Twitterrific 5 review full#
Twitterrific 5 review windows#

Apps like Tweetbot have made me almost expect sounds in apps. I have no clue why there is no sound for pull to refresh in the app. The sounds used in the app are really nice. I love that they have the new dark iOS keyboard when the app is in dark mode because it looks great and I hope more developers allow you to use the dark keyboard in apps that require a lot of typing. The buttons and colour of the title change from orange to green depending on if the tweet is a reply or not. You can insert an image or location into tweets and for replies you can see the tweet you are replying to at the bottom. The tweet composition and reply composition screens are simple. You can still tap the top of the screen to scroll all the way up. You can also toggle the iOS status bar by swiping up with two fingers near the top of the screen and bring it back by swiping down. Swipe a tweet to the right to reply to it and swipe it to the left to view the conversation thread. Most of us are used to swiping to the left or right for certain actions and gestures are brilliantly implemented here. I love the in app browser that slides in from the right if you choose to open a link within the app. Twitterrific 5 uses Pocket’s new API and lets you save articles by long pressing links in a tweet. The app has a unified timeline that is colour coded so you never miss any mentions. It is evident that the developers have tried to minimize the number of taps needed to get things done in almost every scenario. Mentions are orange while your tweets are green in colour. Only this time they are implemented elegantly. With all these options the colours you have grown used to in Twitterrific are still here. The typography nerd in you can have some fun with Twitterrific 5. While most apps allow you to just adjust the font, you can go all out here. If you spend a few minutes playing around with these settings, you will have a breathtaking timeline. You can also adjust font spacing and brightness here. I would have loved a simpler method of toggling the theme but then there is an option to have the dark theme on in the night based on your timezone. You can also toggle between the light and dark theme here. The appearance button in the middle will bring down an Instapaper-esque view that lets you switch fonts and adjust avatar and font sizes. A long press on your avatar on the main view will let you switch accounts in only two taps. The bottom of this has 3 buttons that let you switch accounts, customize the timeline UI and view the app settings. Tapping on your avatar will bring up a menu or a sidebar on the iPad that allows you to view your saved searches and lists. The highlight of the app for me is the ability to change almost every aspect of the timeline UI. I hate the fact that some views can be dismissed by tapping outside them but others require you to tap on the close button.

Twitterrific 5 review full#

The app is full of amazing animations for every view transition. While I’m not happy with the tab placement on the top, it is much easier to go through your timeline with nothing distracting you at the bottom of the screen. The buttons all have very subtle gradients if at all and look gorgeous. Your avatar is present in a circle on the top left of the screen followed by a seemingly weird placement for the home, mentions and messages tabs and the compose button. The Iconfactory have made some interesting decisions with the new UI of the app. The animation of Ollie hatching from an egg and flapping its wings as the timeline refreshes is really amazing.

The first thing you will notice is the app finally has pull to refresh and it is one of the best implementations I have seen of it.

Twitterrific 5 review windows#

It reminds you of the Metro (Still calling it that) UI from Windows Phone in many ways. At first glance, I was taken aback by the new UI. Twitterrific 5 uses the built in Twitter integration in iOS and also lets you add an account the old fashioned way. Even in this new form, the app is very much Twitterrific. The app has been completely rewritten from the ground up. Ever since then, the app has gone through 4 versions and we now have Twitterrific 5.

And I’m sure most people experienced Twitter on their iOS device for the first time on Twitterrific. In iPad, iPhone Twitterrific 5 - The App That Started It All is Rebornīack in the day, Twitterrific was the first app I downloaded for Twitter on my second generation iPod touch.