Macworld - USA (2020-04)

56 MACWORLD APRIL 2020

iOSCENTRAL

IMAGE: TEAM NIGHTHAWK

TWITTER CLIENT

NIGHTHAWK FOR

TWITTER: BARE-

BONES MOBILE APP

FOR LESS NOISY

SOCIAL MEDIA

BY J.R. BOOKWALTER

Those who favor Twitter over rival social

networks probably already have Tweetbot

or Twitterrific installed on your iOS

devices. Power users prefer such third-

party alternatives to the official app, but

everyone deserves an environment where

branded content isn’t given preferential

treatment over tweets from people you

actually follow.

Billed as a “personal companion” to

the corporate app, Nighthawk (go.

macworld.com/nthk) offers a stripped-

down version of Twitter without the