Tapping one of the latter notifications opens that person's profile rather than the tweet they favorited or retweeted, which I find odd. It shows you, in reverse-chronological order, who has recently followed you, replied to you, or interacted with one of your tweets. Here, you can check how many favorites, retweets, and followers you've gotten today, as well as individual favorite/retweet stats for your last 99 tweets.Īctivity is basically a simplified form of Twitter's Notifications tab. Stats provides a lovely way to view how well you've been tweeting, so to speak. While it’s a little frustrating that this second pane doesn’t offer the same customization both on iPhone and iPad, it’s a small space on the iPhone, and I’m sure the developers had to make a decision about what was feasible to show there on the iPhone. In landscape mode on iPad and iPhone 6/6s Plus, this leaves room for a big new feature: An always-visible right-hand pane that, by tapping on the name at the top, can be set to display: (a) your mentions stream (b) one of your saved searches (iPad-only) (c) one of your Twitter lists (iPad-only) or (d) one of Tweetbot's two new tabs: Stats and Activity. Now, notice that the left navigation bar has shrunk to a column of icons without text labels. Tip: As with Tweetbot 3 for iPhone, you can easily toggle between light and dark modes by swiping up or down with two fingers - like flipping a light switch.
Side note: Most screenshots showcase Tweetbot's dark mode simply because I prefer it, but here's a look at light mode:
It's everything we've wanted the iPad version to be ever since iOS 7 shipped.
In their place is the same gorgeous landscape of thin lines, flat surfaces, and solid colors that the iPhone app has had for the past two years. Gone are the iPad app’s days of textured backdrops, drop shadows, and button gradients. (Avenir is still available in settings, if you prefer it.)įor comparison, here's the old Tweetbot for iPad: Right away you'll notice how different the new interface is, right down to the new San Francisco typeface introduced with iOS 9. Open the app for the first time, log into your Twitter account (or add any accounts you've already set up within iOS), choose whether or not to follow or for support (if neither, tap “No Thank You” at the lower right), and then you'll be taken to your timeline. The first difference is the app icon - it's been slightly modified from the icon Tweetbot 3 for iPhone has been using, mainly to be a tad flatter and brighter. If you’re an iPhone user, there’s plenty for you to like about this release, though, including a new landscape view for 6 Plus/6S Plus users. We will mainly focus on the iPad version of TB4 in this post because that's what has us most excited right now. The upgrade from Tweetbot 3 → Tweetbot 4 on iPhone isn't nearly as drastic as the iPad's upgrade from Tweetbot 2. Tweetbot 4 is a $10 universal app (on sale for $5 during launch) and a separate purchase from previous versions. Needless to say, it's great to see the Tapbots team turning their attention back to the iPad. Being able to preview tweet links as inline quotes.The ability to properly view certain links, such as videos, gifs, or multi-image attachments.Meanwhile, Twitter continued adding new features to their own platform, none of which Tweetbot for iPad could take advantage of until now: iOS 7 and 8 came and went without an update in sight, which meant not only retaining that shiny, candy-like design years after everyone else had abandoned such things, but also not having access to core iOS features so many other apps had immediately taken advantage of. However, the last major update to Tweetbot for iPad was in April 2013 - ah, the heady days of iOS 6 - with only a handful of minor fixes after that. Tweetbot 3 for iPhone, released nearly two years ago, has made this a joy to do. Why do I say “finally”? Well, it helps to first understand that: (1) my primary device is an iPad and (2) I spend a lot of time reading Twitter - it's where I get most of my news, and it's how I stay up-to-date on what my online friends are up to. Tweetbot 4 is a paid update - $10, but on sale at launch for just $5. The new Tweetbot is a universal app, and it brings some significant changes to both the iPhone and, yes, the iPad. Tweetbot 4 for iOS is finally 1 here, and we couldn't be more excited to tell you about it.