List of Twitter services and applications
This is a list of notable Twitter services and applications. Twitter's ecosystem of applications and clients crossed one million registered applications in 2011,[1] up from 150,000 apps in 2010. These Twitter apps were built by more than 750,000 developers around the world.[2] A new app is registered every 1.5 seconds, according to Twitter. These various services and applications are designed to work with or enhance the microblogging service Twitter. They are designed with various goals – many aim to improve Twitter's functionality while others set out to make the service more accessible, particularly from other devices. Some applications allow users to send messages (called tweets) directly while others give users the ability to create more complex tweets which they then have to manually post through Twitter itself.
Table
Name | Platform | Notes |
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Brizzly | Website | Purchased Buzz Andersen's iPhone Twitter app Birdfeed,[3] released it as Brizzly iPhone, then sold to AOL in 2010 and was shuttered in 2012. |
Corebird | Linux | Native Gtk+ Twitter Client |
Easy Chirp | Website | Easy Chirp is a web-based Twitter application that is optimized for users with a disability and users of assistive technology. It's useful for those with older technologies such as Internet Explorer 8, low-band Internet connection, and no JavaScript available. The simple interface is ideal for older users, Twitter newbies, and those new to the web and social media. database and of open-sourced Built with Laravel. Made in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
Echofon | iOS (iPhone + iPad) | Echofon is a Twitter client application that implements the full Twitter API for reading, sending, and sharing tweets. Echofon offers both free, ad-supported versions and paid versions of its applications. The free versions include targeted social ads from social API company 140 Proof. Echofon is part of UberMedia.[4] As announced in October 2012 the support for the desktop clients (Windows, MAC) was discontinued.[5] On June 11, 2013, Echofon for Mac was relaunched after public demand.[6] |
Favstar | Website | Favstar is a website that tracks the number of favorites and retweets which each tweet receives from Twitter users. |
fflick | Website | fflick is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films. |
Gnip | API | Twitter Streaming API data aggregator and reseller |
Gravity (Twitter client) | Symbian | Twitter, StatusNet, Facebook, Foursquare, Google reader, Sina Weibo and YouTube client for Symbian |
Gwibber | GNOME Desktop Environment | Twitter and identi.ca client for Linux with GNOME. |
Hotot | Cross-platform; Linux, Windows, Mac OS, Chromium and unofficially also Haiku and AmigaOS. | An open source desktop client for Twitter as well as Identica, developed in Python. As of Feb 9 2014 Development status has been Discontinued. |
HootSuite | Client, website | |
INQ | Android | A social homescreen launcher that allows users to view their Facebook and Twitter feeds directly from their Android homescreen. |
ManageFlitter | Website application | A website application that assists Twitter users with unfollower management and general maintenance tasks. |
NutshellMail | Website | An application that allows users to send tweets, direct message, reply, retweet, follow and search Twitter from any email inbox. |
Qapacity | Website | Allows Qapacity users to manually post updates to Twitter and to automatically update their followers when they add a new service, a new blog post, a service recommendation or when they update their portfolio. |
PeopleBrowsr | Web application and desktop | A data mining, analytics, and brand engagement service provider. |
Rabbit Message | Web application and desktop | Auto and Bulk messaging with a focus on preventing Rabbit Message user accounts from breaching Twitter red-flags. |
SeeNoEvil | iPhone | Users can combine Block and Allow lists to create powerful filter sets with SeeNoEvil. Users can Block or Allow duplicate tweets from likely spambots, retweets, links, media, tweets outside of home language, user-defined numbers of hashtags or mentions, trending topics, or custom keywords. Users can also post, retweet, quote retweet, and favorite directly in the app. |
Seesmic | Website, Air app, Android, and BlackBerry | |
SimplyTweet | iPhone | Twitter client with support for Apple's push notification service. |
Speak To Tweet | Telephone | Users phone a specific number and leave a voicemail; a tweet is automatically posted on Twitter with a link to the voice message stored on Google's SayNow. |
Tweetbot | iOS and Mac OS X | Originally a mobile Twitter client for iOS platform making use of 3rd party picture sites and Apple's Push Notifications; a Mac OS X version was added in October 2012. Tweetbot was created by Tapbots.[7] |
TweetCaster | Android and iOS Application | A mobile Twitter client for iOS and the open-source Android mobile platform. TweetCaster was created by Handmark.[8] |
Twiloco | Website, iOS, Android | A website where users can monitor Tweets containing certain keywords and/or phrases live as they are tweeted. Using Twiloco you are also able to create a presentation of both live tweets matched and tweets you have previously favorited. Twiloco was released on August 6, 2015. |
TweetDeck | Chrome web app and desktop application | A desktop application which allows users to filter and group their own and others' tweets. The iPhone version was released on June 16, 2009. |
Tweetman | Mac OS X | A desktop application which designed for using many accounts and lists. |
Twimight | Android | Twimight is an Android application allowing users to communicate even without cellular or WiFi network access, via peer-to-peer communication, as in MANETs. It also functions as a standard Twitter client, giving access to Twitter and to posting tweets, sending direct messages etc. |
iOS, Mac OS X, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Google TV | Official clients; allowing users to access and update multiple Twitter accounts at the same time. | |
TwitArt.com | Website | A website where users can purchase custom Twitter backgrounds and avatars for their Twitter profile/account. |
Twitdom | Website | An applications directory for Twitter with over 2000 applications making it easy to find a Twitter tool that fits your needs. |
Twitpalas | Website, Android | A website where users can track their Twitter followers and friends. User can see unfollowers instantly and manage friends list. The Android version was released on November, 2013.can upload images to their Twitter feed.[9] |
TwitPic | Website | A website where users can upload images to their Twitter feed.[10] |
Twitterfall | iOS and website | Twitterfall is a way of viewing the latest 'tweets' of upcoming trends and custom searches on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Updates fall from the top of the page in near-realtime. |
Twitterrific | iOS and Mac OS X | An application allowing users to access Twitter and post tweets. |
UberTwitter (Now UberSocial) | BlackBerry, Android, iPhone & Kindle Fire | 1st known as UberTwitter, it's a Twitter app developed by the Uber team for BlackBerry, Android, iPhone & Kindle Fire. |
Tweet Jukebox | Website, iPhone, iPad and Android | Tweet Jukebox is a web-based tweet scheduling app developed by Tim Fargo to schedule tweets and manage content automatically.[11] |
Qweboo | Website | A website to keep up to date with your interests on Twitter. |
TwitMania | Website | A mobile web interface to Twitter's API. It is an alternative to mobile Twitter, bringing you the best tweeting experience to your phone. It is based on a open source project by David Carrington. |
My Tweet Place | Website | A HTML5 Twitter professional tool. |
Dabr | Website | Another open source project from David Carrington. |
Twiterous | Website | Twiterous is a mobile web used to access some of Twitter's media features. It features all important features that will allow you to interact with twitter in a better way. The fastest way to access twitter from your phone browser.
Twiterous is secure. We provides a wrapper around the Twitter API, storing your Twitter login details in an encrypted cookie on your browser. |
Make A Tweet | Website | A mobile web interface to Twitter's API. It is an alternative to mobile Twitter, bringing you the best tweeting experience to your phone. Secure, storing your Twitter login details in an encrypted cookie on your machine, and never stored on the website. |
CitCuit | Website | CitCuit is a mobile Twitter client, alternative of official mobile.twitter.com website. Secure, slim, fast, no ads, no database and of open-sourced Built with Laravel. Made in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
Future Tweets | Website | A free service that lets users to schedule tweets. FutureTweet is a showcase project by SolidFlux, a web development firm from Amsterdam. |
Buffer | Website, iPhone, iPad, Android | Buffer shares your content at the best possible times throughout the day so that your followers and fans see your updates more often. The Buffer team works from multiple countries and continents. |
References
- ^ One Million Registered Twitter Apps, Twitter
- ^ "Twitter Blog: One Million Registered Twitter Apps". Blog.twitter.com. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Thing Labs Acquires Birdfeed, Wikirank to Add to Brizzly — Tech News and Analysis". Gigaom.com. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "TweetUp + PostUp + Echofon + UberTwitter = UberMedia". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Echofon Blog: Last Chance To Update Echofon Desktop Products". Blog.echofon.com. 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Echofon for Mac - It's Back and Better Than Ever! - http://blog.echofon.com/2013/06/echofon-for-mac-its-back-and-better.html
- ^ "Tapbots — Robots for your iPhone & iPod Touch". Tapbots.com. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "TweetCaster for Twitter". Tweetcaster.com. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Twitpalas". Twitpalas.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ Gibbs, Mark (2008-03-31). "Micro-blogging". Network World. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ Kerry Butters (November 30, 2015). "This Fast-Growing Startup Is Taking Twitter Back To The Jukebox Era". Forbes. Retrieved 2 January 2016.