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24 alternatives to Twitter: While You Were Away

“Rap Genius” to what people are blabbering about on Twitter

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Twitter: While You Were Away launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   While You Were Away, Episode 2 - Feat. Semil Shah▲55

   Rap Genius for tech Twitter conversations

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   RapGenii▲67

   Crowdsource your own rap

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   RapChat▲84

   Records your best raps and sends them to friends.

   2014 · rapchat.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Whileaway▲97

   Never miss a tweet from your favorite tweeters.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Whatsrapp▲80

   Start texting some rappers.

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Pickador▲73

   Making Twitter interesting again

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rap Shirts▲112

   #RAPSHIRTSFORWHITEPEOPLE

   2014 · rapshirtsforwhitepeople.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Beatstrap▲102

   Live-blog as a team using twitter.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Rap Genius▲5

   Dedicated to crowd-sourced annotation of rap lyrics.

   2016 · genius.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rapchat 3.0▲149

    Create, share, and discover freestyle raps

    2016 · bnc.lt · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Rap Pad▲80

    Anyone can write rap lyrics.

    2014 · rappad.co · its alternatives →

12. 12
    clap.fun▲133

    tweeting 👏 with 👏 claps 👏 has 👏 never 👏 been 👏 easier 👏

    2017 · clap.fun · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sidenotes▲118

    Medium & Rap Genius-like in-line commenting by Livefyre

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    RapBits▲61

    Share your favorite rap lines with friends

    2016 · rapbits.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Rap Genius (iOS app)▲129

    Your guide to the meaning of rap, R&B, and soul lyrics

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Beak▲83

    Measures how "smart" your tweets are

    2014 · beak.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    BARS from Facebook▲93

    Easily create and share raps

    2021 · bars.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TweetSquad▲74

    Automatic retweets from your fans!

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rapchat 2.0▲88

    Record, share, and discover freestyle raps

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Analyze Words▲81

    Reveals your personality through your tweets

    2015 · liwc.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wisdom from Kanye▲74

    Next level Kanye shit in every new Chrome tab

    2018 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    #SomebodyPleaseInvent▲148

    The best and worst ideas from Twitter

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sparks▲128

    The best way to express what you really think (w/ GIFs)

    2014 · getsparks.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Madhat▲105

    Snapchat meets Twitter.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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