# Twitterrific: Tweet Your Way — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Twitterrific by The Iconfactory, rated 4.45/5 from 8,613 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/twitterrific-tweet-your-way/id580311103/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/twitterrific-tweet-your-way/id580311103.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,352 · 4★ 1,155 · 3★ 330 · 2★ 165 · 1★ 611 ## What do users think of Twitterrific? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 👍 Customizable and feature-rich - 💎 Excellent developer support - 🦖 Consistent updates and new features - 🐙 Best Twitter client experience **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance issues - 💰 Subscription model and paywall for some features - 🤔 Confusing upgrade process for existing users - 🔍 Slow to load replies and search results **Commonly reported bugs** - Push notifications not working reliably - Timeline sync issues across devices - Incompatibility with certain iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to view likes and retweets - Improved Apple Watch support - More theme and customization options - Seamless integration with Twitter's features ## Newest reviews (14 of 50) ### 3/5 — iPad version glacial update *2022-12-19, version 6.3.10* Use both the iPhone and iPad versions and the latter takes as long as 8 minutes or so to download new tweets to my feed, even after having used the app earlier the same day (my normal use is 2-3 times daily). Phone version is never more than 1 or 2 minutes to update. Additionally, cannot leave the app or allow iPad to sleep, or the refresh quits, although I would guess that is due to stringent iOS memory mgmt and out of the apps hands. Means I cannot do anything else on iPad or just set it aside until feed is updated. Marker also no longer syncs between devices. For a while deleting and reinstalling the app would cure the issue for a day or so but that became tiring. Behavior predates Musk burning down the barn, so not a Twitter-side issue. This is my only complaint, otherwise love the feature set and performance. 5 stars if I was only using iPhone app. ### 4/5 — Great App! A Little Slow *2022-03-11, version 6.3.6* I have the one-time, paid version and I appreciate this app allows that option rather than forcing me to subscribe as I’m not able to commit financially to yet another subscription. My only complaint is that the app seems to be very slow when opening the Replies/Thread view when loading the replies or thread items. Incidentally, search results populate at an extremely slow speed if at all which is really annoying. I end up waiting so long that I just usually close my search and use the native Twitter app to do it. If these speed issues were fixed this would be a total 5-star experience. ### 4/5 — Really nice app, but with a couple issues *2022-01-04, version 6.3.5* I started having issues with the official Twitter app not showing me tweets. I’d leave the app overnight, and then opening it in the morning, it would hide all the overnight tweets under a “show more tweets” button. It’d go from 8h ago right to 10m ago with everything else hidden. Super frustrating, so I needed a different app. Twitterrific shows me every tweet! I could be off the app for a day, but then I can open it and have 700+ tweets waiting for me. My issues/requests (and sorry if these are already available, I’m still new to the app): 1.) When I open a tweet to read replies, they take for-ev-er to load. 75% of the time, I just close the tweet and don’t even bother reading replies. Same issue when going to someone’s account. Takes forever to load their timeline. 2.) I wish there were different ways to sort replies. Official Twitter’s algorithm could be annoying with how they showed replies, but sometimes (actually, a lot of times) I don’t want to see them in order of most recent. I’d like to see them in order of most liked or oldest or…. etc. 3.) It’d be nice to see the RT/like count without having to tap on the tweet. I like that I don’t see promoted tweets in my timeline. And the ad banner at the top isn’t distracting at all for me. Maybe I’ll eventually pay to remove it, but so far it hasn’t been annoying me. This app could be a perfect 10 with just a few tweaks! ### 3/5 — Ok at best, annoying at worst *2021-09-14, version 6.3.3* Title says it all. This lets you see your Twitter stream, however it also has a tendency to reset the point in the stream to over a month in the past requiring a lot of scrolling to read the latest tweets. Update: Disabling the option to sync reading position appears to have fixed this. I only have the one device so it appears to have at some point decided to somehow decide to change how it identifies itself, and for some awful reason this app appears to sync everything to the “device”that hasn’t been used rather than the most recent? Pretty terrible decision there. ### 2/5 — I love the app, but this new update is horrible. *2021-05-24, version 6.3* I now get the phrase “don’t fix what isn’t broken” because the update feels like it broke everything. First of all, the app no longer holds my place in the timeline no matter what I do. And the “jump to marker” button doesn’t do anything at all. When I press any of those buttons (including last read tweet) it just “guesses” and pushes me back about 10 tweets… which is the dumbest thing. It also took me forever to figure out how to look at replies to a tweet + how to look at threads. Maybe I’m doing it wrong? Either way, it’s just a mess. Nothing works. What’s the use to doing all these changes and adding new features if none of it works? ### 4/5 — Needs better navigation options *2021-05-19, version 6.3* I've been a long time twitterific user, and overall it's easily the best Twitter app on iOS. That being said the new navigation options are a bit baffling. Double tapping to jump to the top of the home screen was vital to using the app one handed on Max series phones, now using the pull down menu requires two hands and is down right clunky. I hope the devs can find a way to give us back navigation at the bottom of the app. ### 4/5 — Great App, Missing One Thing, Though *2021-05-18, version 6.3* Twitterrific is an excellent app. As someone who hates the official Twitter iOS client and it’s privacy practices, I’m grateful for Twitterrific. However, it’s missing features that the official Twitter client has such as changing who can reply to your tweets and also the ability to add polls to your tweets and also view them as well as the ability to view who has liked your posts and other notifications aside from mentions, therefore I have docked it a star. Also, it would be nice to have the option mute a user while still having mentions from them show up in your notifs like the desktop Twitter client. If the missing features end up getting added to the app, then I will gladly bump the review up to 5 stars. ### 4/5 — Great App; 1 Oversight *2020-07-09, version 6.2* I really enjoy this app over Twitter’s app. However, this is one major issue—the lack of support for alerts. In Twitters app, tweets from people you have established alerts are collected in one place, which brings to attention those tweets. With Twitterrific, no such area or special handling exists. Therefore, you have to hunt for tweets from source(s) you would otherwise be alerted to. I’d love to see the addition of a tab that collects tweets from alerted sources. IMHO, which that addition, this app would be amazing. P.S. Moments after writing this review, Twitter launched a new feature, Fleets. I hope support of Fleets will be addressed soon. I dislike having to switch between this and the Twitter app and would love to make this my sole app for Twitter—especially since I went with the lifetime purchase. ### 3/5 — Dangerous to update *2020-06-18, version 6.1.6* I paid for Twitterific years ago, and was mostly happy with it (except for its bookmark handling with poor connectivity, about which their support was particularly oblivious). But I upgraded the app recently, which was an irrevocable mistake—even though I paid for an ad-free version, I now have to subscribe or pay an extra $30 to get back what I paid for. So before you ever upgrade Twitterific again, make sure you have also bought iMazing for your Mac, and have made a copy of the last safe version of Twitterific. Doing this after you update is too late, even if you have the safe version on another device. (I happen to have a really ancient version, Twitterrific 5.13.4.ipa, on my Mac, which I’ll try.) ### 4/5 — Inches From Perfect *2019-11-17, version 6.1.3* Okay, so this app has gotten MUCH BETTER since I last reviewed it. Majority of bugs are being actively squashed and new features I’ve been asking for are finally arriving. Now if I could I ask for three final features: The ability to save videos/GIFs from your feed and larger size options for media to display on bigger screens like the XS Max. Similar to what’s seen in many Reddit apps. Finally, it'd be great to have the ability to auto-hide the navbar while scrolling as it just stays on top the whole time and is distracting. I love the font sizes however. ### 3/5 — Used to be good, alas *2019-07-09, version 6.0.2* I had used Twitterrific for a few years and found it good enough. I even purchased removal of ads back when that was ~$5. Single purchase, mind you. However, when the app switched to the subscription model, it started serving me pop ups demanding I subscribe. "You've helped out before, now help us again!" I decline, and before long (a day or two?) the pop up is back. If I recall right they're timed-- you have to wait a few seconds before you're allowed to say no. This is unacceptable. Yes, it's annoying and gets your attention and provokes a response-- mine was to delete the app and use a different one. I get that software development isn't cheap. But customers are also not endless wells of money that need harassed until they fork it over either. Now, for all I know this was a special case-- I'd managed to restore purchases so I wasn't seeing any ads, so the pop ups may have been something not many people get. Still, the recurring pop ups are a shady move. I probably would have considered keeping the app and eventually subscribing were it not for those pop ups! Frankly, I'll avoid anything published by Icon Factory because of it. Those constant pop ups are just no way to treat customers. ### 2/5 — Very disappointed *2019-06-23, version 6.0.2* After one of the recent updates there is now an add that pops up at least once a day, sometimes more if you use the app more frequently, to buy this app. Doesn’t matter what you are doing, this ad cuts right in and blocks you from doing anything. It’s become extremely annoying, so I am switching back to the FREE app Twitter offers. There is no reason to need to charge for this app, there are not that many extra features compared to the Twitter app itself. And to constantly cram it down our throats is just plain disrespectful. Just because you won an award doesn’t mean you app is charge worthy. ### 2/5 — Betrayal of trust, support, and user experience. *2019-06-15, version 6.0.1* I chose Twitteriffic because of supporting the Icon Factory crew that has been a dedicated Mac developer for years. I have appreciated their attention to detail and friendly approach. But this new version is not only greedy, it’s horrible UI to force you to want to get rid of the garish and obnoxious banner ad at the TOP of the feed. And since I know this developer knows UI on an expert level, I know why they did it—to force people to buy. And then there is their shameless sales speech where they offer no real compelling reason to pay for their product. It’s basically a plea that boils down to: “C’mon on dude buy our app, be cool!” Shameful and shameless. Uninstalled and back to Tweetbot or another app. ### 4/5 — Disappointed in new pricing policy *2019-06-15, version 6.0* So I’ve purchased previous versions, upgrade to current version, ads start appearing, and learn that a subscription is required to stop ads. Can I download previous version? If I do decide on a “forever” subscription, is it really forever or until next version is released? Note: I respect your right to run your company and charge for your product in whatever manner you choose so I’m not leaving a negative review as I did prefer your app, but will probably stop using your app and start using Tweetbot. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Dissapointed *2020-11-12, version 6.2.1* I wish I could give you guys less than 1 stars, you betrayed the years I had been supporting you guys, I originally bought the app for the price of 1.99 before even the the tip jar existed!!! And when it was introduced I even donated since I always loved this flawless app, but you guys sure didn’t last long enough to destroy that trust by changing the app and making it just a money dumpster, lol 30$ for lifetime or even a 9.99$ annually or I could care less how much you ask for the app now, the thing is that you guys downgraded me to nothing and asked for more when I already gave all. Your competition a.k.a tweetbot has been loyal with it’s price and the features the offer have been the same since your own existence. So sad and disappointed, you killed the app and you killed a loyal customer, the worst part is that the message is going to be ignored and will go unnoticed ### 1/5 — Well I do like the cheating *2019-08-23, version 6.0.4* Time ago I contributed for twitterrific and everything was ok and is supposed you were going to have updates in future and all. Now I opened a couple times this week and the last week and I note the developer did something to force you again to buy subscriptions you already paid. This last times I used I didn’t have ad bars nothing all well, because I paid it time ago. But suddenly I noted today a corruption in my app like a crash after update, then I opened again and I noted the developer made the trick to force you to pay again for a new system of registration. I tried to click on restore purchases and of course is a new system and what I paid time ago was a lie. The developer from time to time change app to force you pay again. Don’t believe what it says the app about there is a purchase for life. Is a lie, in one year or two you will be assaulted again. This is dishonest. ### 1/5 — So were being duped into a paid version upgrade ? *2019-06-18, version 6.0.1* So if I see this properly, my paid version five app which works fine and I’m fine with, cannot be downloaded once is auto updates to a different version which requires a different license? If that is the case both apple and the icon factory need their head examining. It would mean that people who have auto update turned on have now lost the app they paid for, without possible recourse. There shouldn’t be any way Apple allow a developer to take a paid app and version it up into a new app with different pay model. This is a super shady business practise from the icon factory. And it’s downright wrong from apple. I’m not against creating s new app with subscription model. I am against a bait and switch forced upgrade with no chance to go back to the previously PAID app until it naturally becomes obsolete (not deliberately obsoleted as many app devs do) Back to Tweetbot or one of the many many other apps that serve repackaged twitter content without inline ads and screwing their customers. ### 1/5 — After updating to newer version *2019-06-16, version 6.0.1* I have an iPhone SE and this app was starting to get really slow over the years when opening and downloading newer tweets. As of now, Twitterrific 6.x, I cannot open even open the app at all with a load time of over three minutes and force quitting or force crashes the application. Hoping the new update would fix this small issue but to no avail. I check on the App Store to see if my phone is still compatible and said it works. Hhmmm.....Iconfactory does not have any email address for support from their website for me to contact, unless I go to Reddit and I do not even use reddit. So, anyone from the Iconfactory company, please contact me here. Thanks. ### 1/5 — A GREEDY RIP-OFF!!! *2019-06-16, version 6.0.1* I understand te need for support and revenue to maintain a developer. But this is the third time they ask for a full price (double this time) to get rid of ads! I bought it once for 15$, then again after upgrading to 5.0 they asked me for 15$ again! Now for 6.0 they want 10 bucks every year or 30$!!! This is downright greedy and disrespectful. Beware! They will always ask for full price every major update now worse with subscription and will bait you with no ads “forever”. I’m deleting and goin back to tweetbot and never buy from this Dev again. It’s not the first time this happens. I bought CandyBar and they cut support ending the app. Oh, I hope PlayDate bombs in a time of smartphones and Nintendo Switch. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother anymore; they aren’t trustworthy *2019-06-14, version 6.0* So Twitterrific and I have a long history. They effectively ended it today as I feel they broke the trust. Today they pushed Twitterrific 6 over the version I paid for and in six months will require me to pay for the application again. That goes against established practice on the App Store of releasing a new application you have to pay for as a new version. Camera+ 2 is a separate purchase from Camera+. I choose if I want to pay for a new version and my previous purchase isn’t taken away from me. Why on earth would I ever pay for a “forever” subscription which is really “until we feel like charging you again”. I won’t and I don’t encourage anyone else to either. ### 1/5 — Version 6 Update *2019-06-14, version 6.0* I understand companies modifying their business models to subscriptions. It’s a much more sustainable option. However, it shouldn’t be done in a way that degrades the experience for customers that paid in the past. This update significantly degrades the experience. The update includes many new features and deserves a new version number but forcing this new business model on existing users is a bad move. The grace period is nice but does nothing for your most loyal customers. I would have been fine with a dismissible banner ad for a new version, even a persistent one within settings, but can’t get behind obtrusive new ads you have to pay to remove. It’s cheaper for me to buy versions of a competitor app on all platforms than the remove these ads for good so I will be doing that. Goodbye Twitterific. ### 1/5 — Fell victim to the subscription pricing scheme *2019-06-14, version 6.0* Decently designed app, but just became the latest app to start collecting monthly subscription fees for optimal use. It’s nice that there’s an option to pay outright, but the price is steep, especially compared to the competition which, frankly, functions well enough to make me switch away. The most egregious offense, though, is that this was not released as a new, separate app. It was pushed as a version update to the existing app, meaning that for those of us who already purchased it, we’re now being asked for more money to get rid of bright ads stuck right at the top of the screen. Even if I paid the outright “lifetime” purchase price, there’s no way I’m trusting the dev to not introduce some other sort of forced monetization scheme down the road...since that’s exactly what they did to previously paying customers with this update. ### 1/5 — Shady changes *2019-06-13, version 6.0* They changed to a subscription-based revenue model while ignoring the fact that many of us purchased the app outright. Yes, that may have been years ago, but it shouldn’t mean we lose access to v5. Version 6 should’ve been released as a separate app, but the developer knows full well that anyone running v5 will, at some point, accidentally tap “update”, restore their phone or buy a new one thus forcing them onto v6 and the new subscription model. True, there is a $30 “forever” license, but after this betrayal, who knows how long they’ll honor that. Will v7 replace the existing app and require another “forever” purchase? This was a shady move. It’s not about the money or the annoying subscription model, but rather the underhanded manner in which they pushed v6 upon us. Uninstalled and will avoid this developer moving forward. ### 1/5 — Overly complicated for use on Apple Watch *2018-01-05, version 5.18.2* Before I can use it, I have to “enable push”. On what? The phone? The watch? It doesn’t say. The fact that I had to Google how to make this stupid app work shows that it’s poor design. Good design is intuitive, and this is not. Also what I found out after Googling it is even more horrific, this company put “push” behind a paywall. Instead of doing normal iOS things like every other app, they are doing their own thing to squeeze every last dime out if you. They don’t have to require their own “push” service, but they do so they can control every aspect of the app. EDIT: In response to what the developer said, that’s simply not true. You’re lying to people in order to charge them for something they don’t need. If you can display content on the iPhone app without you "push" then you can do the same on the Apple Watch app. Also you don’t need to run your own database, since you’re just piggybacking off the Twitter database. The ONLY reason you’d "require" these things is to force people to pay a premium to have Twitterrific on their watches. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I just loved Twitterrific *2023-01-19, version 6.3.10* Now that Elon has killed API's for this app, I'm hoping that the wonderful folks at the Iconfactory will make a Mastodon app for iOS and macOS - I'd gladly subscribe. The Twitterrific experience was like no other for Twitter. It was fun, engaging, personal...it made you love Twitter. I've been using the first-party app to check in, and it's nowhere near as enjoyable. I want to read those that I follow, but in a way that I enjoy. R.I.P., little Ollie. Maybe you'll live on as Tooterrific, Olliphant, or something completely new. You were, and will always be, the best. 🐦 ### 5/5 — Edit Your Posted Tweets; No Twitter Ads *2021-09-06, version 6.3.3* I’ve been trying several Twitter apps, and this is the one I’ve chosen. First off it’s ad sponsored free, so you can use all the features and then decide to subscribe. I also like how I can select four different tabs for the content I like to view, such as my favorited tweets, one or more of my Twitter lists, and my replies. These tabs make it much easier to access content I want see. Twitterriffic also allows for quickly editing a posted tweets. It deletes the tweets, but retains the original text so that you can edit. The app also color codes your tweet so you can quickly see your tweets and retweets. The hidden sidebar also allows for quickly accessing saved searches, your Twitter lists, and other parts of your account. Most importantly there are no Twitter ads in this app. The official Twitter app is showing like one ad every 2-5 tweets. It’s very annoying. What want in this app: please show the number replies for a tweet. The video playback is sometimes slow. Create a gesture to quickly favorite a tweet, like double-tap it. It shouldn’t take two taps to favorite a tweet. The developers should predict how-to videos for the app. I only see one. Thanks for this app. I will be subscribing. ### 5/5 — What Twitter should be *2021-08-27, version 6.3.3* Maybe I'm turning into a crotchety old man or maybe it’s my OCD but I hate the way Twitter loads and displays Tweets. I want to pick up where I left off and read things in chronological order without a bunch of promoted Tweets trying to sell me health insurance or whatever else Twitter is pushing. Twitterrific does exactly what I want. There’s an ad banner at the top that doesn’t distract me from what I’m reading, Tweets come in chronological order, and when I open it back up, I’m at the same spot I left off. This app lets cut through all the crap that populates Twitter and lets me get to exactly where I want to go. ### 5/5 — What we desperately need is a Parlerific *2020-11-10, version 6.2.1* I’ve used Twitterrific since it first appeared on the App Store many years ago. Twitterrific has improved dramatically since then. Among the improvements I appreciate the most are the additions to the cosmetic settings which provide the user with several customizable layouts. I use Twitterrific primarily on my iPad Mini in landscape mode (ie - widescreen) rather than portrait mode, and I love that the Twitterrific feed conforms itself to widescreen such that it uses all the space from left to right instead of displaying the tweets in phone/tablet mode (ie - a skinny column down the center with large black blank columns on the left and right). I am a reader. I have Twitterrific set to display any pics or vids attached to a tweet as a tiny thumbnail off to the right (rather than below the tweet) which I can tap on to instantly expand and contract if I choose to. I find that to be much more pleasing to the eye and a much faster way to scan through my timeline and read quickly. And I really love that Twitterific gives me the ability to change not only the font size but the font type itself. Now, to the folks who developed Twitterific, please, please produce a version for Parler. Bring all the wonderful things you have built into Twitterific and put them all in a Parlerific app. Please do it. ### 5/5 — Twitterrific makes using Twitter a delight *2020-03-08, version 6.1.6* If I was forced to use the official Twitter app, I might actually choose to abandon Twitter. Ads, promoted tweets, in-your-face trends, recommendations, ad nauseum. No, thank you. Long live Twitterrific’s chronological timeline, very unobtrusive ads (which can be eliminated with the VERY reasonable in app purchase), vastly more intuitive interface, and of course all the love and care we’ve come to know from the fine folks at The Iconfactory. I’m a proud Twitterrific user from the first days of the early OS X app as well as the iOS app. Make Twitter Sane Again! LOL ### 5/5 — SALAMA Youssef *2019-09-02, version 6.0.5* i am student and I've been testing a handful of Twitter apps since iOS 11 got rid of social media integration and Tweetbot currently does not have a share sheet extension. I've always been a fan of Icon Factory, and years ago, Tweetbot for Mac. Twitterrific for iOS is a fairly customizable, easy, feature-rich but not bloated Twitter client, and probably my favorite so far. What stands out the most, however, has been dev support near instant replies (via - Twitter) that are patient and accommodating to my questions and requests. Bravo! I highly recommend Twitterrific ios and Mac OS X ### 5/5 — The Best *2019-08-29, version 6.0.5* I couldn’t have been happier to leave the native Twitter app about 3 year ago when I got too frustrated with the constant interface changes. However, I had no idea I would be so delighted by Twitterrific. This app is beautiful, fast, and reliable. It’s developers are constantly working on it and they are super responsive when you have a problem. I would highly recommend this app to anyone. Fantastic design! 2019 Update: Still the best out there. The new themes, icons, and fonts are absolutely gorgeous. These developers are at the top of their game. ### 5/5 — Worth every penny *2019-06-20, version 6.0.1* Love the app. Better than twitter in so many ways. I use Twitterrific every day and would be lost without it. Can’t help but laugh at all the complaints, 5.0 was $3 and out for 7 years!! How can anyone complain that they were forced to pay again, that this isn’t forever or any silly complaint they can come up with?! This is a great app with regular updates, you think these people can work for pennies from 7 years ago? As I said I use Twitterrific every day. No I can’t afford to subscribe to every app either, but being that I do enjoy this app so much I will gladly give them a measly $10 a year. And if I really can’t afford the $10 then the banner ad is not annoying to me at all. At least it’s not annoying pop up or scrolling ad. I can ignore a banner as easily. ### 5/5 — Best Twitter client hands down *2019-05-01, version 5.20.6* I switched over to Twitterrific a few years ago when I got tired of another clients constant new charges for updates turned me off completely. This is a vast improvement over the regular twitter client, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something more. I paid for it once and have never had to pay another cent despite updates too numerous to count. That being said, I have donated very generously via the in app button, and gladly support the devs. I do not understand anyone that leaves a negative review for this app. Great job Twitterrific team - you have definitely earned my support and loyalty. ### 5/5 — My long-time go-to *2019-04-30, version 5.20.6* This is my favorite way to access Twitter by far. Chronological timeline, no promoted tweets, far less clutter, the ability to edit tweets, and excellent Voiceover support. I don't personally use the muffles system, though next week I'm going to be on holiday when Game of Thrones comes out, so I should! I don't seem to be able to access polls, but I'm not sure if it's a minor failing of the app or of voiceover. Still, I don't ever use anything else. It's just clean --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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