Flashes has just launched as an excellent Instagram alternative for Bluesky recently, but it is iOS only, which leaves the vast majority of the world out in the cold. The Fediverse also has Pixelfed as a similar alternative to Instagram, but for the Fediverse.
From what I can see of Pinksky, this app is maybe the closest then that Android users have to an Instagram alternative on Bluesky.
The app subtly puts the photo before any post text, and there is also an option to filter on photo posts only. The two images below show the different ways that the Bluesky and the Pinksky apps show the same post.
What also makes the Pinksky app quite useful for finding images is the way it presents the Search screen. Below, I entered the search term “Landscape” and it defaults to Top posts, but you can change that to Recent Posts.
Although you can put the search term “reels” in, and view the results in a grid layout, it would be great if Pinksky rather added a new filter to their main feed view, which could filter just on reels that can be scrolled up the screen.
The link below will take you to the Pinksky site, which will display on a desktop or mobile app. But you can also opt to install their app from the two mobile app stores. It looks like it is a web app implementation, which is why it is cross-platform compatible.