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While many developer are flirt with the Bluesky API to build services that stretch out the capabilities of Bluesky ’s platform , Graysky made wave for being the first grumpy - platform third - party app that extend to consumers directly on both Io and Android . ( An Android app called Seiun was available before Graysky , but was not available for iPhone users . )
Launched in October , Graysky ’s biggest discriminator is that it drops you into an interface where you may plunk which provender you want to browse first , instead of a default Home timeline . On Bluesky , users can choose from multiple , custom feeds — a sort of algorithmic choice that other microblogging platform like Instagram Threads and X do n’t have .
In add-on , Graysky introduced a searchable interface for finding user , posts or provender , as well as a way for encounter everyone ’s likes , not just your own , also standardised to Twitter / X. The app ’s development has been belt along ahead of the official Bluesky app by adding sustenance for thing Bluesky lacked , like GIFs , and read it planned to add other Twitter - corresponding feature such as draft , bookmark , dull words , polls , listing and more in later releases .
Some of these features are now arriving with the Pro subscription , like support for polls , while the app update brings a number of new feature to all users , both free and paid .
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Since launch , Graysky ’s downloads have crossed 20,000 , the inauguration say TechCrunch , with 13,700 on iOS and 6,500 on Android .
Graysky Pro is an optional subscription that supports the app ’s continued development and includes additional features . It ’s uncommitted for $ 4.99 per calendar month or $ 49.99 per year .
Bluesky gets its first third - political party app for iOS and Android with Graysky , launch this month
