To soften this blow, they even included a cute refreshing animation of a bird hatching from an egg. Instead users are forced to manually refresh. You know that cool new API that practically all the major apps are using now? The one that just downloads new tweets as they come in? Pretty sweet right? Well guess what? This app doesn’t have it. Its even got some really cool UI sounds built right in! It doesn’t. Handy alerts when you get mentioned, a RT “ding” to boost your spirit on a bad day, or a buzz in your pocket to let you know you have been followed by You would think an app that will eventually retail for $5.99, its on sale for 2.99) would include this nifty and useful feature. Everyone has it, including twitters “stock” solution… which is free. What have they done that was so bad it had to have its own section? Read onĪt this point push notifications are a staple of the twitter world. Add to that a big name like the icon factory and its almost an instant buy for most people. When people buy a premium app, they expect certain things. Its a paid app “premium” twitter app tied to a big name brand. Why so bad? Its just an app right? Wrong. No one is perfect, there are some things that are just omitted, and then… then there are some things that are just unforgivable. Ok these problems seem kinda petty, not so bad at all… well before you go… lets look at the ugly…įor such a pretty app, it saddens me that this section was necessary. It could also be that I have really big, thick fingers, but really, why should I be relegated to giant text just so I can comfortably reply to someone? While this is cool, and frankly a good design choice, they neglected to notice that the action buttons get smaller with the font.
Everything within the app is scaled with the size of the font is changed so that it doesn’t look all wonky. I know its likely a bug, but its an annoying bug that should have been easily caught during testing. I sincerely hope that this was just an oversight, and that it will be included in future versions. There are ALOT of good services out there, and I understand not including all of them, because hey, lets be practical… but at very least we could have gotten Droplr, CloudApp, or Mobi. Seems pretty good so far right? Well don’t go clicking that buy button just yet! Lets dig a little further in and see whats bad…įor all the good things they did, for whatever reason, they decided to force all photos/videos tweeted form within the app to be done using twitters service exclusively.
#Twitterrific 5 review how to
THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO FILL IN TWEET GAPS!!! Took them till 5.0 but we are no longer losing tweets just because we were away for two long. Pocket integration, where it simply authenticates with the already installed app and doesn’t require a password, is also included. A simple yes tap and you are on your way. They finally did it! When you load the app for the first time you will be greeted with the friendly blue popup “would like access to twitter accounts”. It also provides a nifty font toggle that, aside from some drawbacks which I’ll touch on later, will take those pretty words from tiny, to big enough for even the worst eyes to see.
Personally I don’t really see the point in that one, as there isn’t that much of a difference, but whatever. You can also toggle between tiny user icons and larger ones. Each of which is formatted and spaced very nicely for easy reading. The app allows for users to chose from 5 different font styles (no, not comic sans, sorry CERN). Heck, posting is so quick I was questioning whether or not it even worked at all (it did)! The various panes pop in and out as if attached to a speeding locomotive. The app itself loads almost instantly, as if from memory, even from a cold launch. Granted Im testing on an iPhone 5, but even still, its remarkably well done. Have a look at the screen caps below and you will see what I mean. In my mind, it looks to be a modern take on an old IRC chatroom, but with avatars. Everything about it looks as if it was done with the great care and artistry that we have come to expect from the icon factory. If you are reading this review, very likely you have read a few others, so I will be brief on this topic.
#Twitterrific 5 review upgrade
The icon factory has turned out what most are calling a beautiful upgrade to their popular and “award winning” twitter app.
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