Twitterrific update adds iPad multi-window support, Dark Mode, and more

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What you need to know

  • Popular Twitter app Twitterrific has been updated to version 6.1.
  • The update is for iPhone and iPad, but it's the tablet where things get interesting.
  • This update adds support for iPadOS and it's fancy new multi-window feature.

The popular Twitter app, Twitterrific, has been updated with support for Dark Mode, the iPad's multi-window system, and more.

If you're a Twitter user who refuses to use the official Twitter app you're probably using either Twitterrific or Tweetbot. Both are great apps but it's the former that is first to the multi-window game. And it's huge. Now, people can have multiple Twitterrific windows open on a single iPad with each window displaying a different feed.

That feed could be a list or even a whole new Twitter account depending on what works best at the time. Each window also remembers its own tab customizations and account details, too. It's the nearest thing to an iPad version of Tweetdeck we've seen yet.

And Twitterrific doesn't just support multi-window. It goes above and beyond, too.

Support for multiple windows on iPadOS 13

  • Open as many windows as you want
  • Keep tabs on different accounts or open the same account many times
  • Each window remembers its own tab customizations and account selection

Multiple ways to open a new window on iPadOS 13:

  • Drag a new copy of Twitterrific from the home screen dock to iOS split view
  • Drag and drop the sidebar button to create a new window for that account
  • Drag any account out from the account picker panel
  • Long-press on an account in the account picker

At this point making use of the new Dark Mode options found in iOS 13 and iPadOS is table stakes, but some apps are still lagging behind. Twitterrific now supports automatically switching its theme based on whether the system Dark Mode is enabled or not. But don't worry, you can still take control and decide which of the app's awesome themes are used if that's more your thing.

This update also comes with a healthy collection of improvements and bug fixes. Far too many to list here. But suffice to say Twitterrific continues to be one of the best Twitter apps around. This update just confirms it.

Twitterrific can be downloaded from the App Store for free, now. An option in-app purchase is available to remove ads and subscription prompts, too.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.