As of version 2.1, Twitterrific supports
Growl notifications, enhanced
AppleScript capabilities and can be used with other sites or services that use the Twitter
API. Version 3 changed Twitterrific into advertising supported
shareware; every hour an ad is refreshed to the top of the list. Users who buy the program receive no ads. Other changes in version 3 mostly added compatibility with
Mac OS X 10.5 and incorporated newer Twitter features like direct messaging. The
iOS version of Twitterrific won the 2008
Apple Design Award for Best iPhone Social Networking Application. On April 1, 2010, The Iconfactory released Twitterrific for iPad (Version 1.0), ready for the iPad's US launch on April 3. On June 24, a version of Twitterrific was launched (version 3.0) that was universally compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. On February 14, 2017, a
Kickstarter project was launched by
The Iconfactory to try and revive the Twitterrific for Mac application. On October 10, 2017, the Mac application received a 5.0 update and was added to the Mac App Store. On June 13, 2019, the iOS version 6.0 was announced. It disregarded previous in-app purchases. Users who had previously paid not to see ads were shown ads again. Iconfactory regards Twitterrific 6.0 as a new app but does not give their existing users the option of staying on Twitterific 5.x. Twitterrific was discontinued on January 19, 2023, when Twitter cut off access to the Twitter API for most 3rd party clients, thus breaking the MacOS and iOS apps. == Influence on Twitter ==