Windows Phone Twitter Clients Comparison

It is unbelievable that just a couple of months ago I lamented about the lack of good Twitter clients on the Windows Phone platform. These days however I have five permanent third party Twitter apps on my Lumia, three of which I paid for. Of the six Twitter clients I have selected for my comparison here, three were only launched this year. It goes to show how much the Windows Phone platform has exploded since last year, with an average of around 300 new apps submitted each day.

The five third party Twitter apps listed below are, in no particular order, the best Twitter clients you can get on the platform now. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses. I have also included the official Twitter client in the comparison despite how awful it is, well because it is only fair that we show Twitter how it is supposed to be done.

Do take the comparison table with a pinch of salt, after all having the most features does not make an app great. For example, despite how featureless Ocell is, the app is by far the quickest app here to launch. So if you are looking for something lightweight, Ocell should be on your radar as a secondary backup app. Best of all, it is open sourced under the Apache Software License, so the potential is huge.

I will be updating this table from time to time, whenever new updates are made available that introduces new features, so make sure you bookmark this.

	Carbon	Rowi	Gleek	Ocell	Mehdoh	Twitter
Version	V1.3	V2.0	V1.3	V2.4	V1.9	V1.3
Price	£1.49	£2.29	£1.49	Free	Free	Free
Trial Available	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lite' Version	No	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mango Ready	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
List Management	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
View Lists	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Draft	No	No	No	No	No	No
In-Line Photos	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
In-Live Videos	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Bit.ly Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Block/Spam Report	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Delete Tweet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Native Retweet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quote Retweet	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
View Retweets	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Geo-tag Tweets	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
View Gelocation	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Lock Orientation	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Read It Later Support	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Instapaper Support	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Share via SMS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Share via Email	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Follow/Unfollow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pin User	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
URL Preview	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Conversion View	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Filter/Mute	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Multiple Accounts	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Live Tiles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Toast Notifications	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mark Favourites	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Change Avatar	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Translations	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Pull Refresh	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Scheduled Tweet	No	No	No	No	No	No
Photo Sharing Option	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Font Resize	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
View Trending	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes