Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- From $2.99/mo
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Social Networking
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Family Sharing | Yes | Unknown | App Store | Store published |
| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Skyscraper Pro - Monthly — $2.99/month
- Skyscraper Pro - Monthly — $14.99/year ($1.24/mo)
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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4/5Solid iPad and Mac Bluesky Client
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.
edcarley3 · 7 Aug 2026
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4/5Good, usually
I like this app because it remembers my place in the timeline. However, there’s a few things that I’m finding buggy: -It logs me out frequently, for some reason? And when I log back in, it doesn’t do so properly, and I have to force quit the app and do it again. -Sometimes where it puts me in the timeline is way off from where it should be. Like, I’ve had to scroll through a full day’s worth of previously read posts to get back to where I was sometimes. -If I get to the top and reload posts, it will usually repeat several hours’ worth of posts I’ve already read. These are pretty minor nitpicks, though!
L1701L · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5An Excellent Bluesky App
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.
RM 724 · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5Exactly what I was looking for - like Tweetbot for Bluesky!
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.
Kyle373849 · 7 Aug 2026
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5/5Seamless user experience
Highly recommend Skyscraper. I’ve been using for a few months and really appreciate how it makes it very easy to switch between my accounts. It’s also very fast on iPhone. Definitely a must for any bluesky user!
NeverEndingPasta · 7 Aug 2026
Privacy & accessibility
App Store
Privacy
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — Device ID Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — App Functionality — Identifiers — User ID Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Other Purposes — User Content — Other User Content Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — Identifiers Developer declared
- Data Linked to You — User Content Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Analytics — Usage Data — Product Interaction Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Crash Data Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Diagnostics — Performance Data Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — App Functionality — Purchases — Purchase History Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Diagnostics Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Purchases Developer declared
- Data Not Linked to You — Usage Data Developer declared
Accessibility
- Dark Interface — SUPPORTED Store published
- Differentiate Without Color Alone — SUPPORTED Store published
- Larger Text — SUPPORTED Store published
- VoiceOver — SUPPORTED Store published
Versions
App Store
- 1.0
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1.0.1
- Bug fixes and general improvements.
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1.0.2
Improvements and bug fixes.
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1.0.3
- Bug fixes and minor cleanup.
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1.0.4
- Bug fixes and improved layout for iPad.
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1.0.5
- Fixed a text entry issue with Japanese, Korean, and Chinese languages. - 日本語、韓国語、中国語でのテキスト入力の問題を修正しました。 - 일본어, 한국어, 중국어의 텍스트 입력 문제를 수정했습니다. - 修复了日语、韩语和中文的文本输入问题。
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1.1
- Added a new Badges feature! Are you a Skyscraper Pro subscriber? Go ahead and show off, and all Skyscraper users will know you are very cool. Change your badge in the Settings under Bonus Features. - You can view Lists in the Timeline View - You can edit and create Lists in your Profile page from the Other tab - Improved in-app themes. Select dark or light, or go with system theme. You can also now choose between two different dark mode styles. - Added support for "Open from Tapestry". If you use that app, open posts in Skyscraper - Viewing Profile pages on iPad, should be bigger when you have a Sidebar in most situations. - Show how long ago a repost or reply happened in the Timeline - Cleaned up replies a bit to make it more obvious a post is a reply post - Activity entries now have timestamps - Scrolling dismisses the keyboard in chat - Return key will send a new chat on iPad or Mac with physical keyboard - Chat now works for Alt-PDS - Improvements to chat when you have a dead DM from a spam account - Detect URLs and emails in Chat - Can now delete chat messages, and block when deleting to prevent spam - Hashtags are now viewed in Timeline like feeds or lists - Added new Interesting Stats recaps for the last month, and for all of 2025 - "Show Replies in Timeline" for who you follow, is now in Settings -> Timeline and not in Moderation Settings - Add support for opening URLs in Safari (and other browsers) - Fixes to the Electric icon in Dark mode (my fav icon) - User profile pictures can now be rounded rectangles - User profile pictures no longer require an accent color ring
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1.2
- German, Japanese, and Spanish translations - Text size is normalized throughout the app - Bug / Crash fixes
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1.3
- iCloud sync support added! Save your position across your various devices for your Following Feed, Settings, and more - Added support for new Bluesky Drafts functionality - Added support for improved GIFs shared via Bluesky - Easier access to custom color picker in updating accent color - Add support for Latin American Spanish - Updated tab bar titles and organization structure - Add Share Sheet support for sharing links back to Skyscraper from a web browser or other source - Fix issue where some feeds would stop pulling new posts when scrolling backwards in time - Sidebar on iPad can now always be shown/hidden depending on user preference, and last state saved across restarts - Added ability to share Lists - Can now open URLs from several popular alt-PDSes in Skyscraper when a link is opened in your web browser - Fixed an issue where some Lists wouldn't show up in List feed - Web URLs viewed in-app now go full screen on iPad - Updated/cleaned up icons used throughout the app for better consistency - Error messages are now friendlier and easier to understand for certain errors - Various crash and minor bug fixes
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1.3.1
- iCloud sync support added! Save your position across your various devices for your Following Feed, Settings, and more - Added support for new Bluesky Drafts functionality - Added support for improved GIFs shared via Bluesky - Easier access to custom color picker in updating accent color - Add support for Latin American Spanish - Updated tab bar titles and organization structure - Add Share Sheet support for sharing links back to Skyscraper from a web browser or other source - Fix issue where some feeds would stop pulling new posts when scrolling backwards in time - Sidebar on iPad can now always be shown/hidden depending on user preference, and last state saved across restarts - Added ability to share Lists - Can now open URLs from several popular alt-PDSes in Skyscraper when a link is opened in your web browser - Fixed an issue where some Lists wouldn't show up in List feed - Web URLs viewed in-app now go full screen on iPad - Updated/cleaned up icons used throughout the app for better consistency - Error messages are now friendlier and easier to understand for certain errors - Various crash and minor bug fixes In 1.3.1 - Mute Hashtags from your Timeline - Portuguese support - New Skyscraper Text User Interface mode in Explore tab
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1.3.2
- Fixed an issue with push notifications not respecting all block parameters - Drafts saved for Chat messages - Bug and crash fixes
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1.3.3
- Added "Advanced Search". Add filters to search top or most recent, limit time window, save favorite search parameters, filter search to a specific user, and more - Added support for pinning/unpinning posts from Profile - Add ability to take a photo or upload a photo/video from Files when composing a post - Tweaks to improve how View Posts and View Reposts work - Worked on improving issue where Chats would become "corrupt" and not display - Improved Dark mode behavior across a few screens - Copy/paste images from a web browser or other app into a post you are composing - Color consistency on some of the Explore tabs in Dark mode - Some improvements to OAuth management over time - Fix issue where Tapestry shares wouldn't load when Skyscraper needed to cold launch
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1.3.4
Minor bug fixes.
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1.4
- Profile icons on notification tab are a bit easier to tap. - Notifications and Chat history should load a bit faster. - When viewing a profile, view more of a user's posts or replies with endless scroll once you hit the end of the loaded posts. - When jumping to a post detail on a post/reply on a user's profile, you should now return back in place where you were when you hit the back button to return to their feed. - Set preferred post language(s) to see on posts in your feeds. - You can now mute replies from specific users when muting from their profile page. - When viewing a thread, the OP user should have their posts all appear toward the top of the page. - When an Apple Music, Spotify, or BandCamp link is shared, get a better music specific embed. For Apple Music, you can listen to a preview in app, or full song if you're an Apple Music subscriber. - When composing a post, you can remove the URL after adding it, and the URL embed card will still remain unless you remove it. - Improve timeline position sync when switching accounts. - Fix a couple of reported crashes from few weeks. - Work toward fixing an issue with DPoP and account token sync with Bluesky. - Try to better preserve user handle facets when a punctuation trails a user name. - Work on fixing an issue where user profile avatars could be cut off top/bottom. - Better resiliency for saving drafts when switching apps. - Quickly upload the last photo you took when composing a new post.
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1.4.1
- 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.
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1.4.2
New - Find Friends now available in Settings - Share posts to DMs via the 3-dot menu - Chat reactions in DMs - Create full threads when composing a new post - Posts now render inline in DMs - Feeds list added to the "Other" tab on user profiles - Background refresh for OAuth tokens Improvements - Inline images in threads - Better tab bar behavior when hiding, reshowing, and resuming from background - Improved iPad tab bar positioning (side vs. top) on launch - More reliable Chat badge - Smarter text handling when sending chat messages - Improved feed pinning management - User handles less likely to truncate - Better tap handling on quoted posts - Additional OAuth refinements Fixes - Fixed iPad feed loading bug (thanks, Rob) - Fixed link previews not loading in some reposts - Fixed a translation issue surfaced while translating posts - Fixed a reported crash - Misc. crash, layout, and performance fixes
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1.4.3
Big fixes and minor changes.
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1.4.4
- Quick fix to help with some scroll issues on the timeline.
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1.4.5
- Group chats — Create and take part in group direct messages, including group replies. A new Group Chat settings screen lets you manage group conversations. - Add replies to chat, to reply to a particular post. - Label your own posts — Add content labels/warnings to your posts right from the composer. - Standard.site article cards — Links to standard.site publications (Leaflet, pckt, Offprint, and others) now render as rich article cards with cover image, reading time, publish date, and a publication footer. - Up to 10 photos per post — Image posts now support up to 10 photos (previously 4). - Share images into Skyscraper — You can now share images from other apps straight into a new post via the share sheet. - More Distinct Post Detail Replies (new setting, off by default) — Under Settings → Timeline, turn this on to give each reply level in a thread its own distinct color (derived from your accent color) so nested replies are far easier to tell apart. - Translation — Changing your translation language now takes effect immediately. - Settings — Reorganized; Post Customization moved higher in the list. - Easier photo dismissal and better saving. - Fix an issue where shares from Tapestry would pop up and down when loaded. - Pro users hopefully won't be prompted to restore purchases as often. - Fixed GIFs from Klipy not animating. - Fixed the "Replied to you" header crowding the profile photo. - Fixed a rich-text link/mention (facet) issue. - Some improvements for using an iPad with Magic Keyboard. - General crash and concurrency fixes.
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1.4.6
Minor bug fixes.
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1.5
New! Now adding Apple Watch App - Browse your timeline directly from your wrist - Full post detail view with reading support - Post actions (like, repost, reply) from the Watch - Background sync bridged from your iPhone so your feed stays fresh - Watch complication/widget for quick access - Image caching optimized for the Watch A big round of DM improvements: - Group chats — create and participate in group conversations - Attach content to DMs — share posts and content directly into messages - Chat data export — export your conversation history - Granular chat notifications — finer control over which conversations notify you - Notification bundling — grouped notifications so chat alerts are less noisy - Spell check in chat (iOS and macOS) - Improved message reactions handling - Chat list fixes and better handling of message requests Other Fixes: - Share sheet now supports hashtags and mentions - Bluesky link routing — Bluesky links now open directly inside Skyscraper - Added standard.site support for alternative PDS accounts - Continued work on accounts hosted outside bsky.social - Improvements to OAuth sign-in reliability - Fixed a video playback crash - Improved blocking within hashtag views - Badge count calculation fixes - Composer fixes: paste handling and word-wrap/run-on issues while posting - Accessibility improvements
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1.5.1
New - Grouped notification details — Tap a grouped notification ("X and N others liked/followed you") to see the full list of accounts. Each row has a Follow / Following button, and like/repost groups include a link back to the post. - Advanced search filters — Filter post search by language and by linked domain, alongside the existing sort, time range, from-user, and mentions filters. - Automatic server detection at login — Your hosting provider (PDS) is now resolved from your handle, so accounts on a custom/third-party PDS sign in without entering a server URL manually. - Video upload progress — A live loading bar (with percentage) shows while a picked video is prepared, and you can keep typing in the meantime. Improvements - Video uploads now post reliably — Videos are converted to MP4 as Bluesky requires, fixing "Expected video/mp4" errors when posting .mov clips from Photos. - Over-limit videos are caught early — Videos longer than 3 minutes or larger than 300 MB are rejected up front with a clear message, before any processing. - Standard Site cards handle large text — On the Leaflet/standard.site cards, the Subscribe button no longer wraps into a blob and moves to its own full-width row at accessibility text sizes. - More reliable sharing to Skyscraper — Images shared from other apps (e.g. Tapestry's "share as image") now attach correctly, and the composer no longer jumps when sharing a link from Safari. - Cleaner group chats — Clearer display of member names when someone joins a group chat. - Storage cleanup — Temporary video files from the composer are cleaned up so they don't accumulate. Bug Fixes - Fixed crashes when opening deep reply threads (stack overflow while walking the thread). - Fixed verification-badge crashes ("No ObservableObject of type AppTheme found"). - Fixed a crash when opening certain profiles (type-metadata demangler overflow). - Fixed opening bare @handle mentions (no domain) in chat. - Fixed a share-sheet bug when sharing content into the app.
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1.5.2
· 1 Aug 2026
New - Group chat invite links now open and join right inside Skyscraper instead of bouncing you to the Bluesky website. - New "Show Full Size Image Previews" setting (on by default) — single timeline images render at their true aspect ratio instead of being cropped square. - Share extension: live @mention autocomplete, and sharing a Bluesky post link now creates a real quote post instead of a plain link card. - Text sizes are now consistent everywhere — Timeline, Notifications, Chat, thread replies, and link cards all follow your in-app text size setting. Improved - GIFs always autoplay and loop with no player controls, matching Bluesky. - Thread view: replies you're reading are highlighted, parent posts are no longer dimmed, and body text is uniform throughout. - Better colors for grouped notification cells and quoted posts. - App Tips now respects your chosen dark mode style. Fixed - A crash when scrolling past inline videos, and a crash on launch caused by timeline media layout. - Images, videos, quote posts, and link cards no longer slide or clip inside their containers while scrolling. - Tab bar labels no longer truncate to "Noti…" and "Expl…" on larger iPhones. - Chat notices no longer render backwards when someone's display name contains a right-to-left override character. - Notification rows no longer show the wrong person's avatar while scrolling fast. - Posts with large link-preview thumbnails no longer fail to send. - Share extension: images from apps like Tapestry attach reliably, and mention suggestion chips respond to taps. - Chat list rows now update when someone reacts to a message. - The composer keeps a loaded link card while you edit or delete the URL text, matching Bluesky.
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- Last verified
- 7 Aug 2026
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