Hidden Gems: Which Twitter App Is The Most Underhyped?

Hundreds of new Twitter apps are released everyday. We’re all aware of the more popular Twitter apps such Seesmic Desktop, Tweetie for the iPhone, Twitterfall for tracking searches, Cotweet for companies, and a host of others. They receive press and support on a weekly basis from the Twitter and tech community. And let’s be honest, who hasn’t used or heard of at least 5 of these Twitter apps?

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Yet, every now and again you come across smaller gems such as DestroyTwitter, ReFollow, and TweetTabs. These are apps that can be extremely useful, but are not the talk of the town. They may not be for everyone or maybe no one knows much about these apps (yet).  Today, we’d like to find out what they are and where they’re hiding with your help.

Community Q&A

  • What do you think is the most underhyped Twitter app on the web?
  • Is there a competitor app that’s more popular?
  • Why you think it should be valued more in the community?

Share your response in the comments or with our Blog Editor @Corvida on Twitter!

Category: Unique Insights

  • Jen
    Twitterfon is a massivly underated app I find but it's so good with it's alerts. I highly recommend.
  • I think you should consider @Peoplebrowsr. It's similar in style to Tweetdeck, but it's just busting at the seams with functionality. One of the greatest strengths of this app is that its developers are very engaged with their community. They're very responsive to user issues and are constantly making improvements. I highly recommend these folks for the power user.
  • http://tweetpromote.com <- new site, no bots, no automation, just fast and simple exploration of targeted twitter friends and followers.
  • johncatley
    The "unread tab" is the killer feature of Eventbox!
    http://thecosmicmachine.com/
  • SharlzG
    Definitely DestroyTwitter - I love it. So easy to use, and it looks great too...
  • Tweetie for Mac is the cleanest Mac desktop twitter client, despite less functionality than tweetdeck or seesmic

    I also like twt.fm a lot. Very clean and simple app for #MusicMondays!
  • Jeton
    DestroyTwitter
  • FilmReviewFriday is quite new and not many people know about it. Add #FilmReviewFriday to your tweet and it adds it. http://filmreviewfriday.com
  • Joe Mama
    DestroyTwitter is da bomb. Small, multi-platform, and does what I need.
  • Koori_
    I'm using twhirl. Great little AIR app that gets the job done. Very simple and well designed. I recommend it
  • technogran
    Blu. Its the best desktop application I have used by far, and I tried most of the others....
  • Personally I have used Twirl and DestroyTwitter as apps, yet prefer DestroyTwitter for everyday usage.
  • Pwitter - very nice, free, MacOS Twitter client obtainable from http://wiki.github.com/koroshiya1/pwitter
  • DestroyTwitter all the way. You can create and download your own themes online. How cool is that? Here's a simple one I whipped up https://destroytwitter.com/themes/6t
  • clairbearstare
    I use Twibble. I don't know anyone else who uses that.
  • Digsby, Digsby's own Twitter "app" has been my longtime favorite because I can look very fast new tweets, it's simple and easy. And new alpha version is maded it faster and add more features. Best Twitter app for Windows.
  • Nuchtchas
    I am pretty happy with http://twitzap.com for browser based access, it works and is simple to use if I am also and more frequently checking twitter on my iTouch
  • DestroyTwitter
  • My vote goes to TwitterFox - a neat little Firefox add-on that has met all my Twittering needs for quite a while now: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/5081
  • DestroyTwitter, had inline picture viewing before any of the major clients and has as far as I can tell the most keyboard shortcuts; yet gets hardly any press
  • Destroy Twitter owns them all.
  • Socialscope totally ROCKS on my blackberry
  • Gryffyn
    Skyfire for WinMo/Symbian/Blackberry(soon?) supports Twitter and FB status reading and updating as well as RSS feeds. ( http://get.skyfire.com )

    And there's an addon for Firefox I stumbled across but never see it mentioned... seems kind of nice, might be useful for someone, called Snowl ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/... ) that I kind of like, even though I use TweetDeck.
  • catalyst_echo
    I am a big fan of DestroyTwitter (it's fast, does a lot of what most people want)
  • http://twitrand.com Allows you to select a Random Twitter Follower, Friend or ReTweeter
  • The most underhyped app is the one the creator has to talk about himself - SimplyTweet on the iPhone.

    http://motionobj.com/simplytweet/
  • mingyeow
    haha dude, this is hilarious!

    M
  • Evan
    GTweet is very handy for putting your friends timeline in Google Reader.
    http://www.gtweet.net/
  • mattplace
    I use and love DestroyTwitter: https://destroytwitter.com/

    Lightweight, elegant, powerful tweeting.
  • pjmowbs
    DestroTwitter Rocks Hard
  • name
    Twitterfox
  • Tweetie for Mac. Definitely my favorite desktop client now, and I've certainly tried several.

    http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/
  • Gravity at http://mobileways.de/products/gravity/gravity/ is a native app for Nokia S60 phones. It's quite feature-rich and sexy-looking. It's a pay-for (US$10) but it has a trial. Worth every cent. Try the alpha releases too - they have all been stable for me and have nice new features. You can always roll-back from within the application.
  • I'm gonna have to go with DestroyTwitter too. After trying tons of desktop clients, I was blown away by DT's simplicity and performance. It's actually usable and doesn't get in the way like other clients do.
  • Paul T.
    www.twttrblogs.com Go to be one of the best!
  • PEZ
    Twitterific for iPhone is totally awesome. The way it displays everything in the same view is great and it doesn't fall into the subview-trap like so many other iPhone apps do. I think maybe many users hesitate to download it because of the sub par Mac version.
  • kevinthoule
  • I personally love the twitterbar add-on for firefox! It's awesome!
  • The competition ends with destroyTwitter as the winner.

    thank you all for your input.
  • I think DestroyTwitter is one example but from the number of people calling it here, I don't think it is that much underhyped.

    My personal preference is Spaz. It's a HTML-based Air app, which for me makes it much faster for interface interactions than other Flash-based Air apps such as TweetDeck, Twirl or even DestroyTwitter, and has a very small footprint (at least on my PC; my brother tried to use it on his Mac, and apparently it takes about 100Mb after lunch, against 15Mb on Windows).

    Spaz has pretty much everything I need for day-by-day use, even if there's still some small bugs here and there. It is my client of choice, and I've tried pretty much all the big and not-so-big ones out there.
  • DestroyTwitter is the most under-hyped. It really is an amazing app.
  • I've been enjoying Tweetree for quite some time now, and yet I've never seen anyone else using it, ever. It helpfully shows the tweet to which someone was replying (so it makes more sense), displaying them in a tree structure (hence the name of the site).

    Believe it or not, the tree structure is still useful, even after the "See all @replies" option was removed. I may see fewer conversations on my own profile page, but when I visit someone else's profile, I get to see all their @replies and the tweets that inspired them (if they were replies made via an actual "reply" link, anyways). Sometimes I end up surfing a few associations deep, adding followees all along the way, because of the conversation view in Tweetree.

    Tweetree added advertising to their system recently, but I've been surprised at their ability to blend into my feed, easy to gloss over and yet just as easy to take notice if it's actually something interesting.

    All in all, I find I just can't leave! Though Splitweet sounds tempting to check out...
  • I just took a look at Tweetree, and I'm fascinated. I loved the way they include the content from links directly after the posts. That is pretty much how Twitter should work on the official page.

    Thanks a lot for the link.
  • Oh, of course -- I can't believe I forgot how much I miss that feature when I try something other than Tweetree! I mean think about it: IT SHOWS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LINKING!!!

    That means blog posts are shown (and are easy to scroll to read if you want or scroll past to skip if you want), YouTube vids can be viewed, some image sites will show the image so you don't have to click, blip music can be played directly from the feed... This is streamlining at its best, folks.

    And so far, the ads have been for things like CDs (of bands I'd actually consider seeing), books, technology (I saw a nice-looking video camera recently), and a few others that have their images blocked by my ad-blocking plugin to my firewall (heeheehee, oops!). I'm surprised at how much the ads aren't bothering me, though: I'm the first to get annoyed at annoying advertising! and it's still new enough to their business model that they claim they're eager to listen to comments and complaints and make tweaks to it! :P
  • shane
    DestroyTwitter is hands down the most underhyped twitter app out there. tweetDeck, and Tweetie are the two most popular off the top of my head. This app should be valued way more than the other two IMO.

    a) its sexy, but thats just an opinion
    b) it has the functionallity of TweetDeck & Tweetie, yet done better IMO
    c) same functionality but its free d) takes up less space on monitor [a big plus for me; 15" right here]
    d)doesn't seems to bog down my cpu near as much as Tweetdeck [i only have tweetie for my iphone].
    e) oh yeah and did i mention it looks dead sexy
  • I'm a fan of: http://twitterfox.net/ and: http://twitterfon.net/ I'm not a huge twitter power user and they do everything I need. And with twitterfox it stops me needing a full desktop program and yet another open app!
  • It,s not new, but I love followcost... Check it before following someone new to see how annoying they're going to be. Measured in milliscobles. Brilliant.
  • Husky
    I think TwitterFox is pretty nice. It's a Firefox add-on that's pretty simple but does everything i want. TwitterFon is an iPhone app from the same creator, it used to be free, but it has gone commercial and the free version has ugly ads now.
  • I go back and forth between Tweetie and DestroyTwitter on my desktop. DT is definitely way sleeker and faster. Tweed for the Palm Pre is my only option for now - Palm release your SDK!!
  • DestroyTwitter! I'm surprised that it doesn't get more press. It's full of features but doesn't take up a ton of room, plus is looks hot! (and if you don't like the colors, you can just customize your own)

    www.destroytwitter.com
  • Sam
    Ubertwitter for BB is amazing!
  • JayR
    For Java mobiles... Snaptu
  • SchmidtUltra
    I use destroytwitter.com for my desktop app and love it. Keeps me posted all day. Very simple, not annoying, simple to upgrade.

    For my HTC Touch Pro (Windows Mobile 6.1) I've recently started using PockeTwit and loving all of the awesome features, how smooth it is. Much better than other my previous mobile app.
  • Markur
    I also use and recommend PockeTwit on my WinMo phone; really great stuff... in addition to (primarily) DestroyTwitter on the desktop.
  • Tim
    I'm loving DestoryTwitter
  • Chris
    Destroy twitter deserves more hype. Slick interface, small footprint, brilliant memory usage. I don't use any other app.
  • Soce
    Definitely Destroy Twitter! Clean interface, super snappy and very cool. TD/SD is wayyyyy too crowded
  • MHarr
    If you're an Outlook user, TwInbox will work the best for you. Integrating tweets with the power and flexibility of Outlook folder searches is far easier/better than Tweetdeck's (and others) groups. And except for being down during the Twipocalypse weekend, support has been great.

    On the mobile side, PocketTwit is superb. Great interface, multiple accts, impressive gps and photo integration.
  • Bob
    Gotta go with DestroyTwitter.
  • I'm still waiting for DestroyTwitter to get some attention :)
  • skyloader
    Birdhouse – Twitter notepad for the iPhone/iPod touch: http://birdhouseapp.com/ a little pricey but i like it.
  • DestroyTwitter! So fast and it actually looks nice!
  • (1) cotweet.com - Browserclient with a great interface. Makes corporate twittering with several people sharing one account a lot easier. Still not hyped enough, IMHO.

    (2) m.slandr.net - Why waste precious RAM on my cell phone using a standalone twitter client if this small site has all I need?
  • Easily it's the Seesmic Desktop. I LOVE it!

    http://desktop.seesmic.com/
  • Markur
    Seesmic Desktop...UNDERhyped? That's pretty funny. ;)

    I vote DestroyTwitter. I also find myself using tircd with an irc client when I'm feeling saucy, and I've been known to run ttytter from the command line for no particular reason at all.
  • Markur
    I failed to mention iTweet.net, when I'm wanting a browser-based option. It's what Twitter's website could and should be.
  • Gilzow
    Ubertwitter for the Blackberry OS
  • http://twaud.io/ is a really nicely written app for sharing audio snippets just like twitpic.
  • check out website at lifeudeserve.acnrep.com
  • i'm partial to bdule
  • Joi
    I love using Splitweet! I tweet for my office, and it lets me post to both the office account and the personal one without logging in and out all the time! www.splitweet.com
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