best twitter app

[dannys95]

what is the best twitter app?

so that i can put all my devs feeds together, watch them all closely. ;)

[Chiller ONE]

I use Twitterific, it works fine for me but I haven't really tested any of the other twitterapps yet.

btw: whats your twitter name? ;)

[dannys95]

I use Twitterific, it works fine for me but I haven't really tested any of the other twitterapps yet.

btw: whats your twitter name? ;)

have not made one yet.
doing research first

[Chase]

Well, it depends on your purpose... so here's the advantages to my 2 favorite free ones.

Pick:

- Twitfire if your focus is super-quick posting. Nice interface, but lacking features like viewing tweets from contacts, @replies, etc. Great for things like live-blogs if you're posting one after another. I know this for a fact :D

- Twitterrific if you want a feature-rich app with a great interface. Does pretty much anything you want from it, and then some.

My Twitter is twitter.com/chasetastic if you ever get one and want to add me. :)

[dannys95]

i got twitterfon. it good! i'll make a account later. i just want it to get tweets from devs like ngmoco and eeen

[Chase]

i got twitterfon. it good! i'll make a account later. i just want it to get tweets from devs like ngmoco and eeen

Really? Well even Twinkle is better than that which has a really nice interface. Takes a minute to load your contacts' tweets the first time around, but after that it's quick. I used it quite a bit before I got more involved in Twitter and I really enjoyed it. It's a really great looking app. Cool sound effects, too :D

[dannys95]

Really? Well even Twinkle is better than that which has a really nice interface. Takes a minute to load your contacts the first time around, but I used to use that before I got more involved in Twitter and I really enjoyed it. It's a really great looking app. Cool sound effects, too :D

i just use if once in awhile to check on devs. anyway, if there are any news it will be here shortly after. which reminds me..... ARN WE NEED A TA APP!

[Chase]

i just use if once in awhile to check on devs. anyway, if there are any news it will be here shortly after. which reminds me..... ARN WE NEED A TA APP!

Yeah, that's what I used it for, too. But that's cool. Your choice. :D

It's also fun to use it to see who's Twittering around you. I was surprised how many people were Twittering within a mile of me!

[dannys95]

Yeah, that's what I used it for, too. But that's cool. Your choice. :D

It's also fun to use it to see who's Twittering around you. I was surprised how many people were Twittering within a mile of me!

i was surprised my neighbors were twittering. :eek:

[istopmotion]

I'm not a serious Twitter user, but I like Twinkle. It gets the job done. I mostly just like to hear news from developers and some people from YouTube.

If you're not a serious Twitter-er like me, I think Twinkle is fantastic, especially because it's free :)

[razorianfly]

How can you not mention Tweetie? [App Store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296415944&mt=8)]
In my opinion, Tweetie is _the_ twitter client for iPhone.

Follow me @razorianfly

R-Fly

[dannys95]

I'm not a serious Twitter user, but I like Twinkle. It gets the job done. I mostly just like to hear news from developers and some people from YouTube.

If you're not a serious Twitter-er like me, I think Twinkle is fantastic, especially because it's free :)

u r using twitter for the same reason as me. :rolleyes:

[CraigLaw]

Here's my picks -

#1 - Tweetie - using this most now because it allows multiple accounts and has a bunch of great features i use (search with ability to save for one). Will cost you a couple bucks so if you're looking for a free app then #2...

#2 - Twitterfon - very clean, easy access to your @, DM. Post to twitpic

#3 - Twinkle (runner-up) - I like this app and turning the phone into landscape and seeing tweets pop up is brilliant. The only reason this isn't my main app is because it doesn't feel like it's main purpose is Twitter. Many of the features I personally need aren't here, but this is still a solid choice too.

That's my 2

[Gregz0r]

TwitterFon is the best for me. Twinkle is too bloated with the sounds and localized thing.
TwitterFon has the cleanest interface, the smoothest scrolling, it's free and has a nice icon! :D

[Chiller ONE]

I tested Twinkle and Twitterfon now and while I didn't care for Twinkle (like Gregz0r says, it feels bloated) I love Twitterfon, its much better than Twitterrific.

I also would like to know what makes Tweetie so special? What functions does it have that other free Twitterclients don't?

[istopmotion]

Ok, you guys got me started on looking for a new Twitter app. I've tested Twinkle, Twitterfon, Twitterific and Twittelator.

So far my top favorites are Twittelator and Twitterfon.

I'm thinking about getting Twittelator pro or whatever for $5 but I could possibly get Tweetie for $3 since I have heard lots of great things about it. Does anyone have Twittelator Pro that could tell me if it's worth it?

Thanks

[BlueGenome]

Twinkle is my favorite one.

[C.S.J]

ok, im new here.

whats twitter? :confused:

[Chase]

ok, im new here.

whats twitter? :confused:

A "Micro-Blog". Hard to explain, but read here: http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=26

Check out my Twitter here, and maybe you'll understand it: twitter.com/chasetastic (http://twitter.com/chasetastic)

[C.S.J]

thx Chase,

im trying it out (kind of.... ) as i find it a little complicated right now, ive never tried anything like this.

i installed Twitterfon as its free, and shall give it a little test drive. :D

[istopmotion]

thx Chase,

im trying it out (kind of.... ) as i find it a little complicated right now, ive never tried anything like this.

i installed Twitterfon as its free, and shall give it a little test drive. :D

Yeah, I have been using Twitter for a couple weeks now and I'm still confused on how some things work. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it and that's why I want to know which Twitter app is most worth the money. :)

[Chase]

thx Chase,

im trying it out (kind of.... ) as i find it a little complicated right now, ive never tried anything like this.

i installed Twitterfon as its free, and shall give it a little test drive. :D

Mmhm :)

My personal favorite Twitter app is Twitterriffic, and I find Twinkle to be nice as well.

Oh, and thanks for following :D

[C.S.J]

ok, i shall try twitteriffic, not the premium though... not paying £6 for that kind of app.

thanks :)

[istopmotion]

I'm really thinking about buying Tweetie. Right now, it looks to be the best Twitter app especially for the price. :)

[C.S.J]

damn, so now i gotta try Tweetie too.

lol

[HerbertKornfeld]

ok, im new here.

whats twitter? :confused:

ddO9idmax0o


And as for the original question, Tweetie is by far the best. Twitterific has the better design, in my opinion, but Tweetie has a much more functional feature set. And with the latest update to Tweetie, there is a “simple” theme that is much better. It goes a long way towards matching even Twitterific in design.

With Tweetie, you can have multiple accounts. You can search for any term that you want, and you can view trends that are currently occurring on twitter across the public timeline. You can limit your results to direct messages, and you can even search for tweets that are geographically close to you.

Another great feature that I enjoy with Tweetie is that you can view that original tweet that someone’s @response is a reply to. And when you follow this, you can view the other persons recent messages, their profile, and you can see the people that they follow. You can also manage your account, on a rudimentary level, by following and unfollowing people. It also scrolls like butter.

If you are a casual user, or are just dabbling in twitter, you’ll probably be fine with one of the free alternatives. But if you are serious about twitter, and follow more than a dozen people, you can’t go wrong with Tweetie.

(I sound like a commercial.)

[istopmotion]

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o)


And as for the original question, Tweetie is by far the best. Twitterific has the better design, in my opinion, but Tweetie has a much more functional feature set. And with the latest update to Tweetie, there is a “simple” theme that is much better. It goes a long way towards matching even Twitterific in design.

With Tweetie, you can have multiple accounts. You can search for any term that you want, and you can view trends that are currently occurring on twitter across the public timeline. You can limit your results to direct messages, and you can even search for tweets that are geographically close to you.

Another great feature that I enjoy with Tweetie is that you can view that original tweet that someone’s @response is a reply to. And when you follow this, you can view the other persons recent messages, their profile, and you can see the people that they follow. You can also manage your account, on a rudimentary level, by following and unfollowing people. It also scrolls like butter.

If you are a casual user, or are just dabbling in twitter, you’ll probably be fine with one of the free alternatives. But if you are serious about twitter, and follow more than a dozen people, you can’t go wrong with Tweetie.

(I sound like a commercial.)

Thank you!! This helped me a lot and I've decided to get Tweetie :)

[Noah]

I just want something that opens to a text box, where I can type in my message, click SEND and be done with it.

[istopmotion]

I just want something that opens to a text box, where I can type in my message, click SEND and be done with it.

Twitterfon is my favorite free one. It does that + more. :)

[Chiller ONE]

Thx for the Tweetie review, I'm seriously thinking of getting it now. :)

[CraigLaw]

Excellent post here. I'd also add it's the quickest Twitter app in all regards of it's functionality.

The only issue that I have with it (albeit minor) is that you have to manually refresh the tweets - there is no way to automatically display new tweets as they're sent. In all fairness, I don't think that most of the clients do this (for some reason Twinkle does).

I use Tweetie and am very happy with it. Definitely worth the few bucks if you are planning on using Twitter on a regular basis.

I'd say you sound more like an evangelist than a commercial :)

CL

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o)


And as for the original question, Tweetie is by far the best. Twitterific has the better design, in my opinion, but Tweetie has a much more functional feature set. And with the latest update to Tweetie, there is a “simple” theme that is much better. It goes a long way towards matching even Twitterific in design.

With Tweetie, you can have multiple accounts. You can search for any term that you want, and you can view trends that are currently occurring on twitter across the public timeline. You can limit your results to direct messages, and you can even search for tweets that are geographically close to you.

Another great feature that I enjoy with Tweetie is that you can view that original tweet that someone’s @response is a reply to. And when you follow this, you can view the other persons recent messages, their profile, and you can see the people that they follow. You can also manage your account, on a rudimentary level, by following and unfollowing people. It also scrolls like butter.

If you are a casual user, or are just dabbling in twitter, you’ll probably be fine with one of the free alternatives. But if you are serious about twitter, and follow more than a dozen people, you can’t go wrong with Tweetie.

(I sound like a commercial.)

[istopmotion]

Excellent post here. I'd also add it's the quickest Twitter app in all regards of it's functionality.

The only issue that I have with it (albeit minor) is that you have to manually refresh the tweets - there is no way to automatically display new tweets as they're sent. In all fairness, I don't think that most of the clients do this (for some reason Twinkle does).

I use Tweetie and am very happy with it. Definitely worth the few bucks if you are planning on using Twitter on a regular basis.

I'd say you sound more like an evangelist than a commercial :)

CL

Actually, every time that I've used Tweetie so far, it has refreshed my tweets automatically. :) I think they must have updated it recently?

[CraigLaw]

Really? I have to hit the button at the top to see new tweets? Now I'm curious

CL

Actually, every time that I've used Tweetie so far, it has refreshed my tweets automatically. :) I think they must have updated it recently?

[istopmotion]

Yeah, I kinda worded that strangely. I meant to say that most Twitter apps don't refresh and Twinkle does.

CL

Oh, Ok. Thanks for clearing that up

[field5]

so how can I get info about iphone games on twitter? I installed twitterfon on my app....how do you guys get good updates? is there somethin glike toucharcade on twitter or something like that?
thanks

[spmwinkel]

Game developers on Twitter:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=2021
This topic also contains some links to TouchArcade members on Twitter, which is fun too. :)

Websites on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/toucharcade
http://twitter.com/SlideToPlay
http://twitter.com/148Apps
http://twitter.com/iPhoneAppAttack
http://twitter.com/ituneappreviews
http://twitter.com/AppVee

[field5]

Awesome! You rock spmwinkel!
thanks alot!

[spmwinkel]

Glad I could help. :)

[steviet]

I use twitteriffic and can't complain, it does what i need and its free :D

i tried twinkle but really didn't get on with it

[Oliver]

I use Twitterfon.

I was a long-time Twinkle user since iPhone OS 1.1.4, but I got tired of the lack of updates, the unknown-server-errors and the bugs in their functions (block still does not work, you can still get private messages from people, you don't follow, twitter/tapulous-bridge is still unreliable etc. etc.). Since I hate Twitteriffic I took a look on other apps and then found Twitterfon. It's great. It's free. It has a self-filling address book, an interface wich is optimized for few taps and even a location based search and full-text search.

The dev brings out updates very fast, responds to EVERY tweet and you have access to their ticket system and roadmaps.

[dannys95]

i'm using twitterfon. its clean, fast, and really i barely use it. i just use it to keep an eye on the devs. oh well, if a mod wants you can close the thread now.

[istopmotion]

Ok, just to sort of summarize this thread, most people say this:

Best paid Twitter app: Tweetie

Best free Twitter app: Twitterfon

That's for anyone who's wondering. :)

PS I love both of them. Twitterfon is easily the best free one and Tweetie is the best especially at it's low price of $3.

[henr1kk]

IMO, Twinkle is the best (free) app.
I used Twiterrific for a while but didn't like it...
Twinkle is really easy to use and it has a fantastic interface.

[briansanderson]

Tweetie:

http://tinyurl.com/5kvay8

Enjoy.

[Oliver]

Twinkles greatest feature is the nearby view. But you can't really compare twinkle to other twitter clients - it is no twitter client.

[Flowbee]

Twinkles greatest feature is the nearby view.

Tweetie has the 'Nearby' view, too.

[Oliver]

No twitter client has a nearby search similar to twinkle because twitter does not save this information. What the twitter clients offer is a search for tweets written by persons near you. Twinkle displays the tweets written near you. That means, that in twinkle each tweet has the information saved where it was written, where in twitter this information is missing and all tweets show up at the location which is set in the twitter profile.

[synagence]

I've got twittelator pro which seems to be the one i keep going back to ... although i have tweetie as well but there are a couple of things i don't like about tweetie.

[Wegmans]

TwitterFon is much better than Twitterific for what i need... which at this point is just playing around.

[Hodapp]

Twinkle if you're in to having your local feed stuffed with girls posting stupid crap and 14 different guys @-ing them back stuff like "hey girl how U DOIN" after every post.

Tweetie if you're actually using Twitter for anything else.

[jpxdude]

+1 for Twinkle

The Nearby feature is more of a dual function, and doesn't interfer with the Twitter portion as is implied above, it just links you also to the Tapulous server which only picks up nearby Twinkle 'tweets'.

It works reliably for me to keep up with my regular Twitter tweet feeds, as well as reading random tweets from other Twinkle users closeby.

[Oliver]

Please, do not mention Twinkle in a thread for Twitter clients. Twinkle is no Twitter client. It's a client for the Tapulous network. and the Tapulous network *tries* to sync itself to the Twitter network. When I say it tries it, I mean it fails with doing so. I used Twinkle on the 1.1.4 firmware (jailbroken) and now the bought version of the AppStore for months and then had enough. They are often out of sync with Twitter. You not only have the Twitter outages, but also the Tapulous outages. And you have some people who are only on the Tapulous network and not on Twitter. And when you have people on Twitter with the same name as OTHER people on the Tapulous network, the chaos is perfect. The block functionality is still broken and always forgets people which I blocked and there I could go on and on and on. It just sucks.

So, to come to a conclusion, Twinkle is no Twitter client, the Tapulous network tries to stay in sync with Twitter, which fails due to a number of obvious reasons, the software is buggy and gets very few updates.

Don't misunderstand me: I want to like Twinkle and used it for months, but Tapulous broke it, both with the software on your iPhone and with the software running on their servers.

Most other real Twitter clients also offer something similar to nearby based on the Twitter search. Due to Twitter not saving the location with tweets but in your profile (and therefore, all tweets are matched to this one location), this is something different than what Twinkle does, but it works most of the time. TwitterFon for example makes use of this location based search with autoupdates etc. in an outstanding form.

Edit: And there's also a new app called Lounge. They offer a Mac and iPhone client and plan to sync between both of them. The iPhone client feels a bit clunky, but they offer great features and integrate the search stuff like no other client does. The Mac client is better though.

[PeterM11]

Tweetie all the way.

[goblues11]

tweetie or twitterfon

[synagence]

Since Twittelator Pro went to 2.0 i've gone back to it.... its now my #1 twitter app.

Twitterfon is my backup one but i have used Tweetie too and its cool too

Agree that Twinkle isn't the best way to go

[Khayman]

+1 to Twitterfon! it works great!

[spamboy]

Twitterfon is clean, simple, and functional.

[Vester]

twitterific 0.o

[rivgambino]

Had to revive this thread right quick as I am curious to see if Tweetie is still the best paid twitter app on the market? I currently have twitterfon and I like it but was thinking of upgrading very soon ( like tonight so someone just say yes so I can spend more app cash! ). Sorry for my sudden outburst, as I was saying....Tweetie = the bee's knees? Thanks

[superbad]

UMMMM tweetie please!

[coconutbowling]

I'm personally fine with just twitteriffic. It gets the job done and nothing else. Plus, it's free.

[rivgambino]

I was looking at twitterrific and I didn't care much for the look, since its free though I will grab it and take a look at it first hand. Does the premium version warrant the $9.99 price tag? Not that I want that one, just curious when I saw the price.

[Galaxius]

I was looking at twitterrific and I didn't care much for the look, since its free though I will grab it and take a look at it first hand. Does the premium version warrant the $9.99 price tag? Not that I want that one, just curious when I saw the price.

Nooooo way. Get Twitterfon!! It's free and is basically Tweetie (probably the best one you can get)

[Khayman]

Tweetie and Twitterfon

[Crypton]

I had twitterfon and twitterrific, but as I got tweetie they were easily dropped.
Simply the best twitter app on an iDevice!
The premium version of twitterrific is withouth the adds and with multiple twitter accounts. tweetie has that for a smaller price tag!

[Sainter]

Tweetie hands down, best of the best

[iGewappnet]

Tweetie hands down, best of the best
TwitterFon became a strong competition. Nearly all of the functions of Tweetie are present in the current version of TwitterFon.

[Stykman]

I like twitterfon

[TheeGravedigger]

Has anyone tried out Twitterstack yet? Based on the review, http://www.whatsoniphone.com/reviews/tweetstack-review, it might be worth getting, if only because sometimes I want to just view my close friends and other times I'll want to see if anything is new in general.

[megami]

I like Twitterfon, I like the layout

[rivgambino]

I am currently using twitterfon & tried a few others so far but still like twitterfon the best so far. Someone I know kept telling me to get twinkle which I liked the location part alot but seemed like a tapulous app and not a twitter one. Anyways gonna buy Tweetie right now. I gotta start following some more devs though and if anyone has any suggestions to someone new to twitter let me know. I also need people to follow my randomness! lol, thanks again for the replies.

[rivgambino]

I bought Tweetie and like it alot, I keep going back & forth though with twitterfon. I need more time to decide which one I like more.

[jchampl]

i like twitterfon

it's free and works perfect for what i want it to do.

[rootbeersoup]

Paid: Tweetie

Free: TwitterFon or Twitterrific

Tweetie is siply the best mobile twitter app on ANY mobile device... I'm a very jealous Blackberry user

[android]

I like TweetDeck.

[iMario]

Tweetie 2 pwns. Still waiting for Twiba though.