why are there *so* many mastodon apps, but hardly any bluesky ones? is it all the extra stuff like labellers and feeds??

My guess is — №1: Mastodon has been around longer. №2: The Mastodon client-server API is better documented that the Bluesky API.

Here's a whole list of bluesky clients including apps dolciss.notion.site/c03ea7599515...

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

Yeah. Plus you have to run your own backend if you want to have feature parity with the OG app when it comes to push notifications. Yeah. Plus you have to run your own backend if you want to have feature parity with the OG app when it comes to push notifications.

I knew only one (graySky) and afaik it has ceased development and bsky hired it's dev

i'm thinking that the default app and graysky work for most people, plus developing an app when Bluesky is evolving so fast is harder than for Mastodon which has been around for a while.

tbf mastodon has been around for a lot longer, bsky has only been around for like 1-2 years, which means less time for apps to show up

Bluesky really needs an app that feels more native. The official one feels very meh, too much custom ui.

maybe not enough iOS developers on bsky? it's a good time for you to learn and fork graysky :P