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so is tweetie still the best twitter app?

caligurl

caligurl

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i d/l the free versions of tweetdeck, twitterfon and twitterific to try them out before buying one....

so far i do not like twitterific... too slow and didn't seem to want to respond....

i like both tweetdeck and twitterfon.... but not crazy about tweetdeck's black background (and couldn't find a setting to change it...

i've been looking at threads on here and it seems tweetie is a LOT of people's fave! still? if not.... which one?
 
I've really begun to follow trends and searches so with that Tweetdeck for the iPhone is a no-brainer. Tweetie is still very smooth and slick and great looking but there's just a few things I don't know why they're taking their sweet time on -- like notifications of numbers of how many new unread tweets/DM's/@ replies, etc.

Though I still think that with more updates Tweetdeck is definitely going to pull into the lead.
 
Yeah, I still think Tweetie is the best one out there. I tried TweetDeck today and just like their desktop app there's just too much going on. I like the simplicity of Tweetie and it does everything I need it too.
 
Tweetdeck has a major failure and that's that you can't follow trends. For a free app, it's the best but I think Tweetie remains the overall best (and we still have to get a new Tweetie update soon).
 
I think with twitterfon and tweetdeck, you are set. I use tweetdeck for the group feature(it imports from your desktop client) and twitterfon for everyday tweets. I think using a combination of tweet applications is your best bet.
 
Tweetie is basically Twitterfon with more options. I used Twitterfon forever after i quit using Twinkle and i finally bought Tweetie and tried it.. and it's very much worth the money. Tweetdeck is just.. ew.
 
astrosaurus said:
Yeah, I still think Tweetie is the best one out there. I tried TweetDeck today and just like their desktop app there's just too much going on. I like the simplicity of Tweetie and it does everything I need it too.
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I agree 100%. Tweetie is still the best even though it still hasn't been updated for the twitpocalypse (damn you iTunes!). For right now I'm using Twitterrific. Tweetdeck is a joke right now. You can't follow tends with all the things happening in Iran. It's messy and that makes it worse with a 3.5" screen. They released it too early.

I can't wait until Tweetie 2.0 comes out. It still amazes me that Tweetie on the iPhone has more features than the desktop app (even though that's fantastic itself).
 
str1f3 said:
I agree 100%. Tweetie is still the best even though it still hasn't been updated for the twitpocalypse (damn you iTunes!).
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Agreed. The update has been submitted for a week now.

Hint to Apple: employ some more people to review apps.
 
I've been using Twitteriffic lately. It has a few kinks to work out, but right now I think it's the best looking and best experience for a twitter app. (and I've bought 4 Twitter apps! so I do quite a bit of review)

Order of favorites:

  1. Twitteriffic
  2. Tweetie
  3. Twitterlator Pro
  4. Twitterfon
  5. Twinkle
  6. Tweetsville
 
There's so many other great Twitter apps out there for the iPhone/iPod. Just because Tweetie has had the most recognition by being advertised by Apple months ago, doesn't been it's THE best.

I agree, Tweetie is a fast, slick and great app. But does NOT by any means have the most options, features etc.
 
Waiting on the twitpocalypse update as well (in addition to Beejive). :mad: I can only imagine how maddening as a developer it must be to get negative ratings while the app is sitting with Apple.
 
I swear by both Twittelator Pro and Tweetie.

TP has the edge in that it auto-refreshes/updates itself.

Tweetie has the edge because you can actually delete your own tweet (if you don't like it) and I find it easier to follow someone back on it.

So I keep both!
 
Twitterlator Pro is the best to me. I tried all except tweetdeck. I am not sure that I want to change from twitterlater pro. I heard tweetdeck is just like the desktop though. Search is good on TP, but TD on desktop is awesome. If they implemented it good, I will surely try it out.
 
I use (and quite like) Twitterriffic Premium, but the iPhone as a platform is certainly not lacking for good Twitter clients. Much if it comes down to subjective judgement.
 
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