8 Popular Twitter Clients Compared
June 23rd, 2009Guest post by Srikanth
Twitter is becoming popular day-by-day and thousands of people join Twitter daily. Many third party Twitter clients found their way into internet and there are many Twitter clients available for download.
These Twitter clients enable us to tweet and perform many other functions right from the desktop. Here are some of the popular Twitter clients that are being compared based on the features available.
|
Twitter Client/ Features |
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|
Price |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
|
Platform |
Mac + PC |
Mac + PC |
Mac + PC |
Mac + PC |
|
Multiple Twitter Accounts |
No (add in new version) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Reply to Tweet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Direct Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete Tweets directly |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View Public Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View Friends Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Photo sharing |
Yes via Twitpic |
Yes via Twitpic |
Yes via Twitpic |
Yes via Twitpic and webcam |
|
Video Sharing |
Yes via 12seconds |
Yes via Seesmic |
NA |
Yes Directly |
|
Multiple Networks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
URL shortening |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Search functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Keyboard Shortcuts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Message Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Total Points |
14-15/15 |
15/15 |
14/15 |
14/15 |
|
Twitter Client/ Features |
||||
|
Price |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
|
Platform |
Mac + PC |
Mac |
Mac |
Mac + PC |
|
Multiple Twitter Accounts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
|
Tweet Functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Reply to Tweet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Direct Messaging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Delete Tweets directly |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View Public Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View Friends Timeline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Photo sharing |
Yes Directly |
NA |
Yes Via pic.im |
Yes Directly |
|
Video Sharing |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Yes directly |
|
Multiple Networks |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
URL shortening |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Search functionality |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Keyboard Shortcuts |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Message Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Total Points |
13/15 |
12/15 |
12/15 |
11/15 |
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Seesmic does handle multiple accounts. I use it for this very purpose.
DestroyTwitter is quite fantastic:
https://destroytwitter.com/
yup. definitely everyone should check out destroy twitter. i think it’s better than tweetdeck. DT FTW!
How & why does Tweetdeck & Twirl score the same when there’s a difference between them?
(Twirl handles multiple accounts & Tweetdeck doesn’t at the moment, just they said they will in some aribitary later version)
Nice Works. Thanks. You should indicate which version you have tested. The two lasts release of Seesmic Desktop support multiple Twitter accounts.
Seesmic Desktop actually does support multiple accounts. Always has!
Good post but why does everyone leave off http://tweetgrid.com ? It has a lot of the same features and is web based.
Where is Tweetie? I use it often I feel it is really good.
thanks for the great summary, seems TweetDeck is the leader at this market.
Seesmic Desktop does support multiple accounts. We have fixed the article to show that. Thanks everyone for catching that.
It looks like Twirl wins it, although I haven’t used this app.
i gotta use this app