Birdfeed has long been one of the best Twitter clients available on the App Store, but it was expensive for a Twitter app ($5), which limited the number of people using it. So while existing customers might be sad at first to note that Birdfeed has been pulled from the App Store, it’s actually good news all arond: the app was actually just aquired by Thing Labs and rebranded as the excellent and totally free Brizzly for iPhone app.
Brizzly is a neat little web service that integrates Facebook and Twitter into one interface. Using Brizzly on your iPhone will require you to sign up for the free Brizzly service, but like the recent release of the Meebo app, once you sign up you never need to worry about it again.
Otherwise, Brizzly builds upon Birdfeed’s foundation, keeping some of the best features of that client including the helpful character countdown widget and a simple and intuitive user interface, while introducing new features of its own like lists, a pull-down refresh feature borrowed from Tweetie 2, and the Brizzly Guide which allows you to edit and add explanations to Twitter trends. The other usual features are all there too: support for multiple Twitter accounts, photo support, saved searches, custom tabs and so on.
If you’re looking for a good free Twitter app, Brizzly looks like a very safe bet. You can download it now over at the iTunes App Store.
