Bluesky Social vs Cogar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluesky Social
This social app prioritizes meaningful conversations and user control. Discover trending topics, explore diverse community-curated feeds, and customize your experience with powerful moderation tools. It offers an ad-free environment and aims for an open, community-driven social internet.
- Ad-free social experience
- Community-curated feeds
- Customizable content filters
- Starter Packs for quick setup
- Open, community-driven protocol
- Cross-app identity portability
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Bluesky is the social app built for better conversations. Find your people, follow what you care about, and have fun online again — without ads or engagement traps. JOIN THE MOMENT See what people are talking about right now. From breaking news to big cultural moments, jump into conversations as they unfold and be part of what's happening. EXPLORE FEEDS Choose from thousands of community-built feeds covering news, art, pets, science, fandom, investing, culture, and everything in between. Stay updated with people you care about in your Following feed, or dive into new perspectives and trends in Discover. CONTROL YOUR SCROLL Use powerful moderation tools and content filters to shape exactly what you see. Hide what you don't want, follow what you do, and decide who can interact with you. JUMP RIGHT IN Starter Packs help you get going fast. Follow curated lists of interesting people with one tap and start building your community instantly. AVOID THE BILLIONAIRES The internet is too important to be controlled by a handful of powerful people. Bluesky is building an open, community-driven foundation for the social internet. With one account, you can use the Bluesky app and take your identity anywhere on the growing ecosystem of apps built on the same protocol.
Cogar
A social media platform dedicated to the Irish language and culture. It offers a space for speakers of all levels to connect, share content, and engage with Irish arts, heritage, and music.
- Irish-language social platform
- Community for speakers of all levels
- Promotes Irish arts and culture
- International reach
- Content sharing
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Cogar is an Irish-language social media platform, aiming to create an online platform for the Irish language community - both in Ireland, and internationally. Whether you're a native speaker, have some experience, or are a beginner, the app aims to provide an "on-ramp" to Irish language content and activity, and create a space for the language, arts, heritage, music and culture to thrive. Is ardán sóisialta Gaeilge é Cogar, a bhfuil sé mar aidhm aige ardán ar líne a chruthú do phobal na Gaeilge - in Éirinn agus go hidirnáisiúnta araon. Cibé acu cainteoir dúchais thú, nó má tá roinnt taithí agat, nó más tosaitheoir thú, tá sé mar aidhm ag an aip "rampa isteach" a chur ar fáil d'ábhar agus do ghníomhaíochtaí Gaeilge, agus spás a chruthú don teanga, do na healaíona, don oidhreacht, don cheol agus don chultúr chun rathú.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cogar at 4.5 against Bluesky Social's 3.9. Bluesky Social's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cogar holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluesky Social has 14K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Bluesky Social's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cogar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bluesky Social ships an update every 8 days, Cogar every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Bluesky Social | Cogar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14K ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bluesky PBLLC | Ronan O'Leary |
Customer experience
Bluesky Social
Cogar
Bugs and requests
Bluesky Social
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when tapping the retweet button
- Feed not refreshing properly, showing outdated content
- Inconsistent behavior when rotating iPad device
- Inability to edit or delete posted content
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for direct messages, video uploads, and bookmarking
- Improve iPad app experience with full-screen support
- Enhance algorithm and content filtering capabilities
- Implement private account and block list privacy options
Cogar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bluesky Social
No in-app purchases
Cogar
No in-app purchases
