Tweetings is The Best iPhone Twitter App
Ever since I started tweeting, I have been using Twitterfon, now Echofon as my default Twitter client on my iPod Touch. I always found it to be the closest balance between form and function. However, Twitter is not what it used to be, and there are many new features that were not around back then. Echofon pretty much stayed the same with the exception of some small updates, but never really made the transition to the new Twitter experience, and specifically the addition of Twitter lists.
However, I still used Echofon over other apps since I preferred its UI over the complicated and non user friendly interfaces of the more advanced Twitter apps out there. All that changes today, and Echofon was just moved to my last home screen and in its place came Tweetings. Tweetings have developed three major products, a Twitter client for Windows, Chrome, and iPhone. The Chrome extension didn’t do anything for me, and I am not looking to replace my beloved Tweetdeck, so I focused primarily on the iPhone app.
I was first introduced to Tweetings by a friend of mine on Twitter who announced that it was in her opinion, the number one Twitter app for iPhone, which of course said to me that I need to try it out. So where do I begin? Let me first say that I personally cannot think of one single Twitter feature that is not included in this app. The interface to my surprise did not suffer from the amount of features Tweetings for iPhone supports and it remains simplistic and intuitive, something that cannot be said for many competing apps.
So as for the app itself, upon clicking on the Tweetings icon, the app opens up to your first column, which by default is your friends’ timeline. There are four other icons along the bottom, which are customizable based on your Twitter needs, but we will come back to that later. What is amazing about this app is that on every one of its screens, there are so many different options from which to choose. They really packed in the features here.
So there are the normal tabs, which include mentions, DMs, search, and More. The More tab is where it all goes down. The options are endless. Before getting into the different options under More, first thing you will notice is the Edit button on the top. Click that and you are presented with a screen full of icons representing all the different features you can place in the tabs along the bottom. There are Lists, Mentions, DMs, Search, Go to User, Settings, Favorites, Nearby tweets, Retweets, Accounts, Trends, and a whole lot more. If you know that you will be accessing one of those options frequently, simply drag it to the bottom tabs and replace one of the app’s default tabs.
Like I said, the options are endless, and I mentioned a few above, but I am not going to list them for you. I will just say that if you can think of it, Tweetings has it, and that includes full push notification support. What is amazing about the app in addition to its feature list and its easy interface, is its speed. Contrary to other apps I have tried including Tweetdeck for iPhone, Tweetings responds with a minimal to no delay. As soon as you open the app, you immediately see how many tweets, replies, or DMs you missed. I would have liked the count to refresh once you exit that tab, like it does in Echofon, but you can’t win em all. In Tweetings, you need to manually mark them as read, not the end of the world, but an unnecessary annoyance.
The Twitter Lists implementation is near flawless, and allows you to access your own lists, lists you are subscribed to, as well as lists other people added you to. I added Lists to the tabs instead of Friends, but was a little disappointed that I could not add a specific list. Again, not a big deal, but just leaves me asking why they left this out.
All in all, Tweetings is in fact my personal new favorite Twitter app for the iPhone. It surpasses Echofon when it comes to functionality and the features it supports. As far as I can tell, this app is missing nothing, but would love to hear your opinion in the comments.
Our Rating: 5/5
Developer: Tweetings
