Cult of Mac favorite: Tweetie (iPhone app and Mac OS X app)

Craig Grannell ()

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What it is: A multi-account Twitter client, available for iPhone and Mac OS X.

Why it’s good: Both versions of Tweetie succeed in marrying a usable UI with a strong feature set. Although Tweetie for iPhone and Tweetie for Mac share some aspects of design, both play to the strengths of the host platform. On iPhone, Tweetie makes the most of the touch display, and its efficient UI means there’s never any stuttering. On Mac, Tweetie has keyboard shortcuts for practically every action, and its sidebar deals with the thorny issue of multi-account UI without resorting to tabs. In both cases, the app is feature-rich, providing a great experience for most Twitter users. The 1.1 update also brings saved searches, Growl support, and a bunch of other tweaks and fixes.

Where to get it: Tweetie for iPhone is available on the App Store for $2.99. Tweetie for Mac is available from atebits.com. By default, Tweetie for Mac is supported by unobtrusive and surprisingly relevant ads, but you can make them optional by paying $19.95.

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Craig Grannell

Craig Grannell is Cult of Mac's designer and an occasional contributor. He also runs iPhoneTiny.com, a Twitter-driven reviews site for iPhone apps and games. Follow Craig on Twitter @CraigGrannell and visit his website, Snub Communications.

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  • Don

    Tweetie for Mac is decent, but needs A LOT more features/fixes for it to be worth the $20 just to remove some ads. Especially compared to all the FREE ad-free options there are for use on the desktop.

  • http://www.snubcommunications.com Craig Grannell

    Frankly, I see the $20 fee more like a supportware fee than shareware. After all, the ads aren’t intrusive anyway and are actually surprisingly relevant. As for features, 1.0 was missing some stuff, but I’m very satisfied with 1.1.1, and the usability of the app blasts the competition to pieces.

  • mtz

    Do these sync together? I really would love to have an iPhone client that “knows” what has already been pushed to me on my desktop client, and visa versa.

  • http://searchjaywontdartoniTunesformypodcast jaywontdart

    Hey, its good enough for Stephen Fry, quit ur whinin!

  • Thomas

    I much prefer Hahlo 3 with Fluid running as a menu extra.

  • Thomas
  • http://www.snubcommunications.com Craig Grannell

    There’s no sync, but then there’s no real need—all the data just gets fed from Twitter. (I guess one might argue that sharing ‘unreads’ across platforms could be beneficial, but since skipping via scrolling is so rapid, I don’t think this is a problem.)

  • Jason

    I also agree with mtz, that I would like them to sync. I think it would be great to already know what you looked at. If you used Tweetie for iPhone and then went to your Mac. You wouldn’t be looking at the same thing twice. I think this should be integrated.