20 Cool Apps to Enhance Your Twitter Experience

Twitter is a fun place to hang out. The official web app might be bland, but there are a whole bunch of third party apps out there to make Twitter special. I have always maintained that if it weren’t for third party apps, Twitter would never have been the cultural and social phenomenon that it is today.

We use Twitter for a variety of personal and professional reasons and the platform by itself isn’t flexible enough for our needs. So after the break, we have compiled a list of 20 apps that fill a dozen holes in the Twitter platform. Come check it out!

StockTwits

StockTwits is an acclaimed investment site that helps people share ideas, trades, links and charts with the Twitter community. Find investors and traders and follow them to find the next great investment or to understand market trends.

Category : Finance
Complete OAuth Sign Up : No

BrandChirp

If you are small or medium business owner, with BrandChirp you can effectively monitor, manage and track tweets that relate to your brand. The app supports multiple accounts and follow users/accounts based on their location and search keywords.

Category : Brand Management
Complete OAuth Sign Up : No

We Follow

We Follow is a Twitter directory service that helps people find interesting accounts to follow. Accounts are listed based on categories, tags and location, making it one of the easiest destinations to discover influential people on Twitter.

Category : Discovery
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Not Required

Friend or Follow

Not sure if your friends are following you or what, despite what they claim? Try Friend or Follow. As soon as you submit your username (no password needed), the app will let you know how many people that you follow are actually following you. Additionally, you can find more about your following habits,\ too.

Category : Analytics
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

Featured Users

Desperately looking to gain some followers and not worried about spending some money? Featured Users might be what you are looking for. The app puts banner ads of your tweets at 40+ websites ensuring maximum exposure to your tweets.

Category : Promotion
Complete OAuth Sign Up : No

Nearby Tweets

As you might have guessed from the self explanatory name, the web app displays tweets from the location you are currently in. Your location is ascertained based on your IP address and if you find that the location information isn’t accurate enough, try changing it manually or use the map to pin point the exact location.

Category : Discovery
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Not Required

Twitaholic

Twitaholic ranks people based on the number of their followers and the frequency of their tweets. If you are looking for discovering or follow high profile and the most prolific Twitter users, head over to Twitaholic.

Category : Discovery
Complete OAuth Sign Up : NA

Twitter Counter

Twitter Counter provides incredible insights and statistics of Twitter accounts and tracks over 14 million accounts. The app also offers a variety of widgets and buttons that lets people showcase their Twitter influence. For more in depth stats and to gain more followers, they have a premium plan as well.

Category : Analytics
Complete OAuth Sign Up : NA

Twellow

Twellow is a discovery service with a twist. It operates more like a traditional online Yellow Pages app rather a straight up discovery service. Accounts are listed into categories and sub categories (a whole lot them actually) and you can discover accounts from the entire spectrum of the longtail. The user interface is designed poorly though.

Category : Discovery
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Not Required

Twit Cleaner

Despite having a trashy user interface, Twit Cleaner is a pretty cool web app. It analyzes the Twitter accounts that you follow and informs you which ones are actually useful and which ones aren’t. I personally loved the listing of accounts based on the frequency and originality of their tweets.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Not Required

Twuffer

To be a Twitter ninja, it might be necessary to tweet round the clock. That’s where Twuffer comes in to rescue. The app allows you to compose a list of future tweets, and schedule them at intervals of your choice.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

Twtpoll

Feeling democratic or looking to know the opinion of other before making a decision? Try Twtpoll. From simple Twitter polls to full fledged surveys the web app is capable of running an opinion campaign. Besides the free plans, Twtpolls has a lot of premium plans for power users.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

Twittercal

Twittercal is a web app that connects your Google Calender and the Twitter account. The app might come in handy when you are planning an event for your company or the next BBQ for friends and family.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

TwitterDMer

Need to quickly DM people with personalized messages? With Twitter DMer, you can now make each of your direct messages unique by specifying specific user details to use. Stock DMs are impersonal and might put off people, so use the app with caution!

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : No

Twittad

Got a huge following and looking to find a way to make some money off them? Twittad helps businesses and individuals to send targeted @replies to accounts who mention specific keywords, key phrases or consumers tweeting near your business. Now I know where those spam mentions come from!

Category : Monetization
Complete OAuth Sign Up : No

BubbleTweet

140 characters of text is not cutting edge enough for you? Amaze your followers by sending them short video replies and messages using BubbleTweet. From their web app, you can also check out the videos made by others.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

GroupTweet

GroupTweet turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages. When the group account receives a direct message from a group member, the web app converts it into a tweet that all your followers can see.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

Just Tweet It

Just Tweet It is a great place discover like minded people to follow on Twitter. Their directories are comprehensive and users can upload their own accounts into relevant categories for discovery.

Category : Discovery
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

TweetBeep

TweetBeep is a personal Twitter digest. With this app you can keep track of conversations that mention you, your brand, your company, or a keyword and receive hourly email updates.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Np

Twittonary

The Twitter Dictionary shortly known as Twittonary, is the place to go if you cannot comprehend Internet jargon and lingo. Users can submit their own words to improve the database too.

Category : Utility
Complete OAuth Sign Up : Yes

Share Your Thoughts!

Which one is your favorite Twitter app? Do you use better alternatives?