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February 3rd, 2012 
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When Twitter recently launched the newest version of its iPhone app, the company focused on streamlining and simplifying the user interface.
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Ryan Sarver, head of Twitter API, said, “In a world where Facebook and Google are competing on features, Twitter wants to focus on being simple.”
However, even as the official Twitter app keeps it straightforward, developers are providing more in-depth Twitter capabilities on other apps. I took a look at various Twitter iPhone applications on the market today. Learn how you can expand your Twitter capabilities using these apps.
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1. TweetList
TweetList can greatly enhance your tweeting experience on your iPhone. A full-fledged Twitter client, the app comes with other advanced features, like ReadItLater and Instapaper to save and read things later on.
Why is it worth checking out?
People in the marketing and social media industries accumulate a steady stream of followers, many of whom they follow back. As time goes on, it becomes much harder to keep up with the quickly flowing streams.
Twitter lists are a great way to organize your followers conveniently in one place. TweetList helps you do exactly that in a focused and aesthetic way.
How can you get the most out of it?
TweetList comes with a list swipe function. You can conveniently swap between all lists and catch up with your focused circle of top thinkers.
While I can easily reply to mentions and DMs or view my stream from my desktop, lists are harder to tackle. Whenever I am on the move, I can pull up TweetList, cycle through my lists and engage with different sets of people in my network more easily.
2. Flipboard for iPhone
Only a few weeks back, Flipboard unveiled its brand new iPhone app. I anticipated it would just be Flipboard for iPad in a smaller format, but I couldn’t be more wrong. The adjustments between the iPad and the iPhone app are fantastic, and truly reflect the different reading and scrolling habits of users.
Why is it worth checking out?
If you primarily use Twitter to consume content, Flipboard is made for you. You can browse by lists or individual Twitter accounts, or pick one of the browsing tools from Flipboard. I especially enjoy the “Flipboard Picks” for consistently quality information.
How can you get the most out of it?
You can use Flipboard’s Twitter search function both for tracking events and monitoring a keyword. The app allows me to browse and engage with articles by keyword, for instance, “CES2012.”
Bonus: To access top Twitter news, try Summify’s iPhone app. This app only presents a limited number of posts (five, by default), so you’ll never be overwhelmed with too much content at once.
3. Boxcar
Boxcar lets you connect to email, major social networks, RSS feeds and lots of other services. In return, the app sends you messages as push notifications, whenever something newsworthy happens on your connected services.
Why is it worth checking out?
Many Twitter apps send push notifications for mentions or new DMs, but the notification capabilities of Boxcar are unmatched. You can set up any of the following notifications.
New tweets from individual people: Don’t want to miss certain updates from a few select people? Add them to Boxcar and receive push notifications whenever they tweet.
Twitter lists: Get notified of any new messages from your connected Twitter lists.
Twitter search: Receive a nudge if any of your saved searches tweet.
Twitter trends: Choose to be notified only if there are any changes in the current Twitter trends.
How can you get the most out of it?
I don’t actively use Boxcar as a primary Twitter client, but more as a personal Twitter assistant. You set up key things to be notified about and then view the messages only. Plus, Boxcar separates notifications into different inboxes for easier filtering and review.
4. SocialDash and Tweeb
I always had a hard time finding good Twitter analytics iPhone apps. Tweeb and SocialDash helped me gain a better understanding of how well I am performing on Twitter.
Why is it worth checking out?
Tweeb focuses on hard Twitter analytics such as followers, click-through rate, retweets and mention rate. SocialDash, on the other hand, provides more soft analytics insights, such as Klout Scores, Peerindex rank, etc.
If you only have a few minutes to check stats, the two apps are a great way to take a quick peek. SocialDash’s handy “compare” feature lets you compare the social scores of any two users.
At the same time, Tweeb’s “summary” page gives you a great overview on whether your click rate and follower rate has been improving or slowing down.
How can you get the most out of it?
Although most Twitter apps have fantastic UXs, they still take longer compared to web interface usability. Having some analytics to help me make the right decisions can be very helpful, especially on my mobile phone.
Whenever I become overwhelmed with mentions and replies and I only have limited time to reply to a few, I check the person’s social scores using SocialDash.
Also, use Tweeb to improve the copywriting on your tweets or to check on the number of clicks per tweet. Oftentimes, I’ll then schedule the tweet again for later.
In 2012, new apps will allow us to harness Twitter’s power from the iPhone more efficiently. What are your favorite ways to use Twitter on your iPhone? How would you use the above apps to improve and streamline your Twitter presence?
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