Skeets for Bluesky 17+

Name: Skeets for Bluesky
Rating: 4.7 (18 reviews)
Author: Sebastian Vogelsang

A native Bluesky client

Sebastian Vogelsang

Designed for iPad

- 4.7 • 18 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Skeets is a native Bluesky app that supports both iOS and iPad OS.

Amongst other features the app offers:

ִ• Retain the reading position within switching feeds
• Privacy by processing most of your information on the device
• Rich Push Notifications ($)
• Bookmarks ($)
• Drafts ($)
• Muting Words ($)
• AI-based Image Text Extractions (for Alt-Text)
• Enhanced Accessibility for Screenreaders
• etc.

EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Oct 5, 2024

Version 1.15.2

Fixes:

- iPad: the app now remembers the state between closing and opening the app. At the moment this comes at the price that it can only run in fullscreen or in Stage Manager (multitasking). "Split View & Slide Over" are disabled until I've implemented full support for this mode.
- Behaviour when subscribing/unsubscribing to/from feeds and lists is fixed now and should be reflected in the UI correctly

4.7 out of 5

18 Ratings

Pretty solid!

Really enjoying this app.

I have a tiny request: since the reskeet button turns red when you click it, can the like (🖤) button also change colors to show which ones we’ve clicked on?

Pretty functional, but please add word wrap to the compose post dialogue

Overall, this is a really good app for browsing Bluesky, especially because it actually takes advantage of the iPad’s screen. However, I have noticed that when using Skeets on iPad, the dialogue for composing a new post doesn’t have word wrap, which makes writing new posts kind of a pain, if not impossible because I can’t see the words I’m typing on longer posts.

I’ll update this review when this is fixed! I also run into some “token expired” dialogues; not sure if those are bugs or not.

Good but replying wasn’t intuitive

So far so good. The only feature missing that Graysky had is the option to share a post as an image. I’d like that but with options to hide the handle.

One problem I had is figuring out how to reply. I’m used to a text box as the bottom so having to click the conversation icon wasn’t intuitive. The first thing I tried when no text box was there was to click the … on the post expecting a reply button.

With the X banning in Brazil this app using the built in iOS translation feature is a huge plus.

The developer, Sebastian Vogelsang, 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

Sebastian Vogelsang

Size

47.6 MB

Category

Social Networking

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

Mac: Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Languages

German

Age Rating: 17+ Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References