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.

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

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.

Not the first time I’ve deleted an app and won’t be the last. These people show a total lack of respect to customers who already paid and then throw a new model into the existing app. Put a new app on the store and don’t update the old version. IMO it’s borderline theft to have someone pay for a software application then sabotage the UX to the point you have to pay again to get back to where you were. Apple should have never allowed paid apps to be turned into subscription apps.

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 was going to comment, but you have the issue covered.

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.

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.

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.