iPhone App Review: Twitterrific is even better than the desktop version

by Jay Hathaway Jul 12th 2008

Sometimes Download Squad has to agree to disagree about a new app, and this is one of those times. Although some on the team have knocked the iPhone version of Twitterrific, I actually like it better than its big brother on the desktop. What can the iPhone version do that the desktop version can't? Well, for one, it can pop Twitter open within the app - sometimes you want to scope someone's page (to see what a friend was replying to, for example). I haven't seen another iPhone app that uses the same trick to browse web pages without quitting and switching to Safari.

Just like the browser trick, the rest of the UI is elegant. Tweets look great and are easy to read - the premium version lets you switch to a lighter theme that also looks good, if that's up your alley. @reply links are clickable, and short profiles are viewable without opening a webpage at all. I'll grant that there seem to be some issues with icon caching - when a tweet goes off-screen, the icon has to be reloaded when you scroll back to it -- but I'm not sure if that's an iPhone issue or a Twitterrific one. Throw in the ability to update your location with the iPhone's built in location services, and this is an app that uses the platform to its fullest.

Tags: Iconfactory, iPhone, iPhone applications, iPhone apps, IphoneApplications, IphoneApps, Twitter, Twitterrific

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Gedeon Maheux said 5:08PM on 7-12-2008

Thanks for your words of support Jay, we appreciate it. Like all 1.0 releases, Twitterrific has some issues that need resolving. Your readers need to know the software will only get better in the day and weeks ahead, so we encourage them to give Twitterrific a try. Its a whole new world out there and we're feeling our way as we go just like everyone else. Stay tuned!

Jimbo said 8:11PM on 7-12-2008

I can't wait until you guys review this thing a third time.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/12/iphone-app-review-twitterrific-exercises-your-edge-connection-a/

Jay Hathaway said 8:12PM on 7-12-2008

We had some disagreement about this app, so we compromised and presented the pro and the con side of things.

Jerad said 4:58PM on 7-15-2008

Check out my video review of this app on http://iphoneapppodcast.com

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