Apps Like TweetDeck
December 29, 2011
TweetDeck is an iPhone and iPad app that allows you to monitor, manage and become involved in your social world by bringing together the two heavyweights of social networking – Twitter and Facebook – in a powerful and flexible column-based dashboard. The TweetDeck app supports all of the major features of Twitter regardless of whether you have one or multiple accounts. TweetDeck also supports the major features of Facebook.
Even with all the features this app provides, it’s not the only third-party tool for managing Twitter and Facebook accounts. And, although it’s great, whether it’s the best is also a matter of personal preference. To help you decide for yourself, here are some of the most popular apps like TweetDeck.
Developer: Twitter, Inc.
Price: free
Download on the App Store
The official Twitter app is an app that’s dedicated to managing a Twitter account. With the official Twitter app a user can follow their interests: instant updates from their friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening all over the world.
The Twitter app gives the ability to conduct real-time searches in order to keep current on breaking news, trending topics and maps. Like the Tweetdeck app, the official Twitter app supports all the basic Twitter functions and features.
Developer: The Iconfactory
Price: free
Download on the App Store
Twitterrific is another Twitter client that’s been around for awhile. Twitterrific has a full-featured and intuitive user interface that has proven to be popular for many users. The Twitterrific app supports link shortening and also allows you to filter a timeline for particular tweet types and trends. With Twitterrific you can also decide to follow and un-follow (and even block) individual Twitter users easily through the user interface.
Developer: Stone Design Corp
Price: $2.99
Download on the App Store
Twittellator (Free for the basic version; or buy the Premium version that supports multiple accounts and a number of other features). In addition to the basic features such as being able to create new Twitter posts and read the tweets from the people you follow on Twitter, one of the distinctive features of Twittelator is the ability to create and share themes.
Developer: naan studio, Inc.
Price: free
Download on the App Store
Echofon is another full-featured app that, like Tweetdeck, is used for managing your Twitter account. Echofon has a very clean interface and supports for push notifications to alert you when new tweets are waiting. A unique feature of Echofon is its “mute” option that lets you hide specific Twitter users and hashtags. In addition, The Echofon app lets you instantly preview any media (like photographs and video files) that appear in your stream.
Do you know about any other apps like TweetDeck? Tell us about your favorite apps for managing Twitter!
Developer: TweetDeck Inc.
Price: free
Download on the App Store
Tags: social media accounts, Twitter and Facebook, Twitter client
