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SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts.
Bookmarks are shared between all iOS devices and completely private.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skymarks/id6739005862
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SkyMarks @skymarks.bsky.social · Jan 15
SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts. Bookmark any post from the share menu on iOS and the bookmark appears in SkyMarks on any of your iOS devices.

Version 0.6 is available on the App Store at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...

free to use, no in-app purchases
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Does anyone have a feature request for SkyMarks?

SkyMarks 0.10 has been out for a few weeks now and no one has reported any issues. The app does pretty much what I intended for it to do when I started.

If no one else needs more from it, then development will probably slow down from here out.
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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It took longer than I had hoped, but version 0.10 of SkyMarks is out today.

The main change is a more balanced set of tag colors.

Version 0.10 also lets you bookmark a post that’s marked as private, but you have to give your username and password in this case.

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‎SkyMarks
‎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 ...
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March 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Coming soon hopefully, the ability to bookmark a private post (assuming that your account can view it)
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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SkyMarks 0.9 is out! Mac users will see lots of little improvements. iOS users will see just one, but everyone should see better responsiveness, which was greatly needed.

#bluesky #bookmarks
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Version 0.8 of SkyMarks is out.

You’ve had tags, but now you get multiple tags. Filter by quotes AND jokes AND comics, or filter by quotes OR jokes OR comics.

Some other changes, but that’s the main one.

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‎SkyMarks
‎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 ...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I've just released a maintenance update for Skymarks for iOS. Version 0.7.1 is smarter about avatars and adds a single menu item.

The Mac version is still in app review, but will hopefully be released soon.

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‎SkyMarks
‎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 ...
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February 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Pop Quiz:

What about this image would cause SkyMarks 0.7.1 Mac to be rejected by #appstoreconnect?

#buildinpublic #indiedev #Mac #appstore
an image with the text: SkyMarks by Old Jewel Software • Bookmark Bluesky Posts • add notes • tag them • search them • share them • synch them across devices • go back to them at any time • completely private, completely free
February 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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SkyMarks 0.7 is out!

I’m so excited about this one. When I first decided to make SkyMarks, I wanted to be able to tag bookmarks. I’ve been using tags myself the last couple weeks and they’ve been so useful. Glad to give this to the community.

#bluesky #bookmarks

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‎SkyMarks
‎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 ...
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February 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Another day, another attempt to release. I keep finding things that need to be tweaked. At least I got some Mac screenshots out of my work today.

Thanks to @megmp7.bsky.social for posting such a beautiful picture.

#buildinpublic #swiftui #bluesky
list of features for SkyMarks 0.7: SkyMarks by Old Jewel Software • Bookmark Bluesky Posts • add notes • tag them • search them • share them • synch them across devices • go back to them at any time • completely private, completely free screenshot of the SkyMarks 0.7 start page. It gives instructions that say: To bookmark a Bluesky post: 1) Visit Bluesky in your browser and go to a post you want to bookmark (or use the app if you'd like) 2) Tap the Share button in the browser's toolbar 3) Choose "SkyMarks" from the row of options (You may have to tap the "More..." button the first few times) 4) Tap "Bookmark" (The button at the bottom right) 5) Come back to SkyMarks The bookmarked post will be at the top of the list. screenshot of a Mac Safari window with the share button tapped and the SkyMarks menu item selected screenshot of a dialog box in Safari Mac giving the option to bookmark the current Bleusky post
February 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I really wanted to be releasing version 0.7 today, but the process of making decent screen shots is taking longer than anticipated.

🧵

#buildinpublic #swiftui #bluesky #bookmarks
feature list for SkyMarks 0.7: - Bookmark Bluesky Posts - add notes - tag them - search them - share them - synch them across devices - go back to them at any time - completely private, completely free Intro Screen for SkeyMarks 0.7: To bookmark a Bluesky post: 1) Visit Bluesky in your browser and go to a post you want to bookmark (or use the app if you'd like) 2) Tap the Share button in the browser's toolbar 3) Choose "SkyMarks" from the row of options (You may have to tap the "More..." button the first few times) 4) Tap "Bookmark" (The button at the bottom right) # Bookmark 5) Come back to SkyMarks The bookmarked post will be at the top of the list. Screenshot of bookmarking a skeet in Safari Screenshot of the screen that appears when you choose to bookmark a skeet in the browser.
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Version 0.7 is about ready to go live, but not before I've cleaned up the Welcome Screen / Help View.

@ScaledMetric is SO USEFUL for this kind of thing

Happy to take any feedback on which is better and why, but I'm much happier with the second one myself.

#buildinpublic #swiftui
Screenshot of the welcome screen of SkyMarks, version 0.6.3 on an iPhone. It lists the steps you take to bookmark a Bluesky post. Screenshot of the welcome screen of SkyMarks, version 0.7 on an iPhone. It lists the steps you take to bookmark a Bluesky post, just like the first one, but uses a more hierarchical text layout with one more text style. Also, the search bar is gone because there are no bookmarks yet and the button in the top left is just an icon instead of text.
February 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A question:

If you're using Skymarks, what OS are you using? For now, SkyMarks runs on macOS back to 14.6 and iOS back to 17.6.

But I could make it work much faster if I started requiring macOS 15 and iOS 18.

If you need SkyMarks to support an earlier OS, please let me know.

Thanks
February 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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There was an annoying bug in SkyMarks for iOS going back idk how long where you would try to edit a note and the text field would be obscured by chrome above the keyboard.

Version 0.6.3 finally fixes this.

Sorry for taking so long to get to this.

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‎SkyMarks
‎SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmark app for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Bluesky is the biggest thing happening in social media in 2025. It seems like everyone is jumping on board. When you do, though, ...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Version 0.6.1 of SkyMarks is out..

On iPhone, it’s just a (very much needed) performance update.

On Mac, you get some menu items too.

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‎SkyMarks
‎SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmark app for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Bluesky is the biggest thing happening in social media in 2025. It seems like everyone is jumping on board. When you do, though, ...
apps.apple.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Yesterday, I released SkyMarks for Mac. It does everything that SkyMarks for iOS does and it synchs with your iOS devices over iCloud.

Check it out at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...
‎SkyMarks
‎SkyMarks is the Bluesky bookmark app for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Bluesky is the biggest thing happening in social media in 2025. It seems like everyone is jumping on board. When you do, though, ...
apps.apple.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
skymarks.bsky.social
SkyMarks is a little app that you can use to bookmark Bluesky posts. Bookmark any post from the share menu on iOS and the bookmark appears in SkyMarks on any of your iOS devices.

Version 0.6 is available on the App Store at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...

free to use, no in-app purchases
apps.apple.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
skymarks.bsky.social
The todo list is down to one page!

Sadly, animated gifs will be on it for a while longer.
January 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I'm really proud of the look of search results now. super fast and informative bookmarks search

#buildinpublic #swiftlang #swiftui #bluesky
January 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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January 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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SkyMarks 0.5 finally made it through app review

There are a lot of changes, and I’ll be posting about them regularly, but it’s available at apps.apple.com/us/app/skyma...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I promised a TestFlight open beta but never set it up.

Here’s a link if you want to test flight version 0.5

testflight.apple.com/join/kkGzhKKX
Join the SkyMarks beta
Available on iOS
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January 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I should explain what I mean by “free” when it comes to SkyMarks.

It costs nothing to download

There’s no subscription

There are no ads

Your data is your own. It’s not sold to third parties. It stays on your devices.

Why? Because I want people trying it, using it and giving me feedback.

🙏
January 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Version 0.5 has taken longer than expected, but it’s got a few nice features. Here’s a sneak peek.

#buildinpublic #bookmarks #bluesky
January 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Another minor update to SkyMarks has landed. This time, it was a crash that could happen when SkyMarks loaded info about a link included in a post.

I was using a third party library to parse the html of the link. No longer…

#buildinpublic #bluesky #bookmarks

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‎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 m...
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December 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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It’s not been said outright, but the plan is that SkyMarks will let you export your bookmarks to Bluesky as soon as Bluesky has bookmarks.
December 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM