy decision to upgrade to the very reasonably priced pro version after just a couple hours of usage. A couple suggestions to the developer that I’d love to see in the future are slightly denser layout options on iPad and more or just longer mute options on individual profiles, but it’s already looking great shortly after launch.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for the review and positive comments! Glad to have you using the app, and excited to continue to grow the app with the community. Use the feedback function in the Chat tab of the app if you have further ideas in the future!
Exactly what I was looking for - like Tweetbot for Bluesky!
Jan 26

Kyle373849

I search the App Store about once a month hoping that someone has finally built something better than the first party app for Bluesky. Today I was pleasantly surprised to find that Skyscraper is exactly what I was looking for! The reverse timeline keeps track of your place, you can mute individual users’ reposts, and there are lots of customization options. If you liked Twitter apps like Tweetbot, this is the Bluesky client you’ve been waiting for.Easy decision to upgrade to the very reasonably priced pro version after just a couple hours of usage. A couple suggestions to the developer that I’d love to see in the future are slightly denser layout options on iPad and more or just longer mute options on individual profiles, but it’s already looking great shortly after launch.
Developer Response Jan 28
Thank you so much for the review and positive comments! Glad to have you using the app, and excited to continue to grow the app with the community. Use the feedback function in the Chat tab of the app if you have further ideas in the future!
Great app for synced position reading
Mar 16

cchelberg
I enjoy the app as it tracks my reading position in the timeline and syncs it between devices. So this is now my default Bluesky app at this point. Dev is also friendly!

Developer Response
Thank you so much for kind words and glad you enjoy the sync feature. Thanks for choosing Skyscraper to be your Bluesky client of choice!
Great app for synced position reading
Mar 16

cchelberg

I enjoy the app as it tracks my reading position in the timeline and syncs it between devices. So this is now my default Bluesky app at this point. Dev is also friendly!
Developer Response Mar 7
Thank you so much for kind words and glad you enjoy the sync feature. Thanks for choosing Skyscraper to be your Bluesky client of choice!

- Add a Media tab to Profile pages, for viewing memes and things. - Improved Threaded Posts, when a user sends/submits multiple posts into a single thread. - Improved padding for Reposts/Likes. - Remove a Pro sub requirement from a few Timeline configuation settings. - Add "View Quote Posts" to the 3-dot button on a post, so you can see what people have quote posted about a specific post. - Added a "Germ DM" option to 3-dot/more button in Profile pages, if a user has used Germ and set up their account there. - Post Detail View can now be sorted in a couple different ways: by OP, Chronological, Quote Posts first. - Some work to improve new post count. - Improvements to OAuth Login based on some new documentation from Bluesky. - Alt-Text when viewed on a photo shouldn't fade away after a few seconds anymore. - Fix an issue where subscribed user's posts wouldn't show in notifications. - Work to not truncate posts when using non-latin language character sets. - Fix so that starter packs will display in the Timeline when reposted by someone with a quote post. - Working to fix an issue where users may be unable to go to a Post Detail view. - Work to improve some issue with viewing post details and being unable to go into post details after locking photo/some other behaviors. - On iPad, the Settings gear on the side bar is now higher up. - Work to improve notifications for subscribing to user posts. - Work on new notification insertion. - Working on Timeline layout bugs that appear on launch. - Removed the tab bar from the Post Detail view, which should fix some flow bugs. - Working on better handling of indented/reply threads on Post Details. - Fixed some rarer crashes from my backlog. - Fix a bug with timestamps on the Notifications tab. - Fix an issue where profile pages may get the wrong accent color.

Version 1.4.1 3d ago

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Seller: Cameron Banga
Size: 95.2 MB
Category: Social Networking
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.3 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.3 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.3 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.3 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Languages: English and 4 more

English, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Age Rating: 13+

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Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References

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Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
In-App Purchases: Yes

Skyscraper Pro - Monthly $2.99

Skyscraper Pro - Annual $19.99

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Ratings & Reviews

An Excellent Bluesky App

Solid iPad and Mac Bluesky Client

Exactly what I was looking for - like Tweetbot for Bluesky!

Great app for synced position reading

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Data Linked to You

Data Not Linked to You

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Supported Features

VoiceOver

Larger Text

Dark Interface

Differentiate Without Color Alone

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Family Sharing

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