Openvibe – Bluesky & Mastodon 17+

This is such a great idea and execution of the idea. I’m worried about two things though. First I’m concerned, that while it’s currently free (its own concern), that this may eventually transform into an expensive subscription. My personal hope is for a one-time payment. My second concern is that this doesn’t appear to be a private project but one backed by sizable investors - which makes me concerned about eventual ads and the security of my data. Hoping the team behind this service is weighing their choices carefully.

Thanks for your thoughtful feedback! 😊 We’re committed to keeping Openvibe ad-free and will never sell user data. Our plan is to go with a subscription model, but we want to keep it reasonably priced to support development while staying user-friendly. We appreciate your trust and hope to make Openvibe even better for you! 🚀🐙

Really great work so far so kudos to the devs!! But would love it even more if these features were implemented: (1) A way to view trending topics like in the Bluesky app (2) Able to add additional login accounts (only lets you add one per) (3) ability to see the detailed bio when you view the following list for others. In the bluesky app, you can click on the someone’s following list and the list will show the users name, handle and their bio. Makes it easier to find new profiles based on your interests (4) Search is a little clunky and not as detailed as if you use the respective native apps, for instance, there’s no Top, Latest, Feeds like in Bluesky search. (5) Also is more of a nitpick but when you try to click on a profile from the search results list, you have to specifically click on their name in the row. Clicking on the leading edge on the profile picture doesn’t navigate you to their profile.

Thanks for the awesome review and detailed feedback! 😊 We really appreciate the support and great suggestions. Some of these features, like multiple logins and improved search, are on our radar for future updates. We'll also look into refining navigation and exploring trending topics. Stay tuned—exciting improvements ahead! 🚀🐙

It has many UI issues, but I think the worst is the lack of control of videos (if you want to read the comments, accompanying a video post, the video is running — with sound — whether you like it or not) and the fact that clicking outside the input overlay while composing a reply/post basically discards everything. On iPad, share doesn’t do anything. Paywall pop-ups in the in-app browser (the I Paper’s is an example) will block everything, you have to interact with the pop-up, you cannot close the browser. The cross posting feature is useless – instead of just cross-posting the message (with a discrete link showing where it came from) it creates some gaudy mess of a post that nobody would put their name on. Seems to have a problem updating, if I haven’t used it for a few hours, I generally need fo force close it.

thank you so much! We will add tap the top to scroll in the following week update. For now you can tap the home icon to scroll to top