I am always on the lookout for new ways to organize my laughable amount of email addresses and social network accounts. To date, I have not found anything that has made the cut. There is a lot that goes into deciding whether or not to use an app of this type. Let's face it, when you sign-in, you are essentially turning over the management of your accounts to another application. Sometimes it just feels to far from the source. To add to the list of apps that did not quite make it, meet Twezr by Minekey (free in the App Store) for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, iOS 3.0 or later.
It starts off personably enough. You begin by watching a little intro video that is excellently corny. After this finishes, you must create an account with Twezr. I always hate this part. Then you move on to add your email addresses and social networks. At this point, in my experience, the app proceeded to sit on the "acquiring contacts..." etc. screen for more than 45 minutes. (Don't worry, I watched an episode of Castle while I waited.) When I finally force quit the app and reopened it, only my contacts had been transferred into the app, and it wouldn’t refresh with my Facebook or Twitter. Not off to a great start.
The interface is nice, in all honesty. Based on the interface alone, I had hopes the app would function as easily as the video said it would. This, however, was not the case. When small functionality doesn't go smoothly on the front end, I, for one, lose trust in the application on the whole. The concept is good, but the follow-through was not.
Please, do not get me started on the name! Definition of "tweezers:" pincers, pliers, needle-nosed pliers. They are a grooming device, never associated with anything positive. They are used in the home, in the bathroom – so that would equate to the inner sanctum. I would have loved to be in the meeting where they all walked out of the room feeling so glad about the name they just landed on. Twezr. Really?
Overall, this is just another app. It's not excellent. It's not the worst app ever (although, I do have serious reservations about that name). In the App Store, there were mixed reviews. Some thought it was the best thing since macaroni met cheese, while other opinions were similar to mine. Either way, it's free, so give it a try if you like. If you don't, you will not be missing much.




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Hi Kyle - Thanks for taking the time to try out and review Twezr. Sorry to hear that our initial experience wasn't good.
We're curious to find out when you tried out Twezr? When we launched the app a couple weeks ago ...we had infrastructure issues due to unforeseen loads. We were organizing 5 M messages a day which is 1% of Facebook's daily volume! However, over the past few weeks we've fixed most of the infrastructure issues and Twezr has been working "great" as many users confirm.
Regarding mixed Appstore reviews ... when we had infrastructure issues ...users were disappointed and gave a poor rating. however you'll notice most of the recent reviews are all 4 and 5 stars!
Regarding the name ... Tweezers are tools that help you pick needles in the hay stack. We see today's streams esp. Twitter are overflowing with information .... you can see Twezr as a Tweet Organizer among other things. Twezr helps organize all your communication by people who matter the most!