Free app to get push notifications for people you follow. Used by > 8000 people! Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.austinwitherspoon.bluenotify iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluenotify/id6738239349 Web: web.bluenotify.apphttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.apphttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ltpmdenavs2gFor those of you who had issues where bluesky's built in post notifications didn't take you to the post, that should be fixed now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpmdenavs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ltfe2l75uc2nBluesky officially has post notifications! BlueNotify will continue to operate for the foreseeable future, but for those of you who don't like having a separate app, now you don't need to have it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfe2l75uc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lqsbbel6nk2hBlueNotify is a free app that gives you notifications when your friends post on Bluesky! You can customize exactly what type of posts you want notifications for, and even filter out certain keywords. It's free for IOS, Android, and your browser. Links in my bio.04 Jun 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsbbel6nk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lptzpxegi22lEverything is back to normal! I'm still not sure what the source of the networking issue was, but it was a great fire drill and BlueNotify is running on the original server again. As far as I can tell, zero notifications were lost despite the issues!23 May 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptzpxegi22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lpsyczy4ys25For the past two hours, most notifications on BlueNotify weren't sending. Sorry for the sudden burst of notifications! All missed notifications were sent all at once when I brought the system back online. It looks like no notifications were missed in the process.23 May 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsyczy4ys25https://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lngublgjc22yJust pushed out a server update that should speed up notifications for posts from popular users. Hank replies in particular used to take up to a minute to send notifications for to everyone, now they should go out in a few seconds!22 Apr 2025 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngublgjc22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lmtafs5a522bNew BlueNotify update v1.2.3! - now you can add "Required words" and "Blocked Words" to fine tune which posts you get notifications for - better UI when you have multiple accounts - fixed a handful of errors that certain users were experiencing15 Apr 2025 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmtafs5a522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ll625w35dk2dBluesky's jetstream is back online. BlueNotify notifications will continue going out (and the system is processing the backlog so no notification should be missed!)25 Mar 2025 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll625w35dk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ll5zigwrfs2dBluesky's jetstream (live API feed of all posts) is currently offline, so BlueNotify notifications will be delayed until it comes back. Interestingly there was a HUGE spike in posts right before it happened. I'm curious if there was some attack on bluesky's infrastructure that did it.25 Mar 2025 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5zigwrfs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ll3if2pvn22oNew update for BlueNotify- iPhones and web users should now see their notification history like android, and you should start seeing images in your notifications! The edit notifications tab should also be faster, along with a lot of other little improvements.24 Mar 2025 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll3if2pvn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ljzxtscxts2yAndroid users who were having issues tapping notifications, it turns out the issue was related to Google Play Services "proxying" notifications before sending them to a code library BlueNotify was using. I've applied a workaround that should have fixed the issue permanently!10 Mar 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzxtscxts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ljijjb62jk2cUsers who had issues where tapping notifications didn't open the bluesky app: I spent all weekend troubleshooting and the bug appears to come from a service google has for handling notifications. I was able to add a workaround that makes notifications tappable again for you!03 Mar 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljijjb62jk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lj7dctafn224I'm trying to investigate a number of reports of notifications not working on BlueNotify but can't recreate them on my devices! If you use BlueNotify it would be a BIG help if you could reply to this with: - Your phone model - Your Android/IOS version - if you're having issues opening notifications28 Feb 2025 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj7dctafn224https://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lijcvbaybc2iThe "Reply to somebody you follow" feature will no longer work if you follow more than 10,000 people Some extreme users following tens of thousands of users were clogging up the pipes and preventing notifications from going out For those users the other options including "Reply" will still work19 Feb 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijcvbaybc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3li6rgaebic2iJust switched over to a whole new backend system for notifications. You shouldn't notice any difference whatsoever (in fact, the new system should be faster and more reliable!) but if you do see anything weird going on with your BlueNotify notifications, let me know!15 Feb 2025 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6rgaebic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lhyljtmabs2zBluenotify's server crashed again last night (it's always while I'm sleeping!), so there were a few hours where notifications weren't being sent out. It's back to normal now, and I'm currently testing a complete rewrite of the code that should be more robust and resistant to outages like this!12 Feb 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyljtmabs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lhfpgt2tn22oBlueNotify should now give you notification sound and vibration on iPhones! To disable, swipe your notification to the left, tap "Options", and go to "View Settings", and turn off the "Sounds" toggle.05 Feb 2025 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfpgt2tn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lgixyuu6vc2sBluenotify had an outage for about an hour and a half this morning while I was sleeping - it turns out the recent influx of users took down the $4 a month server I was paying for, and I've upgraded to a $7 a month server with twice as much CPU. Everything should be running smoothly again now!24 Jan 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgixyuu6vc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lg4ovecrmc2zAll BlueNotify code is open source, you can view the code for the main app here: https://github.com/austinwitherspoon/blue_notify And for the backend servers here: https://github.com/austinwitherspoon/bluenotify-backend If you have any concerns about what data the app tracks, feel free to comment or DM me, but here's an overview:19 Jan 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4ovecrmc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lflf5cypx224Anybody who is interested is welcome to test out the new web version of BlueNotify if you're on a computer and don't want to download the app on your phone! This should work, but I haven't tested it for very long. DM me if you have any issues. web.bluenotify.app12 Jan 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lflf5cypx224https://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lenape3nj22aMaintenance was successful, BlueNotify is back online!31 Dec 2024 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenape3nj22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3len7dowl3c2aBlueNotify will be offline shortly. Should be less than five minutes. If you use bluenotify notifications for anything critical, please be aware to manually check bluesky for the next half an hour. Will post a follow up when server maintenance is completed!31 Dec 2024 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3len7dowl3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ld533gc6r22tBlueNotify is now publicly available on Android! Next up, see if I can get a chrome extension/web version working! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.austinwitherspoon.bluenotify&hl=en_US12 Dec 2024 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld533gc6r22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3ld2vdwnbb22vI've applied for release on the google play store! Final stretch before it'll be publicly available! (You can still join early by DMing me)11 Dec 2024 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2vdwnbb22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluenotify.app/post/3lcxqj4lk6s2nThe issue causing double notifications to be sent out is fixed! It was HIGHLY technical, but if you must know: The "old computer in my garage" that the notification server used to run on "restarted itself last night" and I "forgot to turn disable auto start when the computer turns on"10 Dec 2024 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:ym6dlgdinr7tfljv3tnnobyg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxqj4lk6s2n