25 Twitter Apps You Never Knew Existed

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Most of you have probably heard of Tweetdeck, Twhirl, bit.ly, Facebook Twitter, Yoono and hundreds of other Twitter apps…

This post reveals 25 Twitter Apps I bet you never knew existed:

1. Twittas – what was your first tweet?

Twittas provides a variety of tools to analyze your Twitter accounts. You can find out the date of your first tweet. If you want to find out the speed at which you tweet, Twittas has it. Like other twitter grading sites, you can find out your twitter grade too.

Find out when you tweeted first
Find out your tweeting speed
Grade your Twitter account
Find out how much time you waste on Twitter
Find out which celebrities arrived after you on Twitter
Predict when you would reach 1 million followers
Locate people you follow on a map
Find out twitterers you converse the most with

Get Twittas Here

2. Act.ly – petitions and events on Twitter

Fire up your followers with simple, powerful activism tools designed to take full advantage of Twitter.

Start petitions on twitter
Create and spread events in your area
Help fight for a cause

Get Act.ly Here

3. PlentyOfTweeps – for all you singles on Twitter

PlentyOfTweeps is a Twitter dating site that wants to help you find a date. Not only does the site display twitter singles in your area, it also helps you break the ice with the person you like!

Meet intelligent, word-smithy, sexy people on Twitter that you wouldn’t get a chance to meet

Search out twitter users and “Like” them. They’ll receive an anonymous tweet and join PlentyOfTweeps.com to find you!

Get PlentyOfTweetps Here

4. SearchCheck – get notified when your tweets don’t appear on Twitter Search

SearchCheck will notify you when it finds that your tweets aren’t turning up on Twitter Search. I have come across a lot of twitter users who complain about their tweets not appearing in the search results. Well, this tool may not be able to help you rectify the problem, but it’ll help you identify the problem faster and

Get notified when your tweets aren’t indexed on Twitter Search
Just follow @SearchCheck to be notified of indexing discrepancy

Get SearchCheck Here

5. Just8It – realtime hunger engine

Just8It lets you share tasty food images with your friends on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter etc.

Realtime hunger engine
Share food images
Discover what your friends are eating

Get Just8It Here

6. MovieRats – rate movies quickly and easily

MovieRats helps you rate movies on twitter. You can also rate movies directly on the site.

Rate and share your movie taste with your twitter friends
Create your own Top 10 list and share on twitter
Plenty of categories to choose from

Get MovieRats Here

7. TwitSpeech – a new way to gain more followers

TwitSpeech wants to provide you with a platform to help you gain more twitter followers. It’s not some automated tool that would bulk follow hundreds of twitter users to increase your follower count. You need to be really worth following to increase your follower count.

Write speeches and increase your twitter followers
Best speeches featured in the hall of fame

Get TwitSpeech Here

8. 140InABottle – throw your tweets into the sea!

140InABottle tries to mimic the old way of putting messages in a bottle and throwing them into the sea.

Send tweets in a bottle
No twitter username required

Get 140InABottle Here

9. Dr. TweetDreams – analyze your dreams

Dr. TweetDreams analyzes tweets about your dreams and tells you what they mean.

Analyze dreams through your tweets
View dreams of other twitter users

Get Dr. TweetDreams Here

10. Lu.ly – Twitter and Facebook toolbar for your browser

Lu.ly is a toolbar developed for Facebook and Twitter enthusiasts. It’s supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

Toolbar to view tweets and facebook updates
Update your twitter and facebook status using the toolbar
Supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari
Reply, Retweet and send Direct Messages

Get Lu.ly Here

11. Xobni – Outlook plugin with Twitter integration

Xobni is an awesome plugin for Outlook that now has support for Twitter!

Outlook plugin with Twitter integration
See a list of recent tweets for every contact– right inside Outlook
Reply to a tweet
ReTweet
Follow or unfollow a contact on Twitter
Post a new Twitter status update from within Outlook

Get Xobni Here

12. Flyar – twitter visualization screensaver using augmented reality

Flyar is a must try twitter application that makes you want augmented reality apps in every aspect of computing!

Augmented reality twitter application
Works on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
Uses your webcam to create an augmented reality image

Get Flyar Here

13. RTweeter – The long and short of tweets

RTweeter is a twitter web and desktop client that lets you tweet more than 140 characters, shorten URLs, share your location and more!

Create tweets longer than 140 characters
Shorten URLs for easing posting on twitter
Easily share your location on a map with your twitter friends
Adobe AIR based desktop client allows you to create groups and schedule tweets

Get RTweeter Here

14. AutoTweeter – Desktop twitter application for automatic tweets

AutoTweeter is a java based twitter application developed to help you schedule your tweets.

Set tweets to be tweeted at regular time intervals
Java based desktop application supports all types of OS
Needs JRE 1.6
Start and Stop auto tweets anytime you wish

Get AutoTweeter Here

15. Chirpr – Windows sidebar gadget for twitter

Chirpr is a sidebar gadget meant for Windows Vista users. Install this sidebar gadget and you would be able to read and update your twitter timeline from your windows sidebar.

Windows Vista sidebar gadget for twitter
Read and update your twitter timeline
Auto Refreshes every 60 seconds

Get Chirpr Here

16. TweetMyPC – shutdown/restart/logoff windows through twitter

TweetMyPC lets you shutdown/restart/logoff your windows PC remotely through twitter!

Shutdown/Restart/LogOff windows PC through twitter
You need to provide twitter credentials of the account which needs to be monitored
Requires .NET framework 3.5

Get TweetMyPC Here

17. SpreadTweet – twitter application that looks just like Excel!

SpreadTweet is a twitter app for you office folks who do not want to be caught tweeting at your workplace. Now you can tweet and make your boss believe that you are actually busy working on spreadsheets!

Adobe AIR based desktop twitter application
Looks exactly like Excel spreadsheet
3 flavours – Office OSX, Office 2003 (windows) and Office 2007 (windows)
View your timeline, @Replies, DMs’ as well as update your twitter status
Use it as a stealth twitter application at work

Get SpreadTweet Here

18. Posty

Posty can be a boon for those who have accounts across various micro-blogging sites. Through posty, you can update multiple sites with the same status message easily.

Update your status at Twitter, Jaiku, Tumblr, Friendfeed and Identi.ca with a single click
Search your old Twitter and Friendfeed messages
Automatic spell checker
Built-in URL shortening service
Displays Youtube and Vimeo videos, Tumblr audio, Flickr/Zoomr/Smugmug galleries
Integrated Twitter Search

Get Posty Here

19. TweetThisText – share quotes on twitter

TweetThisText is a browser bookmarklet that lets you share quotes with your twitter friends.

Share quotes on twitter
Browser Bookmarklet
Creates a new page consisting of the quote you wish to share and tweets the link

Get TweetThisText Here

20. Feedly – An awesome FireFox addon combining twitter and Google Reader

Feedly is a FireFox addon that combines Google Reader and Twitter to give you all the related updates on a single page in your FireFox browser.

FireFox addon that combines Google Reader and Twitter
Displays all your Google Reader subscriptions in a magazine like page
Access the Feedly page anytime by clicking the green icon on the FireFox toolbar
Articles marked as read on Feedly would be marked as read in your Google Reader
Share articles easily at the click of a button
View FriendFeed discussions for every page you visit
Easily tweet a page you are currently browsing without leaving the page

Get Feedly Here

21. TwitterLine – twitter timeline on your FireFox toolbar

TwitterLine is a FireFox addon for twitter that displays your twitter timeline on the browser’s toolbar.

FireFox addon for twitter which displays updates on browser toolbar
One of the most unobtrusive browser plugin for twitter ever
One click Fav, @Reply and Retweet options
Update panel helps you update your timeline without leaving the page you are currently browsing
Easily share URL of the current page
Add multiple accounts
Toggle button to hide or show updates in the browser toolbar

Get TwitterLine Here

22. ConvoTrack – view comments about articles posted on twitter and other sites

ConvoTrack is an app built on top of BackType which also has BackTweets, a twitter app to find all links of your blog or site on twitter.

View comments and discussions about sites on twitter, FriendFeed etc in the sidebar
Bookmarklet available for easy access to comments
Easily share links with the sidebar preloaded by appending your site URL to http://convotrack.com/
Display the ConvoTrack button on your site so that your site visitors can view discussions about your articles

Get ConvoTrack Here

23.Peekr – view twitter backgrounds without the tweets!

Peekr is a cool twitter bookmarklet that lets you view any twitter users background image without any tweets obstructing your view!

Twitter bookmarklet to help you view any twitter users background image without any obstacles
Tweets and other profile information slide away on click of the bookmarklet

Get Peekr Here

24. Power Twitter – make your twitter interface better (MUST HAVE)

PowerTwitter is a browser extension that enhances the existing twitter web interface thus giving you a more useful and intuitive twitter web interface.