TEDConnect vs Twist a Tweet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEDConnect
Enhance your TED Conference experience with this companion app. Connect with speakers and attendees, build your network, and navigate event schedules and venue maps. Find and share your location with others at the event.
- Message speakers and attendees
- Build a TED network
- Browse event schedule
- View venue maps
- Find other attendees
- Share location
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Are you attending a TED Conference? Let TEDConnect enhance your experience. Orient yourself to everything happening around you with TEDConnect – the conference companion app for TED attendees. With TEDConnect, you can ... - browse and message speakers and other attendees - build out a TED network and a list of TEDsters to stay in touch with - browse the schedule of speaker sessions, meals, parties, workshops and more - check out maps of the venue and surrounding area - find other attendees within the event space, and share your own whereabouts Access requires confirmed registration for a TED event. Not attending TED? Download TED's official app to watch TED Talks fresh from the stage.
Twist a Tweet
This app transforms text messages and tweets into animated videos. The generated MP4 files can be shared on social media platforms or sent via email. It's designed for human viewing, making text content visually engaging.
- Convert tweets to streaming text
- Convert typed or library text to streaming text
- Upload MP4 video files to Facebook/YouTube
- Attach videos to tweets or emails
- Human-readable text output
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The app converts tweets from Twitter, text messages typed in or selected from a library into streaming text. It could be uploaded as MP4 video files to Facebook or youTube accounts, attached to a tweet to an email. These streamed text messages can not be machine read. It is for humans eyes only!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TEDConnect at none against Twist a Tweet's 6. TEDConnect also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Twist a Tweet sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TEDConnect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Twist a Tweet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEDConnect has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of TEDConnect's written reviews are positive against 67% of Twist a Tweet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TEDConnect ships an update every 2 weeks, Twist a Tweet every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | TEDConnect | Twist a Tweet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TED Conferences LLC | Slava Olchevski |
Customer experience
TEDConnect
Twist a Tweet
In-app purchases
TEDConnect
No in-app purchases
Twist a Tweet
- Silver Membership2 variants$9.99
- Gold Membership2 variants$19.99
- Excalibur Membership2 variants$49.99
