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When comparing Talon vs TweetCaster, the Slant community recommends Talon for most people. In the question“What are the best Twitter clients for Android?” Talon is ranked 3rd while TweetCaster is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Talon is:
Pictures are overlayed on top the screen and can be pinch-zoomed.
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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 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 Lack of functionality
Unable to insert image to scheduled tweet. Invisible some menu in dark theme.
Con Drains battery
Depletes battery life.
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.
Con Unable to have menubar at bottom of screen
Con Reply All functionality sometimes won't pick up everyone who's mentioned in the original tweet
