What is the best Twitter app for the iPhone and why?

Why does the Twitter iPhone app open links in the app, while the Twitter Android app opens links in separate browser?

• After using both I really dislike the iPhone app.

• Answer:

  This was an intentional decision based upon how both platforms handle interacting with external links from within an app. For iPhone, we had two potential options for handling external links. Either opening the link in a webview in the app and creating a browser experience within the app or sending the user outside of the app and into Safari. We chose to utilize a webview to ensure a seamless experience for the user where they did not have to bounce between both the Twitter app and the Safari app. Considering the large proportion of Tweets which contain a link this was the best user experience. Links can still be opened in Safari in the app by long pressing on a link and choosing the 'Open in Safari' button. For Android, we had the same two potential options for handling external links. Android offers a universal back button which spans across the user's navigation throughout the phone. This afforded us the ability to open links in the browser of the user's choice but still offer a great experience of providing the sense that the user is remaining in the Twitter app. Each have their merits and we continue to evaluate this user experience as the technology changes on both of these platforms.