The Best Twitter App?

Posted by Tom Blue on January 8, 2009 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

I have been in a search for the best twitter application on the desktop. I am looking for something that allows me to filter tweets a bit better so I figured I would do a review on all the apps I try. Later I will do the same for the best iPhone twitter apps. Keep in mind that I ran through these applications quite quickly and might have missed some features. I figure if the application doesn’t make a feature prominent it probably isn’t worth much.

Twhirl: This is the app I have been using for the past month. I like that it alerts me when you have a new tweet, but I imagine that could be annoying if you are following lots of people. I also like that you can have multiple accounts listed. The filter is a good idea, but it needs to be a larger focus. I don’t want to have to enter in each user’s nickname every time. Can’t we make a group for different friends/users?

Google Gadget: I kept getting errors when trying to load this gadget so I had to stop wasting time.

TweetDeck: If you don’t already have it, you have to download Adobe Air first to use this application. A-ha! They have groups! It is very easy to name a Group and then add the Tweeple. From there, the group will be shown in the column on the far right. Past the Direct Messages area. Use the scrollbar at the bottom if needed. I have a feeling I will be using TweetDeck.

Blogo: This app costs $25 so I didn’t review it.

Digsby: This app looked interesting, but it had more features than I needed. I am only looking for pure twitter applications.

Spaz: This app was also created with Adobe Air. I really didn’t find any additional features with Spaz. It looks like it just provides the basic features of twitter. That is it.

Snitter: Same as spaz, nothing different.

Twiteroo: Nothing really different, but I did like their interface. They made it so simple. The only problem is that I could not find where you edit any of the settings.

Right now, my vote is for TweetDeck. I am going to start using their app over Twhirl’s. What I have learned from doing this search is that there are way too many twitter applications.