SkyMarks

download on the App Store

Keep track of your favorite Bluesky posts

SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmark app for all your iOS devices.

SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmark app for all your iOS devices.

Bluesky is the biggest thing happening in social media in 2024. It seems like everyone is jumping on board.

When you do, 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 get back to it later.

Until Bluesky decides to implement bookmarking itself, SkyMarks can be your Bluesky bookmark manager.

To bookmark a post, 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 working at your desk.

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 it’s released to the public though.

screenshot of an iPhone screen showing SkyMarks. The screen says: 
To bookmark a Bluesky post:
• Find a post you like on Bluesky
• Tap the Share button, or choose "Share" from the menu
• Choose SkyMark
from the second row of options
(You may have to go into the overflow meu the first few times)
Bookmark
• Tap the Bookmark button
When you come back here, the post will be at the top of the list.

screenshot of an iPhone screen showing SkyMarks. 
The screenshot shows a sheet with a Bluesky post and two buttons: Cancel and Bookmark. The Bookmark button is the default button.

screenshot of an iPhone screen showing SkyMarks. The screenshot shows a list of Skylark posts that have been bookmarked. One is a text-only post and the other includes a picture of a puppy sleeping.

Privacy

SkyMarks does share your data between your devices, but does not collect or share any of your info with other parties ever.

Release Notes

0.2 (coming soon)

  • you can now attach notes to any bookmark
  • when you do a search, your search matches your notes as well as the post itself
  • if there are more than one URL in a post, all URLs are previewed at the bottom of the bookmark
    • layout improvements
  • aesthetic improvements
  • performance improvements
  • scrolling should be much better now

by Jay. Wardell