Ruddarr vs Bluescreen for Bluesky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ruddarr
Control your movie, documentary, and TV series collections remotely. Browse upcoming releases, manage your media library, and receive notifications. Customize the app's appearance and sync settings across devices.
- Manage movies and TV series
- Browse upcoming releases calendar
- Receive fine-grained notifications
- View activity queue and history
- Switch between multiple instances
- Customize app appearance
- Synchronize settings via iCloud
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Ruddarr is a beautifully designed, open source, privacy-first companion app for Radarr and Sonarr instances. Manage your movies, documentaries and TV series from anywhere, anytime. Features: • Manage movies and TV series • Browse upcoming releases in the calendar • Receive fine-grained notifications • View activity queue tasks and history events • Switch between multiple instances • Customize the app color scheme and appearance • Synchronize settings/instances between devices (iCloud) • Automate actions using Siri Shortcuts • Connect to reverse proxies using custom HTTP headers • Use Spotlight search to quickly jump to media • Fully localized, ready to be translated Notifications require a subscription to Ruddarr+, because sending push notifications to devices requires reliable server infrastructure, which incurs monthly operating expenses for this free, open-source project. Alternatively, *arrs come with many notification integrations that can be self-hosted. Requirements: • Ruddarr does not provide any media and requires a Radarr or Sonarr instance to interact with. - - - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bluescreen for Bluesky
This application provides a native video client for the Bluesky social network. It allows users to upload videos asynchronously and offers features like VoiceOver compatibility and search within user profiles.
- Native Bluesky video client
- VoiceOver-friendly
- Async video upload
- Search within user profiles
- Shorten user handles
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Bluescreen is a native Bluesky video app. Amongst other features the app offers: • VoiceOver-friendly • Async video upload • Search within user profiles • Shorten user handles EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ruddarr at 4.9 against Bluescreen for Bluesky's 4.0. Ruddarr also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 53%) and ratings volume (750 vs 24). Bluescreen for Bluesky's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Ruddarr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Bluescreen for Bluesky asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ruddarr holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ruddarr has 750 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Ruddarr's written reviews are positive against 53% of Bluescreen for Bluesky's.
Ruddarr ships an update monthly, Bluescreen for Bluesky fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ruddarr | Bluescreen for Bluesky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (750 ratings) — better | 4.0 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better | 52.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 750 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ruddarr | Birdsong Apps GmbH |
Customer experience
Ruddarr
Bluescreen for Bluesky
Bugs and requests
Ruddarr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Fails with error when trying to add any service
- Crashes and freezes all the time
Requested features
3 requests- Support one time purchase
- List view not just posters
- Latest releases or trending lists that could be pulled from trakt or IMDb
Bluescreen for Bluesky
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ruddarr
- Ruddarr+$5.991 Year
Bluescreen for Bluesky
No in-app purchases
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