Birdsong Apps

Three apps for Eurosky and Bluesky

Apps for the open social web.

Birdsong Apps makes Skeets, Flashes and Blinky: three apps that feel like they belong on your iPhone, for a social network you can leave without losing your friends. Built in Berlin.

See the apps Why we build them this way
Skeets The Skeets timeline Flashes The Flashes For You feed with stories Blinky A video in Blinky's For You feed

The apps

One network, three ways in.

All three sign in to the same account. Pick the one that fits how you use it, or keep all three.

Skeets

The full client, for people who read a lot.

  • Refresh without losing your place.
  • Edit posts, unroll threads, translate your whole feed.
  • Image descriptions written on your iPhone, made for VoiceOver.
  • iPhone and iPad.
Download Skeets on the App Store skeetsapp.com
The Skeets timeline on an iPad, with the sidebar
The Skeets timeline on an iPhone
The Flashes feed on an iPad, with the sidebar
A photographer's profile in Flashes on an iPhone, their photos in a grid

Flashes

Photos and video, with a feed that learns what you like.

  • Stories, filters, and a profile that works as a portfolio.
  • Find photos by camera, lens and hashtag.
  • A push notification that shows the photo.
  • On the web too, at app.flashes.blue.
Download Flashes on the App Store flashes.blue

Blinky

Short video, posted in one motion.

  • Hold + to record. Let go, and it posts.
  • Subtitles written on your iPhone.
  • For You, Following, and the community's video feeds.
Download Blinky on the App Store blinky.social
A video of Kelingking Beach playing in Blinky
A cooking video in Blinky with its subtitles

Why we build them this way

Four things every Birdsong app gets right.

Native, not a web view

Built with Apple's own tools. Scrolling, sharing, the keyboard and the share sheet work like the rest of your iPhone.

Accessible by design

VoiceOver everywhere. Image descriptions and subtitles are written on the device, so they are there before you post.

Your account stays yours

Built on the AT Protocol, the open network behind Eurosky and Bluesky. Move your account between providers and keep your followers.

Made in Berlin, for Europe

Eurosky first, Bluesky too. Your data stays on servers in Europe when you choose a European provider.

In the press

Flashes made the news.

TechCrunchThe VergeGizmodoLifehackerPetaPixelPCMag
Press kit and coverage on flashes.blue
120,000+Flashes downloads on the App Store
4.5Average rating, from 340+ App Store ratings
3Apps, one account, one small team in Berlin

About

An independent app company in Berlin.

Birdsong Apps is run by Sebastian Vogelsang. We build for the open social web because a social network should be something you can leave without losing your friends, and an app should be something you enjoy opening.

Press, partnerships, or a question about one of the apps: write to us.

Emailhi@birdsongapps.com
OfficeBirdsong Apps GmbH
Wilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 12
10179 Berlin, Germany
SupportSkeets support · Flashes support · Blinky support