Twitter is a service that’s so slanted towards tech-savvy types - folk that are likely to already own an app or two - that there are a lot more Twitter apps than Twitter really needs.

Perhaps we’re just being harsh – you Twitter folk do love your clients, don’t you?

TweetsRide (formerly known as TwitterRide) is an app that gives you more-or-less full access to Twitter’s functions. You can post, DM, add friends and of course keep an eye on the Twitterverse as it rolls on by throughout the day. It does this using three main tabs.

The first is your standard Twitter feed, showing you the babblings of your friends and associates. The second shows any @replies you’ve had, while the last houses all your direct messages.

This tri-tab structure makes managing your Twitter life terribly simple, and you can customize how often the app searches for new tweets. In fact, you can even make TweetsRide look for new tweets when the app’s not even running, which might be a good idea if you’re a real Twitter fan, as a chunky update leaves the app fairly sluggish for a good half-minute or so of operation – or at least it does on our Pulse phone.

Personalization is an important part of the Twitter experience, especially when some treat it as an ego-massaging service, but TweetsRide doesn’t go quite as far as some in letting you tailor your Twitter experience.

The avatars of the people you’re following show up next to each of their tweets, but there are only three different color themes available – blue, silver and graphite. While they’re all suitably tasteful, we’d like to get a bit more control over the look of TweetsRide if it’s going to become our Twitter portal of choice.

The one other quibble we have relates to links – and they’re pretty common in Twitter posts. When TweetsRide is reloading a new barrage of tweets – enough to slow the app itself down – it’s too easy to mistakenly click a link, thereby opening up a browser tab.

While finding new web content is one of the joys of Twitter, we’d like to have seen an option to disable links, for those times when you’re just cruising across the Twitter stream, looking out for comment rather than content. It’s a mood we often find ourselves in when Twittering out and about too.

Other than these issues, TweetsRide remains accessible and intuitive – and is packed with most features we’re on the lookout for, including built-in URL shortening.

Navigating to a lone Tweeter’s comments takes a few taps, but the bottom-left button that lets you yourself tweet is nigh-on perfectly placed. Considering it’s free too, this Twitter client is certainly worth a download.

TweetsRide info

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Platform: Google Android

Cost: Free

Version: 1.5.1

Developer: Satoshi Tanimoto

Website/Demo: N/A