Skywalker

Michel de Boer

About this app

App to explore ATProto based social media networks, e.g. Bluesky

Features:
* Color bands to visualize threads
* Superior thread assembly (context for replies)
* App starts up where you last left in your timeline
* Share text and links directly from other apps
* Share photos directly from your gallery app
* GIFs
* Bookmarks
* Search prioritizes accounts you follow
* Manage multiple accounts
* Fast performance

LIMITATIONS
* No account creation yet

PREREQUISITE
You need a social media account.

Ratings and reviews

I've been using Skywalker for a couple of months, and mostly very impressed. So good to be able to keep track of where you stopped reading – a feature absent in the official Bluesky apps (and Twitter, since Musk blocked 3rd party apps). Occasionally I have to reboot when it fails to load new posts, but that could be my old phone. I'm grateful for the Android 6-8 support! Main request would be facilities for font-size, image-size, "screen real estate" etc.

Remembering where you left off when re-opening the app is a huge win for how I consume posts, as well as showing how many posts are waiting as you scroll through. These two things alone make Skywalker superior to the official app.

Currently the only Bsky Android app that will remember your last read position. Great!

What’s new

* Highlight post age when it is more than 1 month
* Setting to show/hide reposted posts from followed users
* Bug fixes