Comparison

SkyMarks vs Spokn

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SkyMarks

This app helps you save and organize posts from the Bluesky social media platform. It allows you to bookmark content from your browser and access it later across all your Apple devices. Features include searching by text, author, or image content, and organizing bookmarks with tags.

Highlights
  • Bookmark Bluesky posts
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Search by text, author, or image
  • Tagging and filtering
  • Organize bookmarked content
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SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmarks app for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Bluesky is the biggest thing happening in social media in 2025. It seems like everyone is jumping on board, with over 31 million users as of February. When you jump in, though, you may find some things that you miss from your old social networks, like the ability to bookmark a post. It’s a common thing to want to save a post to come back to later. Maybe you want to think a while before responding. Maybe the post has a useful link in it that you want to come back to. Or maybe you just really like the post and want to keep it around. Until Bluesky decides to implement bookmarking itself, SkyMarks can be your Bluesky bookmark manager. To bookmark a post from your browser, just tap the share button (the button with the arrow pointing out of a box) and then select SkyMarks from the list of available options. Once you’ve bookmarked a post, it will be available in SkyMarks whenever you need it. SkyMarks synchs its bookmarks across all your devices that use the same Apple ID. So if you bookmark a post while you’re waiting in line at the grocery store, you’ll find it on your iPad when you’re reading in your living room or your Mac when you’re working at your desk. SkyMarks has robust features to find bookmarked posts. You can search by post text, author name, author handle or even your own notes. You can even search the text in images attached to posts you’ve bookmarked! You can also tag bookmarks and view bookmarks by tag, so you can use SkyMarks for multiple projects and still get to the bookmarks you need when you need them. SkyMarks is free to use and has no in-app purchases. It’s just here to make the transition to Bluesky a little easier for you. If you find a bug or want a feature, please provide feedback. SkyMarks will hopefully one day be open-source. There are a few issues that need to be figured out before its code is released to the public though.

About

Spokn

This app transforms your spoken words into polished, readable notes directly on your device. It automatically removes filler words and structures your thoughts into paragraphs and lists, offering a private and offline transcription experience. It also supports hands-free dictation via CarPlay.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • AI-powered cleanup (filler words removed)
  • Automatic paragraph and list formatting
  • Offline functionality
  • CarPlay support
  • Export to plain text and SRT/VTT
Features
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Spokn turns your voice into clean, readable notes — instantly, on your iPhone, and entirely on-device. Tap the orb and talk. Spokn captures every word, then quietly polishes it: filler words removed, sentences tidied, paragraphs and lists added — so what you get back actually reads like writing, not a raw transcript. WHY SPOKN • Private by design. Transcription and AI cleanup run entirely on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. No account, no servers, no analytics. It even works offline. • Beautifully clean. Apple's on-device intelligence turns rambling speech into structured notes — real paragraphs and real numbered lists, not a wall of text. • Hands-free, including CarPlay. Capture an idea the moment it strikes — at your desk or behind the wheel. Spokn is built for the road with a voice-first CarPlay experience. • Speak the formatting. Say "new paragraph," "start a numbered list," or "next item" and Spokn structures it for you. No tapping, eyes on the road. • Organized and searchable. Keep notes in notebooks, search across everything instantly, and export to plain text or subtitles (SRT/VTT). HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap the orb on the Record screen and start speaking. 2. Watch your words appear live as you talk. 3. Tap stop — Spokn cleans up the transcript and saves it to your notebook. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST Spokn was built privacy-first. Your recordings and transcripts stay on your device. No sign-in. No cloud processing. No tracking. Just you and your words. Perfect for journaling, brainstorming, meeting notes, to-do lists, drafting messages, and capturing ideas the moment they arrive. Download Spokn and start dictating.

Screenshots

SkyMarks4 screens
Spokn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SkyMarks at none against Spokn's 1. SkyMarks also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spokn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SkyMarks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SkyMarks against 5.0 for Spokn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkyMarks ships an update every 5 days, Spokn weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SkyMarks versus Spokn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyMarksSpokn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOld Jewel SoftwareShelby Denike

Customer experience

SkyMarks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spokn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SkyMarks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spokn

One-time1
  • Spokn Pro$9.99

Questions

Is SkyMarks free?
SkyMarks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spokn free?
Spokn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SkyMarks or Spokn?
SkyMarks and Spokn are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do SkyMarks or Spokn have ads?
Neither SkyMarks nor Spokn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkyMarks or Spokn?
SkyMarks ships an update every 5 days, and Spokn weekly. Most recently, SkyMarks was updated on October 3, 2026 and Spokn on September 30, 2026.

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