Comparison

Spring for Twitter vs Tweetx for Twitter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Spring for Twitter

This app offers a highly customizable Twitter experience for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Tailor your interface with custom tabs, actions, themes, and fonts. Enhance your browsing with user notes, iCloud sync, and even game controller support.

Highlights
  • Customizable tab bar
  • Configurable tweet actions
  • Theme and accent color editor
  • Font customization
  • User notes and aliases
  • iCloud data sync
  • Game controller support
Features
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Introducing Spring 5, a new generation of Twitter client for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Features fast performance, truly native design and a highly customizable user interface. Tab Bar • Pin your frequently visit pages to the tab bar (for example, a Twitter List, search result list or user profile) • Drag tabs into the order you prefer • Rename your tabs • Change your tab icons (more than a thousand of icons for you to choose) • Show/hide tab names and button shapes Tweet Actions • More than 20 actions, including Reply, Retweet, Like, Add Bookmark, and Translate • Drag actions into the order you prefer • Configure actions as swipe options: swipe a tweet horizontally to perform an action • Option to hide some or all action buttons from tweet cards, while keeping them accessible via context menu, swipe options, keyboard shortcuts, and VoiceOver rotor • Turn on Like Confirmation to avoid accidentally like a tweet Accent Color • Configure different Accent Colors for Light and Dark mode • More than 10 built-in colors for you to choose • Design and set custom colors Theme Editor • Customize the app’s color scheme • Design and set custom themes for Spring • Advanced color settings allow you to fine-tune colors for different level of views • Export and share your themes Font Customization • Configure different fonts for body text and headings • Select from a variety of build-in fonts • Supports custom fonts installed by third-party apps User Notes • Privately set aliases, notes and username colors for other Twitter users • User Notes list: browse, organize and edit all your notes in one place Game Controller (require iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11 or a newer system) • Control the app and browse tweets with a compatible game controller, such as a Playstation DualSense/DualShock, Nintendo Switch, Xbox or MFi controller • Customize button functions via in-app settings • Set extra functions for Adaptive Triggers on the Playstation DualSense controller Privacy • Spring does not collect any personal information • Your account tokens are protected by on-device Keychain • Your network connection to Twitter is protected by HTTPS • Links you opened are not shared with Twitter • GIFs you selected are not shared with Giphy, the GIF content provider Other features: • Universal Purchase: purchase once, and install on your iPhone, iPad and Mac • Column View takes full advantage of the big screen on iPad and Mac, shows multiple views at once and allows you to navigate between views fluently and efficiently • Full Screen mode on iPhone let your timeline content fill the entire screen once you start scrolling • Mute List filters out unwanted tweets and users • Check recent tweets on your home screen or notification center with widgets • Search tweets on the Timeline • Adjustable text spacing • Adjustable and adaptive text sizes • Option to display tweet source on timeline (e.g. Twitter Web App) • Share a tweet as picture • Option to load websites in background: open in-app Safari view only after website is completely loaded in background, so you can browse other tweets while website loads (iPhone and iPad); open browser app and load website in background (Mac) • Open multiple windows on iPad and Mac • Customizable Link Preview experience • Customizable text translation experience • Automatic video and GIF playback on the Timeline • Supports changing app icon on iPhone, iPad and Mac • Turn on/off content scaling on Mac for extra screen estate or sharper text • Open in Spring: open Twitter links via Spring. Available as Share Sheet action and Safari extension • Autocomplete for Tweet Composer Customer support: • Twitter: @theSpringApp • Email: theSpringApp@gmail.com

About

Tweetx for Twitter

Enhance your social media experience with advanced browsing, content downloading, and customization tools. Manage your feed, filter unwanted content, and enjoy a personalized interface across multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Browse enhanced tweet timelines
  • Download videos and images
  • Search bookmarks and tweets
  • Filter unwanted content
  • Customize homepage tabs
  • Display long tweets
  • Tweet translation
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Features include: 0. Supports iPhone, iPad, MacOS 1. Browse tweets, support more tweet timelines, support homepage tab customization and list tweets 2. Support for displaying long tweets 3. Support for tweet translation 4. Support for posting tweets, send image tweets or text tweets anytime, anywhere 5. Support for online tweet search, support for searching images, videos, or users 6. Support for searching my bookmarks, browse and search my bookmarks anytime, anywhere 7. Support for subscribing to block pornographic scams, making scammers disappear without a trace 8. Keyword filtering of tweets, filter tweets I don't want to see based on keywords 9. Support for automatically hiding inappropriate images in tweets through a powerful machine learning engine 10. Support for loading the highest resolution images, as well as image copying, drag-and-drop sharing, downloading, etc. 11. Support for video downloads 12. Support for space live streaming 13. Multiple dazzling themes for the app 14. The app supports multiple languages including English, Arabic, German, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, etc. 15. ...... ----------------------------------------------- There are two ways to unlock the APP Pro, choose one based on your situation: PRO page location: Left side ----> Settings ----> Pro Method 1: APP lifetime buyout mechanism, one-time purchase, enjoy all Pro features for life Method 2: APP continuous monthly subscription mode, free and flexible 【Auto-renewal instructions】 - Subscription period: 1 month (continuous monthly subscription product). - Subscription price: continuous monthly subscription product is $0.99 per month - Payment: Auto-renewal products include "continuous monthly subscription", after the user confirms the purchase and payment, it will be credited to the iTunes account; - Renewal: 24 hours before your membership expires, Apple will automatically deduct the fee from your iTunes account, and the validity period will be automatically extended for one cycle after a successful deduction. If you do not cancel the subscription, Apple will try to deduct the fee periodically during the deduction period. Please pay attention to the subscription and deduction status in a timely manner; - Cancel renewal: If you need to cancel auto-renewal, please do so 24 hours before the current subscription period expires. - Cancellation method: For auto-renewal products opened with your Apple ID, go to "Settings" - "iTunes Store & App Store" - "Apple ID" - "View Apple ID" - click "Subscriptions" on the account settings page - cancel the auto-renewal super membership subscription. - Privacy Policy: https://tweetx.tool.al/privacyPolicy.html - Terms of Use: https://tweetx.tool.al/terms.html If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to leave a comment or contact us directly: Email: sexmm@outlook.com

Screenshots

Spring for Twitter4 screens
Tweetx for Twitter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spring for Twitter at none against Tweetx for Twitter's 4. Spring for Twitter also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 38). Tweetx for Twitter's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tweetx for Twitter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Spring for Twitter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tweetx for Twitter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Spring for Twitter's written reviews are positive against 76% of Tweetx for Twitter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spring for Twitter ships an update every 3 weeks, Tweetx for Twitter every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Spring for Twitter versus Tweetx for Twitter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpring for TwitterTweetx for Twitter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (125 ratings)4.6 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews76.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings125 — better38
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.112.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB121 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJunyu Kuang龙起 郑

Customer experience

Spring for Twitter

All ratings125 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative25.7%

Tweetx for Twitter

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative12.0%

Bugs and requests

Spring for Twitter

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Messages/DM functionality returns 404 errors
  • Search returns 404 errors or same results repeatedly
  • Timeline sync doesn't work despite being advertised
  • Cannot like or post tweets
  • Feed doesn't remember scroll position and resets to top
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  • Media tabs display buggy content
  • Force closes on launch
  • Account authentication fails after password changes
  • Expired or invalid account info errors
  • Unauthorized error code 401 on sign in
  • Content marked as inaccessible when needed most
  • Replies don't load completely without manual refresh
  • Videos play inconsistently
  • Rate limiting errors preventing tweets
  • App stops syncing with Twitter after installation
  • Becomes unusable with each update

Requested features

10 requests
  • Push notification support
  • Multi-image/media tweet support with same layout as Twitter
  • Location tagging feature
  • Additional text size options matching official Twitter app
  • App lock feature (like Telegram)
Show 5 more
  • Mastodon client version
  • Bluesky client version
  • Deep linking to open Spring from other apps
  • QR code scanning integration
  • Share tweet as image generation feature

Tweetx for Twitter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spring for Twitter

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tweetx for Twitter

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly auto-renew$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • iOS lifetime Pro$5.49
  • MacOS lifetime Pro$5.49
  • All Platform lifetime Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Spring for Twitter free?
Spring for Twitter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tweetx for Twitter free?
Tweetx for Twitter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spring for Twitter or Tweetx for Twitter?
Tweetx for Twitter is rated higher. Spring for Twitter averages 4.3 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Tweetx for Twitter averages 4.6 from 38 ratings.
Do Spring for Twitter or Tweetx for Twitter have ads?
Neither Spring for Twitter nor Tweetx for Twitter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spring for Twitter or Tweetx for Twitter?
Spring for Twitter ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tweetx for Twitter every 11 days. Most recently, Spring for Twitter was updated on September 18, 2026 and Tweetx for Twitter on July 13, 2026.

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