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Standout conversations worth your attention.
SkyPad SocialA premium client for Bluesky, crafted for iPhone
See what matters.
Beyond the feed.
Focused trends. Trusted news. Standout video. Powerful conversations.
SkyPad Social transforms Bluesky's constant flow into a focused, premium iPhone experience—bringing together deeper discovery, multi-layer trends, curated video and powerful tools to create and connect.
SkyPad Social is an independent third-party client for the Bluesky network. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bluesky Social, PBC.
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Discovery with purpose
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Discovery with purpose
Find more than what is already popular.
Move beyond a single timeline with Following, Discover and dedicated Video experiences. Explore Top Picks, Popular Now and New Voices—each designed to reveal a different side of Bluesky.
Popular Now
Content gaining attention right now.
New Voices
Emerging creators before they disappear into the crowd.
Trend intelligence
See what's important—not just what's loud.
Explore Bluesky through personalized and global perspectives. Move between Highlights, Rising and Fresh across AI, technology, science, crypto, politics and art.
SkyPad considers relevance, recency and engagement while reducing repetitive and off-topic content across discovery.
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Relevance + recency + engagement
Three signals, organized into one focused view.
SkyPad News
Follow the story beyond the post.
Quickly scan established news voices on Bluesky through Top Stories, Breaking, Money, World and Watchlist—then move directly into the conversations forming around each story.
Top Stories
The stories shaping the day.
Breaking
Important developments as they emerge.
Money
Business, markets and financial news.
World
A focused view of global events.
Watchlist
Film, television and entertainment.
News posts remain attributed to their Bluesky authors and linked publishers. SkyPad organizes third-party reporting; it does not write or independently verify it.
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Video with better signal
More worth watching.
Explore focused video selections through Top Picks, Popular Now and New Voices while staying connected to the people, posts and conversations behind them.
Create with precision
More than a text box.
Create posts, replies and quotes with photos, video, animated GIFs, Live Stickers and Genmoji. Add alt text, content labels, languages, mentions, link previews and detailed conversation controls before publishing.
Your post. Your conversation.
Choose who can reply—from everyone or no one to people you follow, people you mention or members of one of your Bluesky Lists. Control whether your post may be quoted.
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Save the complete idea—not just the words.
Return to drafts containing photos, video, GIFs and stickers even after closing the app. Draft media remains within the application's protected local storage.
Powerful conversations
Stay connected without losing context.
Move naturally between posts, complete threads, profiles, notifications and private conversations.
Create one-to-one and group conversations, manage members and message requests, and search across chats, full message histories and shared posts.
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Posts stay connected to the conversation.
Groups
Manage members, requests and shared context.
Everything close at hand
Discovery without compromise.
Explore posts, replies, photos, videos, likes, custom feeds, Lists and Starter Packs from rich profile views. Search within profiles, saved posts and conversations while keeping every interaction connected.
Made for your experience
Understand more.
Detect and translate posts into your preferred language, then switch between translated and original text. Translation availability depends on Apple's supported language resources.
Make it yours
Read your way.
Personalize SkyPad with appearance modes, themes, typefaces, text sizing, bold text and language controls.
Control built in
Control what reaches you.
Mute, block and report unwanted accounts, posts and conversations. Content labels, topic-aware relevance and additional source filtering help create a more focused experience.
Secure by design.
SkyPad uses Bluesky OAuth without asking for an app password. Sensitive session credentials are protected using the iPhone Keychain and excluded from application logs.
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Crafted for iPhone
Power without the clutter.
SkyPad brings discovery, news, video, creation and conversations together through native navigation, rich media, persistent feed positions and carefully controlled background processing.
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Your Bluesky, in full view
Go beyond the feed.
Discover what's rising, create with confidence and stay connected to every conversation with SkyPad Social.
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