
Flashes for Bluesky 17+
Create, Share, and Be Seen
Birdsong Apps GmbH
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
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Description
Flashes is a native Bluesky photo/video app.
Amongst other features the app offers:
• Discover and Share photos & videos on Bluesky – a vibrant community of over 30 million users.
• Enhance Your Creativity with stunning photo filters.
• Showcase Your Best Work by curating a standout portfolio.
• Personalize Your Profile to control what others see.
• Designed for Accessibility with full VoiceOver support.
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s New
Version 1.0.7
What’s New:
• Photo Aspect Ratio Fix – Photos in timeline sliders now display correctly without being cut off. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/78)
• Unread Message Badge – The messages button now shows the number of unread messages.
• Update Alerts – You’ll always get a notification when an update is available when you open the app.
• Composer Confirmation – Added a confirmation dialog to prevent accidental closing by pulling down.
• Messages Button Moved – Now located on the main screen for easier access.
• Improved Hashtags – Hashtags now support hyphens. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/68)
• Paste Fix – Pasting text into the description field in the composer now works. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/33)
Bug Fixes:
• Clicking on links in messages now works correctly.
• Fixed duplicate display of the last message in chats.
• Resolved an issue where the input field moved up too high when activated in chats.
• Clicking a profile above a video now opens it correctly. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/76)
• Fixed occasional profile resets. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/113)
• Font size controls no longer disappear when setting the font too large. (https://github.com/birdsongapps/Flashes/issues/9)
Ratings and Reviews
already terrific and going to get even better.
i originally dowloaded this app as an alternative to Meta, which has been on my list to drop for years. but Flashes and Bluesky aren't just suitable alternatives. they're better in almost every way. the endless options for customization of your feed and profile are brilliant. but if you want to know the best part of it all, it's this: you'll spend less time on it. i keep my feed restricted to a chronological one of just accounts i follow. if i want to doomscroll, i can search for or discover new accounts. but the truth is that i want a real life. i'm tired of Meta and being manipulated and flooded with ads and not even seeing the accounts i actually follow. i want to decide what i see, and Flashes has that covered for me. and once i've seen everything from the folks i follow, the feed ends and i log out, and i go enjoy a real life. i'm thrilled with the app, i was part of the beta test group and I thoroughly love everything about it. Eventually it will be an app independent from Bluesky, but right now you'll need a bluesky account for the app to connect to and pull images from. you won't need to use it if you aren't a Twitter type, i know i am not. but Flashes is terrific and takes very little time to figure out and get started. i'm not very tech-savvy and it's easy to use and understand. download and enjoy. five stars.
A fantastic alternative to other photo-feed apps
When I joined Bluesky, it would be an understatement to say that I was overjoyed to have the old Tweet-site feel but that I could curate to what I wanted. And now I have a photo feed app that doesn’t zuck? I love it. I wish it had messaging support so that I could send photos in DMs on Bluesky, but I’m sure that cross compatibility support is way down the road and I’m ok waiting on that. In the meantime — not that I don’t love the text-then-photo style posts on Bluesky, but this large image format with the small description after definitely scratches an itch in my brain. I’ve not experienced any bugs or issues yet. I love how the app feels and functions. I am on the edge of my seat to see what the future holds for development. Keep up the great work!
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Overrun with Furries :(
I’m 100% for uncensored content, but Flashes is overrun with furry smut and extreme kink related content. The hashtag “art” or “tags” and other general tags are flooded with 50% or more smut related content. Even if you turn up your censorship viewing to the max, loads of furry and smut content leaks through. I’ve had to use 30+ list account blockers to clean up the content, but I still get loads of smut in my feed. I’d love to see fine art of the human body etc and have way less restrictions than IG, but the whole platform is flooded with extreme kink art and misogynistic rubbish… You can block users but the algorithm still feeds you that stuff via almost any search. Please allow tweaking personal algorithms to exclude extreme kink content but let fine art be viewed. If I open my filter enough to view fine art nudity; it lets in hardcore porn. I’d like to see the art, not furries and pornhub content 🤧 + when you block accounts, it doesn’t hide the post for you instantly; it remains there as if you never blocked the post. If this was fixed this could be a 10/10 IG alternative; but at the moment it’s really unusable. I can follow certain people; but when I use the discover or search tool it all falls apart.
App Privacy
The developer, Birdsong Apps GmbH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Birdsong Apps GmbH
- Size
- 34.4 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.2 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 17+ Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2025 Birdsong Apps GmbH
- Price
- Free