Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Bluebird

A simple, beautiful Twitter client for macOS 🐦⚡️

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bluebird launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   BrandBird▲483

   Turn screenshots into beautiful social media images & posts

   2021 · brandbird.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Twitter for Mac 4.0▲306

   Twitter's official Mac app with a fresh new look and feel

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tweetbot for Mac 2.0▲297

   Award-winning, native Twitter client for the Mac.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tweet Tray▲206

   Tweet quickly from your desktop without any distractions.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Flitter▲231

   A simple, beautiful Twitter client for iOS

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Finch for Twitter▲88

   Turn your Twitter timeline into beautiful streams of photos

   2016 · getfinch.es · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Twizzy▲232

   A macOS app for Twitter DM & tweeting from the menu bar

   2018 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   StatusTweet▲103

   Tweet from your Mac's menu bar

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NightOwl▲320

   Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.

   2019 · nightowlapp.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Aviary▲276

    A modern iOS client for Twitter

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Boxy for Twitter▲258

    A gorgeous Twitter client for Mac 🐦💫

    2018 · boxysuite.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Birdflow for Twitter▲100

    Supercharge your Twitter with marketing automation

    2021 · birdflow.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The New Twitter for Mac▲196

    The new Twitter app built on Apple's Catalyst

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Solace▲171

    macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…

    Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Bigbird for Twitter (iOS)▲70

    The unofficial Twitter Camera

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Night Mode for Desktop▲129

    Twitter's Night mode on mobile? Now it's coming to desktop!

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TweetBar▲96

    Nudges from your favorite Twitter account in your menubar

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Twitterrific 5▲134

    Twitter's oldest Mac client re-imagined from the ground up

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    TweetFast for Mac Menubar ⚡️▲87

    Fastest way to tweet from your Mac Desktop 👩‍💻

    2018 · mactweeter.web.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TweetReality▲325

    The first AR client for Twitter

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Timeline▲76

    Twitter in your OS X notification center

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Happy Owl▲99

    Dark mode for Medium 🌚📝

    2018 · happyowl.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Bird search▲98

    Supercharge 🚀 your search on Twitter

    2022 · birdsearch.carrd.co · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Macaw for Twitter▲276

    A free iOS app with the top-liked tweets from your network

    2018 · pensiamocs.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →