Twitterrific 6 Launches on iPhone and iPad With Autoplay Videos in Timeline, GIPHY Integration, and Much More

This is what companies should not do IMHO.

Switch a paid app to free with a huge subscription charge while reverting the paid version to free and introducing ads. Either the new version should include a tier that matches exactly what was previously paid for or the old paid version should be there as a separate download.

Dumped Twitterriffic for Tweetbot. It's a betrayal that after I done the one-time in app purchase that they put the ads back in. $30 is way too expensive for a Twitter app, especially when they limited their third-party API last year. Also, not doing subscriptions either.

There are two ways to remove ads, $30 one-time IAP or $10/year subscription. While these prices are on the high side, I don't think it's fair to expect Iconfactory to keep offering updates for free. I am rather underwhelmed by the list of new features, however.

And Twittterific 5 is still available and usable (although whether it will be maintained is a different matter).

Twitterrific 5 is not available anymore. Version 6 isn’t a new SKU. They „updated“ my paid app to this crap. As much as i liked their previous app (and linea), they deserve the heat from the customers. This is some of the worst behaviors a developer can do and another reason why App Stores should be more regulated.

Horrible business model. Why $30 for a twitter client when there are so many? Or a monthly subscription? On a twitter client?! Ridiculous. This one deserves a boycott for that kind of stupidity.

HOLY CRAP, what a jerk move from the developer.

I understand developers need to get paid, but the Tweetbot dev did things a LOT better.

Lots of people paid for Tweetbot 2. When the developer wanted to release a new app, he released a NEW app. Those that bought Tweetbot 2 got to keep it. Those that wanted to buy the new Tweetbot 3 to get new features could, and it supported the developer.
With Tweetbot 4, the developer again made a new app. Those that wanted to keep Tweetbot 3 (or 2), could, and those that wanted to pay for Tweetbot 4 to support the developer, could.

Also, using Apple's "App Bundle" feature, anyone that bought Tweetbot 3 could then get a discount when buying Tweetbot 4.

THAT is a good upgrade plan. People can decide to keep their old apps. People can decide to buy new apps. Developers get paid for work. Everyone wins.

But the Twitterrific developer?

Lots of people paid for Twitterrific 5. The developer then destroys Twitterrific 5 by overwriting it with a different app, preventing people from keeping the app they paid for or even downloading it any more, invalidates ALL previous "lifetime" payments (but keeps the money), and then requests that you pay again for another "lifetime" license to get back the features (that you already paid for).

How could anyone trust him?

He could easily release Twitterrific "7" next year and charge people again for yet another "lifetime" license. He's already shown that he can't be trusted and doesn't give a crap about users.

What about those that prefer Twitterrific 5 and wanted to keep it? I paid for it, and it's gone. I can't download it, ever again. It's not available in the App Store. It's not available in my Purchased Apps. If I manage to find an old IPA of it in a backup (from before iTunes stopped working with apps), it will be so old that it might not work without an update, and updating it will just delete it and replace it with Twitterrific 6 again.
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And Twittterific 5 is still available and usable (although whether it will be maintained is a different matter).

Available... Where?

It's not listed under the developer's apps. It's not listed under my Purchased Apps.

Twitterrific 5 is gone. Reduced to atoms.

There are two ways to remove ads, $30 one-time IAP or $10/year subscription. While these prices are on the high side, I don't think it's fair to expect Iconfactory to keep offering updates for free. I am rather underwhelmed by the list of new features, however.

And Twittterific 5 is still available and usable (although whether it will be maintained is a different matter).

That's the thing. I'm not expecting them to give me any updates for free. I understand the need to fund ongoing development and eventually you need to charge again or even raise prices. But the good guy way to do that is to leave Twitterific 5 as a standalone app I can download via my purchase history and get it working exactly as it was yesterday. You can be nicer and offer a discount to upgrade, but that isn't a requirement.

I'm just upset that they updated the app in place so I'm forced to either adopt the new model or am downgraded entirely to the current equal of the free version.

It doesn't cost them anything to keep the old version there for paid customers like me...

The reality is though... Twitter has restricted third party clients too much that all of them are somewhat of a hard sell now. So they probably figure there are some users who are deeply dedicated to the app and will pay the new fees and the customers lost aren't a big deal. Either way, it sucks and is a scummy move.

Every time I see the word „autoplay“ I wish I could punch that person who implemented it. (I know in this case you can deactivate it) but mobile ads that just auto play should be charged to pay for my mobile data usage

I want to like Twitterrific, I really do. But with no notifications, and very few additional features to the Twitter (at least that I need/use) I really don't see a point on paying for it.

No obnoxious ads throughout the feed and stupid „in case you missed it“ BS are enough reasons for me personally

It's a bit poorly designed IMO.

- Why do I have to reach the top bar to switch pages? This is extremely dumb on the iPad.
- The Search People page is an eyesore. The sudden change in typeface is too extreme.
- The Search People page has odd squircle shapes for the profile pics
- On the Mac, everything that you want to do seems to pop up a new window that you have to manage. Sometimes I just want to click away and do something else, but that closes the popover.
- On the Mac, it was super unintuitive on how to view my own tweets
- On the Mac, the sound selection doesn't fit general look of the app (especially the block noise)
- On the Mac, when I add a picture to my tweet, I want to enlarge it to see if I picked the right one. Instead, Twitterific only seems to allow me to add a description when I click on it.
- On the Mac, the mentions badge always seems to show even when I don't have new mentions
- On the Mac, when you close the compose window with a draft of a tweet and switch accounts, the draft is still there when you open the compose window again.
- WTF is a muffle? How is that different from a mute? Super unintuitive

Most importantly, viewing threads is confusing. You can swipe on a tweet to view the discussion, but it loses its position and starts the discussion at the top. I just want to view the tweet that it reply to so I can immediately know what these people are talking about. This is extremely critical to my Twitter usage and Twitterrific never seem to get this right.

Their tagline is "The Twitter app for people who actually use Twitter" but I don't think they really do use Twitter. Tweetbot blows these apps away.

I don’t care about the price (I think I even backed the desktop client Kickstarter for more), but forcing the upgrade on people who’ve already paid for an ad-free app is a goddamn mugging.

I want to like Twitterrific, I really do. But with no notifications, and very few additional features to the Twitter (at least that I need/use) I really don't see a point on paying for it.