Skyscraper Social Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Skyscraper Social
Rating: 4.44304 (79 reviews)

Skyscraper Social

Cameron Banga

📊 Productivity

🌐 Social Networking

Customer Experience

Positive experience77.1% of reviews

Neutral8.6% of reviews

Negative experience14.3% of reviews

~ Based on 35 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Skyscraper Social Safe?

Skyscraper Social appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Skyscraper Social is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 79 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

85.7% of ratings point to a safe experience

6.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

7.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 77 App Store ratings for Skyscraper Social.

Is Skyscraper Social Legit?

Skyscraper Social appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Skyscraper Social is 65/100.

Based on 65 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Above and beyond

Beyond baffling that Bluesky hasn’t released a first-party tablet app by now, but wouldn’t be a reason to use it anymore after my experience with Skyscraper.

The app is a great balance between minimal, intuitive design and large number of features. Which is great on its own. What really makes it the best out there is the phenomenal support provided by the developer.

I was experiencing an issue with feeds randomly jumping or reloading, sometimes when I went back to a feed after opening a post, and always when I’d check notifications and go back to a feed.

The dev not only reached out on the same day I messaged them, but kept in touch throughout the entire solve, and had it fixed within a few days. And that’s including the fact I had apparently been the only person who’d reported such a problem to begin with!

This app and its dev should win some kind of super App Store award, and you should definitely use this app to make your doomscrolling and cat posting experience the best it’s ever been.

Ttastethelink

12 days ago

Great app for synced position reading

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!

Ccchelberg

24 days ago

Response from developer

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!

Amazing bargain

This app handles Bluesky, mastodon and RSS extremely well. This is my go-to app every morning. The developer is also extremely responsive and helpful. I had suggestions and feedback for similar apps, but they were ignored. Skyscraper implemented some of those same suggestions in days. Go ahead and subscribe. It’s worth it.

Jj2pro

25 days ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the review, so appreciative of the kind words. Please always feel free to send more feedback! Always looking for new features to add to the app.

Truly native bsky app

As far as I can tell, this is about the only native client for Bluesky on iOS. It's at least the most customizable. I've never been able to settle on a 3rd party bsky client until someone suggested I try this. I don't even like using the official site on desktop anymore. You get custom themes, plenty of settings to change what you see on the timeline, automatic translation... one of my faves is the ability to show only a little thumbnail for images. This is peak 3rd party Twitter app before Elon ran it all into the ground. Absolutely love this. Actively maintained too — the biggest plus. I will say, one option I would like is to *not* save the timeline position. I like seeing a fresh feed every time and being able to pull to refresh and go straight to the top/latest.

Update: this is a very very minor gripe lol I'm actually getting used to tapping the "x posts above" button the more I use it.

Nnruble

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the very kind comments and review! Glad you are enjoying Skyscraper! I will take a look at adding some sort of option for the feeds to always pull latest. May be a bit of work with how I built the app, but I’ll see what I can do!

Works!

I was looking for a client that synced across platforms and that returned me to where I left off rather than shoot me to the last posting. And I generally works!

CCoppernobSF

2 months ago

Response from developer

Glad you’re enjoying Skyscraper! If you ever have any issues, feel free to shoot me a message from the feedback function in settings!

Keeps getting better!

If you use Bluesky on a Mac, iPad or iPhone, you need this app!

TTripod3

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the review, it's greatly appreciated! Glad you love the new Mac release!

Nice but frustrating

This is a really nice looking native ipad bluesky app... When it works. The problem is that it repeatedly asks you to sign in over and over and over again. If I'm gonna have to resign into bluesky every time I use the app, then I'm just not going to use it anymore.

RRRaxcental Ruthenta

2 months ago

Response from developer

Update: Hey there - in release 1.7, I’ve added some changes to OAuth login that seem to be helping many users in requiring fewer logins! If you get a chance, give it a try and see if it improves your experience with the app? ——- Hey there and thanks for using Skyscraper. Bluesky’s OAuth implementation limits the amount of time an account can be logged in, and requires consistent token refreshes. This can be a problem on iOS where an app can’t live persistently in the background and refresh automatically. If you have this issue, we recommend you consider creating an app password on the Bluesky app/website, and login using this instead. This login method can persist much longer and resolve this issue for you.

Pretty dang good. Just needs one fix.

Okay new problem. It logged me out and says I have to log back in. Why? This is a cool alternative to the Bluesky app. It takes a little to get adjusted to. But, I just noticed something. Under Notifications, it was something like John Doe and x Others followed you. But, when you tap it, it only shows John Doe’s profile and doesn’t show a list of the other x people.

TTibbs90

4 months ago

Response from developer

Edit, October 20th: Hey there, just saw your added problem. Bluesky OAuth is a bit stringent and could cause many logouts. If you are getting logged out often, I would recommend an app password. In version 1.7, I implemented some changes that have helped many users with their OAuth logins. If you feel up to it, give the app another try and see if you enjoy it better! ——— Edit July 13th: FYI, this has been fixed and is pushed to the store in version 1.5.1! Hey there, thanks for the review! That was a slight change in the latest release and probably needs more granularity. I’ll work on fixing it in the next release. Thanks for checking out Skyscraper and thanks for the review!

Developer can’t get out of the way

Very good app. But it’s being constantly updated with very minor bells and whistles and the app is constantly unusable because of all the problems it creates. Just get it consistently functioning and tested better.

WWingerzzzz

4 months ago

Response from developer

Hey there, I've added a lot of new features and functions, and improved stability significantly in the past couple of months. Would love for you to give the app another try, and see if your opinion has changed! Thanks for leaving the review and checking out Skyscraper!

Unusable !

This app is a nightmare to use. I have loaded on three account and bought ‘pro’ . The app on numerous occasions refuses to recognise I have a pro account. It also requires be to re-authenticate and add all account details on a number of occasions - frustratingly to use is an understatement. I am now seeking reimbursement from Apple.

FFotofling

5 months ago

Great…but…

Love this app. Clearly a lot of care has gone into it. There’s inexplicably no obvious way to label media when you upload it. The built in app tips offer no guidance. It doesn’t look like the developer has mapped that functionality to the BlueSky API.

JJhavok77

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! If you have a chance, in the app settings is a feedback area and please send me a screenshot of how other apps handle this so I can improve how it is in Skyscraper. Thanks again for leaving a review!

Love it

Looks and runs great on my iPhone 14!

Kkikin81

5 months ago

Response from developer

Very glad you are enjoying Skyscraper on your iPhone! Thank you for the review and if you have any feature suggestions, please feel free to submit feedback via the Settings!

Clean interface

The app is fast and easy to use. Clean interface with all the core functionality of bluesky. Easily the best app out there for heavy users. Some slight UI tweaks would make it perfect but the developer seems responsive.

Sshiokyman88

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate the review! I’m working to constantly fine tune the UI and if you have any specific questions, please submit them via feedback in the app!

Seamless 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!

NNeverEndingPasta

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the very kind review, and glad that you’re enjoying Skyscraper! If you ever have any feature ideas, feel free to submit them in the app settings. And great user name! Makes me want a breadstick! Or maybe it makes me want a Triple Dipper instead!

Smart!

A great app with some really smart features. Would recommend to anyone who uses Bluesky!

KKath765

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the great comment and enjoy Skyscraper!

Best Bluesky client out there

This app is by far the best Bluesky client available. The developer is also very helpful and responsive and continues to make improvements.

Gglbeach630

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the comments, and appreciate you checking out Skyscraper!! If you have any feature ideas, please feel free to send them over! Thanks for taking the time to leave the review of my app.

Excellent for BlueSky

I’ve tried quite a few apps for viewing BlueSky on an ipad and I’ve found this one to be by far the best to use. Also the developer seems to be putting a lot of effort into adding new features.

GGavfras

5 months ago

Top app

Great app to use although I’d prefer a one-time purchase fee as I don’t use subscriptions for basic apps

SSkyePlayer

6 months ago

Good, 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!

LL1701L

6 months ago

Response from developer

Hey there, thanks for taking the time to use and review Skyscraper! I have some improvements to OAuth and login state that should hopefully be coming in the next release, I hope to have it submitted soon. Thanks for your support!