Soyokaze vs Cyd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soyokaze
A minimalist social networking client designed for low data consumption. It focuses on core functionalities, providing a streamlined experience for users prioritizing efficiency.
- Lightweight design
- Minimal data usage
- Essential features only
- Streamlined social networking
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Soyokaze is a lightweight Bluesky client. It minimizes data usage and offers only essential features.
Cyd
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Most tech platforms are controlled by a tiny group of powerful billionaires. You don't OWE them your data. Even posting on Bluesky is a privacy nightmare. Why should our social media posts remain on the internet forever? With Cyd for iPhone, you can: - CREATE A LOCAL, PRIVATE BACKUP OF YOUR DATA, including Bluesky posts, reposts, likes, bookmarks, and chat messages. - CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DELETE. You can delete it all, or you can be selective, deleting most of it but keeping what went viral. - SCHEDULE AUTOMATIC DELETION, keeping your online data as ephemeral as you want over time. The Cyd developers can't access your accounts or your data. - Cyd runs directly on your device, not on our servers. - Cyd is designed so that we don't have access to your accounts, or to any of your data in those accounts. We don't even record what your username is. - When you sign into a Bluesky account in Cyd, you grant the app running locally on your phone permission to access it, not us, the developers of the app. Cyd is open source. The code is available at: https://github.com/lockdown-systems/cyd-mobile Read our privacy policy at: https://cyd.social/privacy/ Read our EULA at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soyokaze at none against Cyd's 1. Cyd's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 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. Cyd sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Soyokaze asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soyokaze ships an update every 5 days, Cyd weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soyokaze | Cyd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noriaki Watanabe | Lockdown Systems |
In-app purchases
Soyokaze
No in-app purchases
Cyd
- Cyd Premium Annual$39.991 Year









