Spring for Twitter vs Flare

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

Flare is a unified client for the social web. Browse, post, and interact across Mastodon, Bluesky, X, Misskey, and Nostr — all from a single app. MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, ONE TIMELINE Connect accounts from five social networks and see everything in one unified feed. No more switching between apps to keep up with your communities. Flare merges your timelines into a single, chronological stream — or keep them separate, your choice. CROSS-POST IN ONE TAP Compose a post once, publish it to multiple accounts and platforms simultaneously. Flare automatically adapts to the constraints of each platform — character limits, media rules, poll options — so you don't have to think about it. NATIVE ON EVERY DEVICE Flare is built natively for each platform — not a stretched phone app. On iPhone, a familiar tab bar and single-column feed. On iPad, multi-column layouts, side-by-side panels, and a navigation rail. On Mac, a persistent sidebar, floating compose dialog, and media viewer in its own window. Your experience adapts to your screen. Also available on Android, Windows, and Linux — each with dedicated layouts. BUILT FOR POWER USERS - Customizable tab bar: pin any timeline, list, feed, channel, or RSS source as a tab - Full compose features: polls, content warnings, media with alt text, visibility controls, language tags, custom emoji - Direct messages (Bluesky, X) - Draft system with auto-recovery - Local keyword filters with per-context controls RSS READER BUILT IN Subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds right alongside your social timelines. Import feeds via OPML. Read full articles with built-in readability extraction. Your social media and news reading in one place. AI-POWERED TRANSLATION & SUMMARIES Translate posts or get quick summaries with a single tap. Choose between on-device AI, or connect any API — including self-hosted models. Fully customizable prompts. BROWSE WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Curious about the Fediverse? Guest mode lets you explore trending posts on Mastodon without creating an account. MAKE IT YOURS - Light, dark, or system theme with dynamic colors - Custom color themes - Adjustable font size and line height - Avatar shape, action layout, bottom bar style - Control what you see: link previews, media, sensitive content, action counts - Video autoplay settings Supported platforms: - Mastodon (and Pleroma) - Bluesky - X (Twitter) - Misskey - Nostr Flare is free and open source, licensed under AGPL-3.0.