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iOSCENTRAL REVIEW: NIGHTHAWK FOR TWITTERpeople you follow. This feature is
accessed from a dedicated tab at the
bottom, but choose wisely. Friends on
this list are excluded from Smart Filters
too, so you’ll want to exclude buddies
who pontificate about hot topics. This
list syncs to your Twitter account, where
it also shows up in other clients, such as
our preferred Tweetbot.
JUST THE BASICS
The developers of Nighthawk are quick
to note they’re not trying to compete
with more robust solutions like
Twitterrific. An admirable position to be
sure, but even as a basic Twitter client,
the app could benefit from additional
spit and polish.
For starters, searching for
Close Friends isn’t always
reliable. Nighthawk would find
certain users after entering just
a few letters, while others
required typing a complete
Twitter handle before they
would surface. There’s no
support for multiple accounts
or push notifications, and app
preferences are confusingly
buried on your profile screen.
Worse yet, when composing a
new tweet you can’t attach a
photo or location.
On the plus side, you can
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Nighthawk for
Twitter
PROS- Basic, ad-free third-party
Twitter app for iOS. - Smart Filters hide entire
topics from timeline. - Close Friends view keeps
focus on who’s important.
CONS - Can’t attach photos,
location when composing
new tweet. - Inconsistent results when
searching Close Friends.
PRICE
$3.99
COMPANY
Team Nighthawk
customize the home screen
icon with one of 17 different
options—including eight funky
Apple-inspired flavors—and the
app is a universal build, so it
works equally well on iPad
and iPhone.BOTTOM LINE
Nighthawk is pretty bare bones
as third-party Twitter apps go,
but the developers appear
committed to continued
improvements, so keep this
one on your radar. ■You can
customize the
home screen
icon with one
of 17 different
options.