The Twitter iPad conspiracy.

June 30, 2011 8:33 AM

Twitter list management on the iPad?

Twitter's iPhone app allows list management but their iPad interface does not. iPad Twitteriffic doesn't do list management either. Twitter's web interface on the iPad is the mobile interface and also lacks list management.

1. What the hell?

2. Are there any free twitter interfaces for the iPad that allow list management?

List management here means adding and removing individual twitters from lists and creating or destroying lists.

posted by chairface to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

I used the "regular view" or whatever of Twitter in the web browser. Not the mobile site that they assume you want to use--scroll down and click "Full view" or whatever it's called. It was very slow to use for me (every click need 30 seconds of waiting for the result), but it worked.

But I was also surprised that it was so difficult to manage lists. I'll be waiting to see what other people suggest.
posted by thebazilist at 9:37 AM on June 30, 2011

Response by poster: Twitepad doesn't seem to have a free version anymore. The reviews are mixed with complaints of stability issues that date to 2010 and no recent reviews. I'm reluctant to drop more money just to try it out. It's a good suggestion though.
posted by chairface at 11:32 AM on June 30, 2011

Best answer: I use Echofon, it's free and also has a desktop version which (user permitted) will sync your tweets between iOS and desktop so you don't have to read the same tweets twice.

As far as I can tell it has the list management factors you are looking for - although I have only added individuals to lists, and not tried deleting them.

good luck
posted by Faintdreams at 1:14 PM on June 30, 2011

Response by poster: http://www.echofon.com returns "App Engine Error:Over Quota". It IS a conspiracy!

I'll keep an eye on it, thanks for the suggestion.
posted by chairface at 1:52 PM on June 30, 2011

Response by poster: Echofon does some list management and has a free edition so I'll mark that as best answer. Thanks everyone!
posted by chairface at 8:55 PM on July 2, 2011