Plume vs TweetCaster
When comparing Plume vs TweetCaster, the Slant community recommends Plume for most people. In the question“What are the best Twitter clients for Android?” Plume is ranked 2nd while TweetCaster is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Plume is:
Allows easy switching of accounts withing the app.
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Pros
Pro Multiple account support
Allows easy switching of accounts withing the app.
Pro Color-coding
Allows color-coded lists and users.
Pro Mute functions
Hides a persons tweets from timeline without unfollowing them. Can also mute words and applications.
Pro In-app browser
Plume has a built-in browser so you can view linked content without having to leave the application.
Pro Real-time notifications
At the expense of more battery consumption you can tell Plume to "livestream" updates so you get notifications of events as they happen.
Pro Photo & video previews in timeline
Embeds photo and video previews in timeline.
Pro Multiple picture host support
You can upload your picture to a selection of hosts. Among them Twitpic, Plixi, Posterous, and MyPict.me.
Pro In-line image viewer
Embeds images in timeline.
Pro Tablet support
Same application works on phones and tablets.
Pro Multiple user support
Allows for easy switching between different Twitter accounts within the app.
Pro Reliable
Pro Zip (hide/filter) tweets
You can hide boring or inappropriate tweets by person, app, or hashtag for a selected period of time. Very useful when your followed friend starts to tweet about every single moment of a F1 race.
Pro Stagger tweets
You can write multiple tweets in one sitting and have them appear one by one at a predefined time.
Pro Stats
TweetCaster shows statistics about you and your friends. Who you interact with most, who is the "top tweeter".
Pro Themes & cutomization
Tweetcaster has multiple looks to choose from. In addition to themes, you can also customize the color of tweets where you're mentioned and font.
Cons
Con Plagued with bugs around posting and retweeting
Con Intrusive ads
You can also pay $4.99 for Plume Premium that removes the ads.
Con Hasn't been maintained and it's buggy
Can't view your or anyone's LISTs, Conversation view is very frustrating to use if you can, no Likes visible of tweets. Only positive easy switching of multiple accounts (more than 3). Not maintained.