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Twitter is my social network of choice (see our recent article: Inside Twitter). Personally, I’m not a big Facebook user (but I do appreciate the traffic it sends to DailyTekk). Twitter is one of my favorite methods for finding and sharing new information (either via the official Twitter iPhone app or Flipboard on my iPad). As awesome as the default Twitter experience is all by itself, there are some great tools available that add some extra functionality (some of the best are sometimes acquired by Twitter).
To be sure, there are far more than 100 third party Twitter tools available but many tools of them are either shady or shoddy and did not make this list. I’ve sifted through the available Twitter apps and discarded those riddled with ads, those that looked spammy and especially those that are poorly designed (you’re welcome!). There are also a lot of great social media tools that integrate with Twitter but are not Twitter exclusive and for the most part I left out anything that was wasn’t designed exclusively for Twitter. The end result is a list of cool and highly useful Twitter tools, some of which you may have seen before and plenty that are sure to be new to you.
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- 10 Random and Awesome Twitter Tools
- Group Tools
- Cut Through the Clutter
- Tools for Brands and Marketers
- Search Tools
- Cool Twitter Visualizations
- Twitter on iPhone
- Who to Follow
- Measure Your Influence
- Clients / Interfaces / Managers
- Other / Miscellaneous / Bonus
10 Random and Awesome Twitter Tools
- Vizify TweetSheet – Your Twitter activity as an instant infographic.
- twitcam - Stream live video on Twitter.
- Buffer - Automagically shares your articles, pics and more through the day.
- TweetMeme - Search and retweet the hottest stories on Twitter.
- Twitter Status - Official updates on the status of Twitter.
- Twileshare - Upload and share files on Twitter.
- Twitvid - Easily share videos on Twitter.
- Twups – Twitter aggregator. Popular topics all in once place.
- Tweetwally – Create a tweet wall to organize and share tweets.
- TweetMyJobs - Great job matches via Twitter (and mobile).
Group Tools
- Splitweet - Management + brand monitoring for multiple Twitter accounts.
- BirdHerd - Twitter made easy for groups and teams.
- Nurph - Group Twitter chat, hashtag streaming and more.
- Chitty Chat - Tweet privately with a group.
- GroupTweet - Helping groups communicate privately on Twitter.
- TweetChat - Cool tool for chatting in real time using hashtags.
- Twibes - Twitter groups.
Cut Through the Clutter
- Slipstream - A good way to deal with too many tweets.
- Shuush - Displays updates based on tweet frequency.
- Mute.ly – The mute button for Twitter.
- TwitBlock – Find out how many followers are spam and trash them.
- Tweetizen – Discover tweets that matter to you.
- Followize – Cut through the noise.
Tools for Brands and Marketers
- Twylah - Create awesome, custom brand pages for your tweets.
- DataSift - Unlock insights from historical Twitter data.
- CoTweet – Interactive marketing platform.
- Twittad – Sponsored advertising.
- SocialBro – Manage and analyze your Twitter community.
- BrandChirp – Monitor, manage, resolve brand activity.
- TweetReach – How far did your tweet travel?
- adCause – Social marketing for a cause.
- Twitalyzer – Serious analytics for social relationships.
- Featured Users – Effective and easy way to promote your profile.
- Twitdemic – Discover and reward your rockstar followers.
- TwtQpon – Social coupon platform. Reward your customers.
- Twtpoll – Engage followers, ask questions, get feedback.
- Twilert – Twitter keyword alerts via email.
- The Archivist – Save and analyze tweets.
- Twitter Counter – Twitter stats. Track anything on Twitter.
- Tweriod – Tweet when your followers are on the most.
- Commun.it – Community management that makes a difference.
- Hashtracking – Twitter hashtag tracking and analytics.
- Who Tweeted Me – Contagious content analytics.
Search Tools
- Twitter / Search – See what’s happening right now (official).
- PostPost – Awesome stuff gets lost on Twitter. Strip-search your timeline.
- Snap Bird - Search beyond Twitter’s history.
- Cloud.li – Word cloud Twitter search interface.
- BackTweets – Search for links on Twitter.
- Tweet Scan – Twitter and micro blog search.
Cool Twitter Visualizations
- A World of Tweets - Very cool heatmap of latest worldwide tweets.
- Tori’s Eye - Cool origami-looking Twitter visualization.
- Social Collider - Reveals cross-connections between conversations.
- Visible Tweets - Cool animated text Twitter visualization.
- TweepsKey - A graph that unlocks the power of your tweeps.
- Revisit - Real-time visualization of latest 200 tweets around a given topic.
- Mentionmapp - A “mind-map” style Twitter visualization.
- The View from Above - Flashes of light appear based on geographic tweets.
Twitter on iPhone
- Trickle – An awesome, passive Twitter displayer.
- Scopy – Extracts photos from your timeline and presents them beautifully.
- Tweetbot – A Twitter client with personality.
- Osfoora for Twitter - Fast and easy access to Twitter. Gorgeous interface.
- TweetCaster – Twitter client with lots and lots of cool features.
- Birdbrain – Nice account stats feature.
- Funny Updates – Say something funny!
- UberSocial – Lightning fast functionality + customization options.
- Poptweets - The celebrity Twitter game.
- TwitBird Pro – Super fast Twitter client with unique features.
- Tweetr – Great for sending and scheduling tweets.
Who to Follow
- WeFollow - Twitter directory and search. Find Twitter followers.
- Qwitter - Find Twitter quitters (unfollowers), identify spam bots.
- Friend or Follow – Find out who unfollowed you.
- Twibs – Twitter business directory.
- Listorious - Twitter people search and lists directory.
- Follow Cost – Is that Twitter celebrity worth the pain?
- Fllwrs – Keep track of who follows/unfollows you.
Measure Your Influence
- Klout - “The standard for influence”
- PeerIndex - Own your influence.
- Twitter Grader - How influential are you on Twitter?
- TweetLevel - An influence measurement tool from Edelman.
Clients / Interfaces / Managers
- TweetDeck – Brings more flexibility and insight to power users.
- HootSuite - Dashboard for teams using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.
- Destroy Twitter – Powerful and lightweight. Lets you filter the noise!
- Hibari – A clean Mac Twitter client. Blocks annoyances and reveals gems.
- Twitbin – Well-designed Twitter client for Firefox with powerful features.
- Echofon - Full-featured, super-clean Twitter apps for Mac, Win, Mobile.
- ManageFlitter - Nice Twitter account management.
- Twidget – Twitter dashboard widget for Mac.
- TwitterForBusyPeople - A whole new way to interact with Twitter.
- Refollow – Discover, manage and protect your Twitter social circle.
- All My Tweets - View all your tweets on one page.
Other / Miscellaneous / Bonus
- Portwiture - Your Twitter status in photos.
- #earthtweet – What are you doing to help the planet?
- Twitpay - Easy, secure social commerce.
- Food Feed – Tell the world what you’re eating.
- Trick.ly - URL shortener with password/riddle protection.
- TweetBackup – Free backup for your Twitter.
- Twilk - Put your Twitter followers on your background.
- FileSocial – Share your files on Twitter.
- Nearby Tweets - Find and watch tweets from local users.
- dlvr.it - Distribute your blog to Twitter (and Facebook).
- Tweepi – Geeky, fast way to bulk manage followers.
- Tweetboard - True Twitter conversation (forum) for your website.
- TrueTwit – Validation service. Stop wasting time with spammers.
- What is my Twitter Account Worth?
- Twitterfeed - Feed your blog to Twitter.
- TwitLOL – Easy way to post jokes on Twitter.
- Twittereye – A Twitter apps directory.
- Loudtwitter – Find out who mentioned a specific topic.
- LikeMyTweets – The “Like” button for Twitter.
- RetweetFollow – Follow the retweeters.
- TweepsMap – Map your Twitter followers.
- DoesFollow – Find out who follows who on Twitter.
- Tweetburner – Tracking the links you share on Twitter.
- QuoteURL – Group different Twitter updates into a single, permanent page.
- Flickr my Background – Put your latest Flickr images on your background.
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Holy smoke that is an impressive list, TwitLOL is one of my favourites!
WOW! That is some list! Thanks for compiling this!
And thanks for putting everything in categories. A great time saver if you just wanted to check out tools related to clutter for example.
Definitely gonna share this! Thanks
This list is Gold!!
Great list, thanks for putting this together!
I suggest you also check twtGear (http://www.twtgear.com). Simple but powerful.
Thanks a lot for the mention of Commun.it
at TOOLS FOR BRANDS AND MARKETERS — we really appreciate it!
Commun.it – Community management that makes a difference.
Free invites to commun.it >> http://commun.it/?t=a4bb3b
Thanks!
Sharel
Thanks for including Headway Themes in your list.
Wow, the list must have taken you ages. Fair play that it’s ranking highly on Google. I have an app to reset Twitter accounts online. It’s called ‘Delete All My Tweets’ and can be found here >> http://www.deleteallmytweets.com
Chris –
Thanks for putting this list together!!
I want to suggest another tool for the “Clients / Interfaces / Managers” category: http://plugg.io
You forgot one of the best twitter client, Twimbow
2012 isn’t over yet … check out TweetThis – an easy way to create a link to share and promote your content on Twitter. http://dashburst.com/tweet-this/
Hi Chris! Thank you for this wonderful list. Is there anything to help me extract all of my favorites from Twitter. I have a massive 990 saved and I would like to sort them via an app or my desktop. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
You might check out http://favorious.com/ — It’s about the closest thing I’ve seen but I haven’t tried it so I don’t know how well it works…
I’m missing twitspark in this list.
A good service to monitor a Twitter hashtag is http://www.Tweet-Tag.com. You can monitor your hashtag and get data and statistics in real-time about participation, tweets and the audience. Also, you can see the words most used. And finally, keep and consult the monitoring when completed. I hope you like it and you find it useful. Thanks.
Great List. It’s missing Tweetwood (http://tweetwood.com) though which is one of my favorites.
Awesome – great list!
Chris
Great list and a kind public service to offer all of us. Thank you.
Have to admit there were some tools in your list I hadn’t seen before.
Thought your readers might be interested in a free Twitter app we’ve created that lets you track trends in Twitter’s Public Lists. It’s called Tweetalist and can be found at http://tweetalist.com.
It’s the only place where you can pit 50 Cent against Barack Obama and see which one takes the prize.
Thanks again, Chris
is their any of these that lets me see who’s been looking at my profile because there was a thing called my top followers but i can’t find it please help?!
Hey I found another really cool Twitter tool that I think you all would like. The site allows you to track and improve your Twitter Ratio. They even tell you when someone unfollows you so you can unfollow them back. The app is called Ratio:HQ and you can find it at http://ratiohq.com.
Very useful. Thanks.
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Rising up for 2013 is Real Tweeter – it’s a quick-loading site (unlike T) that shows celebrity tweets and top tweets for the day
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