Tapbots Releases Ivory 2.3 – and Announces That Phoenix, a Bluesky Client, Is Coming

Tapbots:

v2.3 is now available on the App Store for Mac and iOS/iPadOS! What’s new?

  • Grouped Notifications (Mention and Notification tabs are now merged)
  • Support for AlphaNumeric Post IDs (Can now log into more services like GoToSocial)
  • Accessibility Improvements
  • Bug Fixes

I don’t like grouped notifications, but I’ve got nothing to complain about, because there’s a simple toggle at the top to just show mentions. Perfect.

The big news from Tapbots, though, is the announcement of Phoenix, a dedicated client for Bluesky:

Why two different clients? Why not one that supports both?

While there may be some conveniences of an app that supports multiple social media protocols, we believe the experience will be much better overall if we keep them separate. We do plan to provide a way to cross-post between them so you don’t have to write duplicate posts.

Hear hear to that.

★ Wednesday, 5 March 2025