Yes, Birdbrain is kind of a silly name. But it is a wonderful program. It isn’t a Twitter client, but it does make your Twitter experience better.
How? By helping you manage your followers. Twitter doesn’t send you an update every time someone follows you. And it doesn’t send you a message when someone unfollows you. Nor does it tell you when they kick someone off the island for being a spammer. So that tally of Followers on your profile page can change inexplicably. One day, according to Twitter notifications, I added 4 followers, but the number on my profile page went up by 6. Huh?
Birdbrain tells you exactly what’s going on. When you first install and run the program on your iPhone, it takes a snapshot of your followers. And then every time you run the program after that, it updates that snapshot, showing you exactly who has started and stopped following. Cool, eh?
You can also look at a new follower’s Timeline to decide if you want to follow back. And can start following without leaving the program. It will track your Mentions. After you’ve been using the program for a while, it will give you reports going back 90 days.
All in all, well worth the $1.99 they are asking for it. If you have an iPhone and are using Twitter, give it a try. You won’t regret it.
Tags: iPhone, social media