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Talon vs Falcon Pro

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When comparing Talon vs Falcon Pro, the Slant community recommends Falcon Pro for most people. In the question“What are the best Twitter clients for Android?” Falcon Pro is ranked 2nd while Talon is ranked 10th.

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What are the best Twitter clients for Android?

Talon

Falcon Pro

Pros

Pro
In-app image viewing

Pictures are overlayed on top the screen and can be pinch-zoomed.

Pro
Talon Pull

A feature called Talon Pull creates a quick-access (from you notification area) pop-out window that shows your timeline. Does not require opening an app and does not show an icon in the status bar.

Pro
Real-time notifications

At the expense of more battery consumption you can have notifications pop-up as the events take place.

Pro
TweetMarker Support

Pro
Embedded Youtube video support

Youtube videos play back within the app.

Pro
In-app browser

You can follow links and articles without having to leave the application.

Pro
Theme support

Light, Dark and Pitch Black themes are available out of the box and you can also download/create other themes.

Pro
Native Dashclock Widget support

Dashclock Widget brings advanced features and notifications to your lock screen, including Talon notifications.

Pro
Supports 2 users

Allows for easy switching between 2 Twitter accounts.

Pro
Powerful filters

Allows for filtering out only videos, pictures or links.

Pro
Free, without ads

Pro
In-app browser

You can choose to use the in-app browser or Android default. The in-app browser can also be set to force a light, mobile friendly version of a site or a full web page when connected to Wi-Fi. Additionally, it can use hardware acceleration to render web pages faster.

Pro
Statistics

Tracks the life of your tweets - retweets and favorites.

Pro
Embedded Youtube support

Linked YouTube videos can be played back in the app.

Pro
Real-time notifications

At the expense of more battery consumption, you can have your notifications pop-up as they happen.

Pro
Theme support

Light and dark themes are available.

Pro
Multiple account support

Allows easy switching of different Twitter accounts within the app.

Pro
Beautiful, well designed app

It's incredibly easy to read tweets, view media and see web content.

Pro
Mute function

Allows muting someone - hiding their tweets from the timeline without unfollowing them. Can also mute hashtags.

Pro
URL shortener and expander

Allows shortening URLs within the app and seeing the final destination of shortened URLs.

Pro
Starred user article preloading

A linked article from a starred user will load the beginning of said article in the app.

Pro
Native Dashclock Widget support

Dashclock Widget brings advanced features and notifications to your lock screen, including Falcon Pro notifications.

Pro
Landscape and tablet support

The same app works on both Android phones and tablets in portrait and landscape modes.

Pro
Transparent widget

Pro
Native & non-native retweets

You can use Twitter's built-in method of retweeting or choose RT/quote/via retweets.

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Cons

Con
Lack of functionality

Unable to insert image to scheduled tweet. Invisible some menu in dark theme.

Con
Drains battery

Depletes battery life.

Con
Back button on the main screen forgets feed position without confirmation

Con
Requires in-app-purchase to add your own Twitter account

Con
Not free

Con
Requires some hacking in order to use to it's full potential

In order to get the best use out of this app, you need to apply a few tweaks to get around some artificial limits, which have been placed on this app as a result of its success. Bypass the Twitter token limit.