# Control Panel for Twitter — user reviews

> 81 indexed App Store user reviews of Control Panel for Twitter by J BUCHANAN & L.J BUCHANAN, rated 4.50/5 from 56 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/control-panel-for-twitter/id1668516167/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/control-panel-for-twitter/id1668516167.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 46 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of Control Panel for Twitter?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Restores old Twitter experience
- 👍 Hides 'For You' tab effectively
- 👍 Removes ads and unwanted content
- 👍 Allows chronological timeline sorting
- 👍 Customizable interface options
- 👍 Developers are responsive
- 👍 Improves usability significantly
- 👍 Worth the price for many
- 👍 Reduces distractions and time spent
- 👍 Works well on Safari browser
- 👍 Saves sanity and accounts
- 👍 Revives the 'bird' logo feel
- 👍 Makes Twitter usable again
- 👍 Great for information gathering
- 👍 Offers many quality of life improvements
- 👍 Essential for tolerable Twitter use
- 👍 Great for adhd and time management

**Cons**

- 🐛 'For You' tab sometimes reappears
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs occur
- 🐛 Does not work on web app mode
- 🐛 Does not work on home screen shortcuts
- 🐛 Can be broken by Twitter updates
- 🐛 Some users experience blank pages
- 🐛 Performance issues like lag
- 🐛 Safari extension issues on iPhone
- 🐛 Not working on PWAs
- 🐛 Cannot resume from last read tweet
- 🐛 App requires broad permissions
- 🐛 Chat drawer link not hidden
- 🐛 'Jobs' not hideable in main menu
- 🐛 'Unfollow' button not visible
- 🐛 'What's happening' function issues
- 🐛 Browser only, not native app

**Commonly reported bugs**

- For You tab reappears
- Extension stops working after a few minutes
- Blank page on x.com
- App crashes or lags
- Cannot resume from last read tweet
- Chat drawer link not hidden
- 'Jobs' cannot be hidden
- 'Unfollow' button not visible
- 'What's happening' function not working in Home tab
- Extension not loading properly
- Safari extension issues on iPhone
- Promoted posts visible again
- Retweets in 'Following' tab
- Timestamps sometimes disappear
- Chronological sorting breaks
- Login errors
- App icon not conforming to dark mode

**Most requested features**

- Allow hiding right sidebar
- Hide 'Quote' under retweet dropdown
- Hide 'X app' link at the top
- Hide recommended users/trends in search input
- Hide 'following' tab text
- Hide all posts by blue ticks
- Option to hide Grok from bottom tab
- Hide community icons from bottom tab
- Ability to mute words within lists
- Separate hide options for follower/following counts
- Custom CSS for hiding elements
- Dark mode app icon
- Block or mute posts from entire communities by account name
- Hide 'Jobs' in main menu
- Make 'Unfollow' button visible
- Allow choice of interactions in minimal mode
- Hide 'What's happening' function in Home tab

## Newest reviews (17 of 81)

### 5/5 — Thanks for timely updates and bug fixes.

*2026-01-07, version 4.19.2*

Awesome app! Chat drawer link in left sidebar still won't go away but doesn't impact user experience; I just ignore it. I bought this because I was literally being harassed by "support" on X who disabled my ability to block spam and bot accounts that kept showing up in the For You, as they were flooding the For You with random irrelevant junk posts and beastiality clips! I was about to just delete my account and give X and that mentally ill aberrant animal E. M. the middle finger. Your app literally saved my sanity and my Twitter account. Best money I've ever spent in the Apple app store. Now I need to find a great app that allows to block or mute posts from entire communities by account name. Twitter (X) started doing this annoying thing where they put tweets from random Communities in the For You as retweets (reposts) also known as spam, so the ability to just block (or mute) all tweets from a community is an absolute necessity so I don't have to see any of their tweets in any search results.

### 5/5 — Quickly Fixed The Issue

*2025-12-21*

There was an issue where it was not possible to hide the for you tab, it is now fixed. Great job.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2025-12-18, version 4.17.1*

Twitter is finally usable thanks to this app.

### 5/5 — Works nicely

*2025-11-24, version 4.15.2*

Cleans up the site very well and lots of customisation options. Hiding blue check replies works and makes the experience a million times better. Thumbs up

### 4/5 — Web app

*2025-11-12*

Doesn’t work on web app mode. Only on safari .

### 5/5 — いつもありがとうございます。

*2025-06-16*

いつもお世話になっております。
このアプリのおかげで、快適に過ごせています。

1つ質問なのですが、Xは
今のところ、フォロワー同士の会話が
見える仕様になっていますが
こちらのアプリで見えなくすることは
技術的に難しいのでしょうか。
もし可能なら、いつか追加いただけると嬉しいです。

### 5/5 — Great!

*2025-06-07*

Great app! I’m wondering, if possible; if you can tell me a Custom CSS string or whatever it’s called to hide the ‘Quote’ under the retweet drop down menu. I keep fat fingering it lol. Great app either way! Thank you!

### 5/5 — いつもありがとうございます

*2025-05-01*

これなしではTwitterを楽しめません
とてもお世話になっております

1つだけ要望がありまして、
フォロー数とフォロワー数を別々に非表示にする機能が欲しいです
（現時点ではどちらも同時に非表示にする機能しかないので）

フォロワー数は確認していたいのですが、
相互フォロワーにブロック等をされてフォロー数が減った時にすぐに気がつきたくないので……

検討いただけると嬉しいです
これからも応援しています

### 5/5 — 設定できない人はスクリーンタイムの設定の見直しを

*2025-04-30*

いつもvivaldi版を便利に使っています。スマホ版でも拡張機能があることを知ったので早速入れました。とても快適です。

はじめに設定しようとしたとき、設定>アプリ>Safari>拡張機能の拡張機能の許可がグレーアウトしていて困惑しましたが、設定>スクリーンタイム>コンテンツとプライバシーの制限をオフを行うと設定できるようになりました！

これでもうまくいかない場合は下記の手順を試してみてください！
・xアプリを削除して、URLを入れたときにアプリが強制起動しないようにする
・設定が反映されていない場合は、safariのURL表示窓の横にあるパズルのピースから飛べる拡張機能の設定を見直す

### 5/5 — soooo grateful for this app ♡

*2025-04-20*

this is the best thing ever! i have adhd & struggle with time management bc i’m always distracted & refreshing for new tweets to read. FINALLY the “for you” page is gone so i can bored enough to leave. i know my mental health & life will improve so much soon

### 5/5 — Truly Amazing

*2025-03-05*

I’ve deleted Twitter so many times but this has helped me use it the way I WANT to use it without being under control of an algorithm.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2025-03-01*

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It blocks all the annoyances and engagement-related stuff.

### 5/5 — Essential

*2025-02-25, version 4.9.0*

So clean

### 5/5 — Amazing and consistent updates!

*2025-02-20*

Love this extension its one of the best I’ve seen, I wish you could hide the right side bar but apart from that it’s amazing! And it updates very frequently!

### 5/5 — Must Have Safari Extension

*2025-02-19*

By far the best extension to Safari. Developer is very responsive to requests. If I had to pick one extension to use and drop the rest, this is the one I’d keep.

### 5/5 — ótimo!

*2025-02-18*

é bom pra se livrar de todo o lixo que o elon musk jogou no aplicativo. gostaria só que as alterações fossem fixas quando levo o twitter no navegador para um atalho na homescreen

### 5/5 — Twitter Essential!

*2025-02-09*

I can’t do Twitter without this app. It’s become a must have for me especially on desktop where I use the web app. I’m happy to see the app constantly receiving updates. Well done, Dev.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — For You Tab Has Returned

*2025-12-15*

I would like to report that the For You tab has returned despite tweaking the settings of the extension to hide it again. Please release an update to address this glitch. I will report back when it gets fixed and give you a 5 star review.

### 1/5 — STILL HAVE A “FOR YOU” TAB!

*2025-08-01*

I paid for this app for one purpose and one purpose alone: to rid myself of that f’ing For You tab. I hate everything on it, I get triggered by the first few tweets that pop up since Elon destroyed it. I don’t care about the other features this app claims to do, I ONLY wanted my FY tab gone and it’s still there. Waste of money. Will dispute.

### 1/5 — 細かなリファレンスが欲しいです

*2024-08-21*

アプリを利用するためには、webページのコンテンツと閲覧履歴、を許可する必要があるようです。なお、上記を許可すると、webページの機密情報(パスワード、電話番号、クレジットカード番号)の読み取りと変更、が出来るようになる、と記載がありました。セキュリティ的に危ないアプリなんでしょうか？

### 1/5 — does not work

*2024-08-04*

Installed thinking this would solve the annoyances but now x.com gives me a blank page. 

Trying to figure out how easy it is to get my money back.

### 1/5 — 立ち上げられない

*2024-05-06*

アプリを購入してインストール後に立ち上げた後に、表示されるボタンを押すと、ただiphoneの設定に飛ばされるだけで、そこで何をするのか？一切指示もなくアプリを使用することができない。有料であるならちゃんと導入手順を説明すべきと思う。非常に不親切なアプリなので注意が必要です。

### 1/5 — Hasn’t worked in weeks

*2024-04-10*

Was great for a while, but the For You tab has been appearing for several weeks now.

### 1/5 — Great Concept, No Execution

*2023-10-25, version 3.21.2*

I paid for this app for 1 reason: To eliminate having to look Elon’s “For You” tab every time I open twitter. It has yet to work in any way. I’m sure that Twitter an Elon are attacking Apps like this. Look like Elon won. Refunds?

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2023-07-31, version 3.13.2*

Sadly this app doesn’t do anything currently

### 1/5 — Does not appear to work at all

*2023-07-31*

Installed it, chose several setttings. Nothing has changed on Twitter's UI. The X logo is still there. The feed still defaults to "For You." Unless I've skipped an important step or something, this extension simply does not work.

**Developer response:** Have you given the extension permission to access Twitter URLs in Safari's Extension settings?

If you have and it's still not working, please DM us at @ControlPanelFT or create an issue at https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter/issues and we can try to help figure out what's happening

### 2/5 — No Longer Hides For You Tab

*2025-12-16*

This great utility, but as of today it does not hide the “For You” tab. Which is the main reason I bought this app for.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — I never write app reviews but...

*2026-05-29*

I basically just downloaded this and I can already feel my brain healing. No more stupid rage-baiting discourse of the day, or weird MAGA ads (despite me constantly blocking and clicking NOT INTERESTED). I was hesitant because I never really spend money on any apps, but given that I knew I wasn't going to delete twitter, nor get my impulse control under wraps, this felt like a reasonable spend that absolutely turned out to be worth it. FYI still completely functional as of May 2026. I made twitter a bookmark, created a shortcut to that bookmark, added the shortcut to home, and changed the shortcut icon to Twitters old icon, so its actually exactly the same. I really dont lose out on any functionality using the browser version (in fact, my app was getting so buggy that this is an improvement). Huge props to the developers for actually making me write a review 😂

### 5/5 — 2026年の神アプリ

*2026-05-24*

アプリのレビューを書くことなどまずないのですが、このアプリは280広告ブロッカーと並んでほんとにおすすめできるアプリです。
古き良きツイッターをこれを入れれば再現できます。

個人的におすすめなのは
・おすすめ非表示
・リツイートを分離
・時系列順に並び替え

あとは好みに応じてグロック非表示やXをツイッター表記にするなどできます。

これを入れてから、おすすめが無くなったことで、フォローしてる人のツイートしか観ることがなくなり、ツイッターを見る時間が減ってリアルを大切に出来る、、、はずもなく、快適になったツイッターでフォロワーとより積極的にリプ送ったりするようになりして、むしろ時間は増えました、、、

ツイ廃にはとても危険で危ないアプリです。よって評価は5です！！

このアプリ作った人は天才です。許さない！！

### 5/5 — 静かな時が戻りました

*2026-05-22*

推しができたので情報収集のためにXを始めたけど、おすすめに過激なポストが多くて疲れてきたので一旦Xからログアウト。おすすめが見えるとつい見てしまうので、フォローした公式の情報だけにできないかと探してこちらを見つけました。
静かに落ち着いて他人の感情に影響されず、情報収集だけできるようになって快適です。交流のためにXを使いたいわけではないので、このアプリは助かります。
前情報なしで入れたので初めさっぱり分からなかったけど、つまりはSafariに拡張機能をつけて、Safariから条件付きでXを開けるようにするんですね。
手順としては、設定でSafariの拡張機能を有効にし、Safariのブラウザーのところでも拡張機能を常に許可すると、Safariブラウザー版Xでおすすめが消える。
私のiPhoneでは、SafariからXにログインするとエラーが出るけど、一度Safariをデスクトップ表示にしてからログインするとエラーが消えて、以後はスマホ表示でも使えてる。

### 5/5 — ホーム画面に追加するとおすすめ投稿が出ちゃう方へ　おすすめします

*2026-03-27*

こちらのアプリで拡張機能を用いた後に、ホーム画面の追加すると元に戻ってしまう方
この方法を試してください

1、拡張機能を用いた後、URLをコピー
2、ショートカットアプリを開いて、右上の＋を押す
3、「アクションを検索」のすぐ下に「スプリプティング」「コントロール」と書かれた列があるので、そこを右に行く
4、1番右にwebがあるのでタップ
5、上から2番目のURLを開くをタップ
6、URLを開くのURL部分をタップし、先ほどコピーしたURLを貼り付ける
7、1番上の「URLを開く∨」をタップ
8、ホーム画面を追加を選んでタップ（ここで好きなアイコンに選ぶこともできます）
9、右上の追加をタップ
10、元のXのアプリは削除する（消さないとアプリに飛ばされるため）

これでやってみてください👌

### 5/5 — Great extension

*2026-03-08*

Hi great work, I was wondering if you could make it so the app icon conforms to dark app icons so it’s not blue when apps are set to dark

### 5/5 — The best money I’ve ever spent on the App Store.

*2026-02-20*

After X  introduced the “For You” page and Grok, it went from being a genuinely educational place to an algorithmic slop feed that was too strong for me to resist. With this plugin, X is just like it was in the old days. Everything that previously caused me to waste time or regret my time spent on that platform is now gone. X  feels like 2018 Twitter again, and for that I am overjoyed.

In addition to the app being useful, the developers are quick to respond to issues and the various options are very, very thoughtful. Keep up the good work, team.

### 5/5 — Worth it!

*2026-02-20, version 4.22.0*

Working well for me as of 11/15/23. 

Edit 10/30/24: Still working great almost a year later and I couldn’t imagine Twitter without it. I don’t miss the app, it feels like I have 99% of the same functionality in my browser with this extension. I can’t even think of a single time that the improvements/new options have glitched or broken. Kudos to the developer for being on top of things.

Edit: Coming back Feb 2026 to say that this is still a lifesaver!

### 5/5 — 買ってよかった

*2026-02-15*

数字が見えるのが嫌だったので、いいねやRPの数を消したくてあれこれやっていましたが、もうこのアプリなしじゃX出来ないです。
「インタラクションモードを表示しない」にしても、先月くらいからポストを開くと下部にリンクが表示されるのを修正して欲しいです。前はいいねをされてもされなくても非表示になっていたのに、今はいいねをされたポストの下には｢いいね｣のリンクが出てそこをクリックすると誰がいいねしたかわかります。RPも同じです。

### 5/5 — Pls keep up

*2026-01-13, version 4.19.3*

I really have high hopes for this project to thrive and be successful 

THANK YOU FOR REVIVING THE BIRD

### 5/5 — Twitter is good again

*2026-01-12*

I can read news without looking at billionaire political propaganda 👍

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*