Finally a Twitter App to Take Down Tweetie

Complete dominance in an industry is never good for competition and it’s been quite a while since an App gave Tweetie a run for it’s money on the iPhone.  So why should you make the switch from Tweetie to Twitbit?  Two words: push notifications.

If you’re like me, you probably check your twitter reply stream dozens of times daily (or more) to see who is talking to you or retweeting your links.  With Twitbit, all of your replies can be sent to you via push notifications, meaning that you can spend less time on the app and more time actually getting work done.

MobileCrunch’s Gagan Biyani gives a short history of Twitbit, “TwitBit has been around since August, and has a similar user experience to Tweetie. Both do a solid job with providing the right options to the user at the right time (for example, easily accessible options to DM or @ reply when you click on a person’s handle). Both look fairly similar and present your Tweet stream in a user-friendly manner. Most importantly, TwitBit has all the bells and whistles of Tweetie – geolocation, support for lists and trends, and solid search options. It also has the standard photo-uploading with the added benefit of Flickr integration.”

So whether you decide to switch or not, it’s great for the app store to get a true competitor to Tweetie, which should ‘push’ Tweetie to make some enhancements on their own side.