The best Twitter app
I feel for the developers of this app. To be cut off completely from the API without any communication is unforgivable. This was my go to app for Twitter. The interface was intuitive and easy to navigate. The official Twitter app is crap and I’m not using it. This has been my last straw with Twitter. I’m closing my Twitter account after I pull my data. What a shame one man, Elon Musk, can destroy so much. In any regard, thanks to the folks at Tapbots for a great app that is now unusable through no fault of their own.
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Thank you devs!
Tweetbot has easily been my most used app over the past decade. I bought the first iteration as it was released back in 2011 and have used it ever since. The app has been such a delight to use and we were fortunate to have software of such caliber. It’s truly terrible that the new Twitter team has decided to immediately revoke access to the API with no regard for developers or users. I will fondly remember using Tweetbot daily. Thank you so much Tapbots team!
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The Best, and ONLY, Way Twitter Made Sense
I do not understand how anyone deals with the algorithmic timeline on Twitter’s website or official App. I have used Tweetbot for ages and to see it sunset’d in such a ham fisted and disrespectful way has put me off Twitter. The TapBots team had no warning from Twitter that this was going ti happen and then 5 days after the fact, we all got a nice Tweet from Twitter support declaring “these devs broke the rules lulz!” Inexcusable.
My experience using Mastodon thus far has been splendid, albeit sparse on content since not a ton of folks are there yet. Hopefully with time, we’ll have a great community there.
RIP Tweetbot. I’ll gladly fork over money for Ivory the first opportunity I get. Best of luck.
My experience using Mastodon thus far has been splendid, albeit sparse on content since not a ton of folks are there yet. Hopefully with time, we’ll have a great community there.
RIP Tweetbot. I’ll gladly fork over money for Ivory the first opportunity I get. Best of luck.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Thank you Tapbots for an amazing app. It’s a shame the service you worked so hard to support and evangelize has forsaken you in the most insulting and incompetent of ways. Your work was appreciated for years, and I happily paid my small portion to have the best experience on the bird site as possible.
Truly one of the all time greats of iPhone apps.
You will be missed. Godspeed.
Truly one of the all time greats of iPhone apps.
You will be missed. Godspeed.
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Tweetbot makes Twitter better
Tweetbot is the only way I have used twitter for many many years. I have Tweetbot on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I would pay much more than the low annual subscription for it—it is that useful and valuable. Right now, Twitter has unethically shut down third-party app access, including Tweetbot. I’ve been forced to use Twitter’s ‘official’ app—thanks, I hate it. I hope Twitter will come to their senses and re-enable Tweetbot’s API access—but it seems unlikely, at least under current leadership. Until that changes, I am thrilled to be using the early access version of Ivory—the Mastodon client from the good people behind Tweetbot. Onward!
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The best twitter app. Soon to be releasing the best Mastodon App.
This has been my go to twitter app for many years. I’m disappointed to see it go. Please update and add an option to tip. I’d like to support you guys financially. I know you’ll be releasing Ivory soon (and it would be kinda cool if this app just “updated” into it). Please be sure to build in a tip option into that app!
I’m already using the TestFlight for Ivory and it’s already my favorite Mastodon client. Missing a couple of features but I know you’ll get to them soon.
Thanks for all your hard work.
I’m already using the TestFlight for Ivory and it’s already my favorite Mastodon client. Missing a couple of features but I know you’ll get to them soon.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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RIP
When a lot of people I knew were leaving Twitter, I always said I would go down with the ship. It’s been too important a part of my life for the last decade, and still provided too much value, for me to quit cold turkey.
At least I thought. Since Twitter cut access to third party apps, I haven’t returned. Twitter’s official app and functionality are atrocious, and seem designed specifically to make the experience of accessing the community worse. I know I cut my self among those who have left Twitter, though not for any philosophical reason. Simply put, without the filter of Tweetbot, it is just a bad product.
Seeing that, Tapbots is developing an app for Mastodon has finally convinced me to create an account there, and I eagerly await it’s release.
At least I thought. Since Twitter cut access to third party apps, I haven’t returned. Twitter’s official app and functionality are atrocious, and seem designed specifically to make the experience of accessing the community worse. I know I cut my self among those who have left Twitter, though not for any philosophical reason. Simply put, without the filter of Tweetbot, it is just a bad product.
Seeing that, Tapbots is developing an app for Mastodon has finally convinced me to create an account there, and I eagerly await it’s release.
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Thanks for many great years
I got started on Twitter because I had heard of a brand new app called Tweetbot and wanted to try it out. All these years later, I’m still using Tweetbot. I was, until an insecure billionaire’s fragile ego killed off all third party Twitter clients.
Mastodon is a much nicer platform - best of luck with the upcoming Ivory release. I’ve been using the beta for quite some time and it’s really excellent.
Thanks for all the years of support and being the best Twitter experience out there. (Twitter has ads? Who knew? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Mastodon is a much nicer platform - best of luck with the upcoming Ivory release. I’ve been using the beta for quite some time and it’s really excellent.
Thanks for all the years of support and being the best Twitter experience out there. (Twitter has ads? Who knew? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
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A landmark app
Tweetbot is why I ended up engaging a lot more with twitter around 2013. And over the ensuing 10 yrs, I’ve grown my professional network on twitter. I’ve been invited to conferences, to speak at conferences. I met my book coauthor on twitter. And a lot of this woulda been a lot harder if I didn’t have an app for that platform that was a delight to use.
Thank you for a decade of excellent user experience. I can’t wait to pay you again for Ivory.
Thank you for a decade of excellent user experience. I can’t wait to pay you again for Ivory.
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Tweetbot was why I used Twitter
Now that baby Elon has begun vanquishing the final elements of innovation from Twitter, I come here to say that Tweetbot is the reason I have enjoyed Twitter these last 12 years. Using the official app for one day had made it clear to me that my time on Twitter is coming to an end. Ivory will keep Tweetbot's memory alive, and hopefully we will look back on its loss as a sacrifice towards a more open, decentralized, and innovative social platform. Many thanks to Paul and Mark and their efforts over these many years, and we are fully with you.
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Elon nuked it without warning
Stop giving Tweetbot one-star reviews for something they have no control over. For over a decade this app made Twitter usable. Now that it’s just become Elon’s attempt to recoup the $44,000,000,000 he overspent, I have no use for the official app. It’s awful in every single way. Hoping Tweetbot works at some point in the future, but for now RIP Tweetbot. Thanks to Tapbots for all their hard-work.
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Thank You, Tapbots!
After Twitter bought Tweetie and ruined it, Tweetbot stepped up to show that the mobile Twitter experience could still be fantastic. Twitter’s been slowly eroding the 3rd-party API for years now, so it was clear the end was inevitable. Now that it’s here, I feel bad for Tapbots. Tweetie is an amazing app, and has been the only way I’ve accessed Twitter on my phone for 11+ years. It’s the only app I’ve purchased a subscription for. I wasn’t considering moving to Mastodon, but now that Ivory has been announced, my Twitter days might be over.
Thanks for being amazing, Tapbots!
Thanks for being amazing, Tapbots!
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Save yourself from the main app
Now that the main app is changing on a whim and utterly ruining the UI and recommendations algorithm, Tweetbot has once again become a neccessity for interacting with this website.
It’s still not perfect due to API limitations but it’s way better than seeing those stupid view count numbers cluttering your feed.
We can only hope twitter doesn’t kill API access out of jealousy.
It’s still not perfect due to API limitations but it’s way better than seeing those stupid view count numbers cluttering your feed.
We can only hope twitter doesn’t kill API access out of jealousy.
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If you’re going to charge a subscription, you better update the app more often
I have used Tweetbot for awhile now. Even buckled down and paid for the subscription, though I was kinda miffed about it. I am used to doing twitter this way.
But, I’m kinda starting to think the developers are asleep at the wheel. I watch a regular rollout of new twitter and iOS features, and expect to see them roll out to this app a couple weeks (a month?) later. But nothing. It’s been 7 months since an update and things haven’t changed at all. Even the updates we did get 7 months ago are hidden in such obscure places as to be almost impossible to find. There was nothing tweaked for iOS 16. I hope the reason we are waiting so long for new features is because you have a big update coming next week. In the meantime, I think it’s finally time to start trying some different twitter apps.
But, I’m kinda starting to think the developers are asleep at the wheel. I watch a regular rollout of new twitter and iOS features, and expect to see them roll out to this app a couple weeks (a month?) later. But nothing. It’s been 7 months since an update and things haven’t changed at all. Even the updates we did get 7 months ago are hidden in such obscure places as to be almost impossible to find. There was nothing tweaked for iOS 16. I hope the reason we are waiting so long for new features is because you have a big update coming next week. In the meantime, I think it’s finally time to start trying some different twitter apps.
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I won’t renew my subscription
I’ve been in love with this app for years. I bought Tweetbot 5 the moment it was released. When Tweetbot 6 came out with a subscription plan, I hesitated for a while, but bought a yearly subscription because of the new features and cool themes. As a person who only uses Twitter as social media the quality of the app is important to me. But for the past few weeks I’ve been experiencing A LOT of lag when scrolling through tweets on my iPhone 11. I even deleted the app and reinstalled it to see if it was a cache problem. At first I thought maybe my phone was lagging but no other apps have this issue. In fact, the Tweetbot 5 that I’ve purchased years ago works like a charm. I prefer a smooth experience with lack of features, to a lot of features with major lags. So I will just use my Tweetbot 5 from now and won’t renew my yearly subscription if it’s not fixed.
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Happy to support Tapbots
I’ve been using Tweetbot ever since the first version was released and have always been happy with it. Due to the high polish of the app and how often I use it, I have no issues paying yearly for it. I understand the developers have to eat, put a roof over their heads, and support their families. I also think the yearly subscription is a small price to pay for an app I use multiple times a day, every day. Tweetbot 6 is as great as ever. The new features are welcome and I look forward to where Tapbots takes the app in the future.
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No badges
I have a paid subscription, I’ve contacted support in the past, I have the feature turned on, but I still don’t get badges working. I never got all the other features to work, which would’ve been nice, but would settle for badges. I’m still giving it a few stars because I do still like it better than the regular Twitter app. But now it even seems like I’m even missing tweets on my lists.
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App feels bored
Having been using Tweetbot since it came out 11 years ago, it is an app I use daily and I’ve paid more than $50 to Tapbots over years, but new functions and design refinement of Tweetbot 6 doesn’t feel like warranting a $6/year paid subscription. If you can can live without Twitter API V2 features and use official app as substitute as I do, you’re probably better off just using Tweetbot 5 until it’s dead. Also, a $4.99 app every year or every other year, rather than a subscription just feel like more appropriate for a social networking app. Subscription adds unnecessary cumbersome management to end user and I really don’t need a social network app appearing in my already crowded App Store subscription section. That being said, it’s worth noting Tweetbot has vastly better app efficiency, data privacy policy comparing to official clients. And if you’re new to Tweetbot, it’s still a great purchase. Also, if a subscription means it will works cross platform, including Mac, that will be a big value add for end users too and I’ll happily subscribe. Hope Tapbots can consider.
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UX/UI can be weird and there are some bugs
My motivation in trying this out was mainly to use Twitter without ads and without all the other bad stuff they use to hook you (curated timelines, suggested stuff, etc.). I'm happy that this app doesn't have any of that stuff and I'm fine with paying a small subscription for that. I also liked all the customizability. Going between all the other social media apps I never have trouble getting around, but going from the normal Twitter app to this I had some trouble. Mainly the way you open a thread is to swipe, which I thought was totally bizarre. I did get into the habit of it, but when I'd go to a different app I'd be used to doing it the weird swipe way and I'd do something else by mistake. There's other weird UI stuff, like when you go to someones account pictures don't show up until you scroll down and hit "show all tweets." I feel like there's lots of little slight misses like that that kinda make the experience a little clumsy. I also encountered a bug where a thread would not show replies sometimes. The reply count would be correct, but they wouldn't show up. This app seems cool, and I'd be excited to use it if all that stuff was fixed.
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The best twitter client for iPad hands down
I have been using this app for a while now and absolutely love the interface and look of it. The way it deals with polls is great considering how difficult Twitter has made it for third party clients. The safari extension has been very useful too. My only wish is that there was a way to enlarge the little “pop-up” view that shows when you redirect from a safari page. the iPad screen is so big please let me use it!
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