Twitter, a social networking and micro blogging service, has gained considerable following since its launch in July 2006. With its membership count estimated at 200 million, it is no longer a platform for mere social interactions. Savvy businesses and organizations have exploited its potential to reach out to the masses and showcase their stuff. What with the adage about mixing personal and professional lives, Twitter users have taken to creating multiple accounts in order to keep their personal and professional persona different. That is not to say that users haven’t created multiple accounts, each for different circles of friends, or for different business ventures. Whatever the reason, it is safe to assume that a good percentage of Twitter users have more than one account.
Originally Twitter did not support multiple accounts, which meant that a user had to sign in and out each time the user needed to switch between the different accounts. This pesky little problem has been solved, thanks to a host of Twitter clients that have mushroomed over the web. Some are web based, some desktop, a few browser add-ons, and others specific to mobile applications. Tabled below are some of these.
| S No. | Client | Desktop/Web | Free/Paid* | Mobile Platform | Killer features |
| 1 | TweetDeck | Both (Linux/Mac/
Windows) |
Free | Android/ iPad/ iPhone | Groups, filters and searches incoming tweets; Slick, clean interface |
| 2 | Seesmic | Both
(Mac/Windows) |
Free | Android/
iPhone/ Windows Phone7 |
Integrates Facebook; makes popular uses within Twitter more easily accessible |
| 3 | Nambu | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Free | iPhone | Provides threaded conversation view; multi-column view; creation of twitter groups |
| 4 | Digsby | Desktop
(Linux/Mac/ Windows) |
Free | – | Email and social network updates in IM; supports multiple IM programs and allows consolidation of contacts within one place |
| 5 | TwitIQ | Web | Free | – | Advanced search feature |
| 6 | SocialOomph | Web | Free | – | Schedule & post to multiple social networking sites; bulk upload tweets |
| 7 | Splitweet | Web | Free | – | Brand Reputation Management tool |
| 8 | Pidgin** | Linux/UNIX/
Mac OS X/ Windows |
Free | – | Multi-platform and protocol chat client that supports more than 15 protocols. |
| 9 | Adium** | Mac OS X | Free | – | Adium is also highly customizable through the use of resources its developers call “Xtras”. |
| 10 | Sobees | Both (Windows) | Free | Ipad/Android | Customizable layout |
| 11 | Plume for Twitter | – | Free | Android | Beautiful UI and highly customizable |
| 12 | Gravity | – | Paid | S60 platform | Sideways options scrolling bar that appears while selecting a tweet; User can set update interval of the timeline |
| 13 | Poketwit | – | Free | Windows | Multiple accounts; Group conversations; Tweet shortening |
| 14 | LaTwit | – | Paid | iPhone | Allows for more than 140 characters (split into multiple messages) |
| 15 | SimplyTweet | – | paid | iPhone/iPod Touch | Push notifications |
| 16 | Echofon | Browser Add-on (Firefox)/
Desktop (Mac) |
Free | iPhone/iPad | Sync feature that keeps unread tweets in sync between devices; Real-time streaming; HIGHLIGHTS feature |
| 17 | HootSuite | Web | Free | – | Customizable tabs; Share accounts with team members without passing out credentials |
| 18 | CoTweet | Web | Free | – | Allows multiple users to access the same account and assign different tweets to those users |
| 19 | Adjix2Twitter Link | Browser Add-on | Free | – | Tweet directly from your web browser.
Adjix’s newest feature, Adjix2Twitter Embed Ads, allows you to embed an ad directly into your tweet. |
| 20 | TWhirl | Desktop
(Mac OS X/ Windows) |
Free | – | Automatically shortens URL; single column view of tweets |
| 21 | Twitterific | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Paid | iPhone | Great looks; small desktop footprint; Numerous keyboard shortcuts |
| 22 | Multwiple | Web | Free | – | Multiple accounts displayed in different columns |
| 23 | Twidroyd | – | Free | Android | Instantly sees websites and photos next to tweets |
| 24 | TweetCaster | – | Free | Android/
Blackberry/ iPhone/ Windows |
Multi account support for blackberry |
| 25 | Twitter for Mac (Originally Tweetie) | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Free | iPhone/iPod Touch | Universal New Tweet Hotkey; Feature rich context menu; Growl support; tiny footprint |
| 26 | Kiwi | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Free | – | Good looks, clean, legible and versatile; variety of themes to choose from |
| 27 | YoruFukurou | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Free | – | Customizable interface; Quicklook style for picture links; Simplicity and minimalistic UI |
| 28 | Socialite | Desktop
(Mac OS X) |
Free | – | Supports Lists; Provides multiple functionalities all from the comfort of a main window |
| 29 | Loquacious | – | Free | Android | Actions (long press on an item opens roll menu with all actions); Fliter tweets from a specific source |
| 30 | Mixero | Desktop (Linux/
Mac OS X/ Windows) |
Free | iPhone | Noise reduction; Easier to track relevant updates |
*Free/Paid refers to the version that supports multiple accounts. Some of these clients designated Free might have a Paid version as well, but the free version supports multiple accounts.
** Not a Twitter client, but provides Plug-in for twitter
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