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there are literally thousands of social applications on iOS but which one should you download I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and these are our top 5 social apps for iOS I lost track of all the social applications I downloaded and deleted from my iOS devices years ago new innovative ways to connect with people pop up every single month and they're usually first to arrive on iOS so where should you begin your search for the best social apps to install on your iPad and iPhone like I mentioned in the top 5 social apps for Android video yesterday you should give all the official apps that go first such as Google+ Facebook Twitter Instagram etc most of those get the job done sufficiently well but sometimes third-party clients take things to a new level we've been around the block with dozens of social apps and these are our favorite on iOS when it comes to Twitter on iOS there are third-party clients and then there's tweet by others like echo phone tweet castor and Twitter if ik get the job done the tweet bot does it with the most class and style and it has one of the broadest selections of embedded features to boot it has support for popular read later services URL shortening third party image and video uploads and timeline sync above all it's the cleanest most polished UI and experience I've ever had on Twitter period tweet by 3 is available for $4.99 but you'll have to purchase the separate application for iPad which is yet to be updated to match I owe s7 for another $4.99 if you're looking for a great reddit client for iOS there are tons of clients in the App Store but there is only one you should bother with hey Liam blue I've done most of my reddit browsing from Android until last week I took to Twitter to ask for iOS reddit client recommendations and I got my answer very quickly with the unanimous recommendation for alien blue and rightly so I downloaded the free version at just seconds later I knew I should go ahead and upgrade to the individual paid versions for iPhone and iPad which are 399 each the UI is laid out in a very clean and easy to navigate manner and it brings some very helpful features to the reddit experience you can't get from the web such as a gallery view where you could view large thumbnails to quickly sift through it and find the more interesting posts common threading is incredibly easy to pull out and overall alien blue makes for one of the best reddit experiences around in fact I prefer using alien blue from my iPad Mini over the web from my macbook I included buffer in my social apps for Android video yesterday because it's an application I use each and every day but the iOS version as expected is packed with additional and very useful features for instance you can't create or edit being scheduled from the Android app you can still buffer posts but any editing to the schedule has to be done from the web if you're using the iOS client however scheduling is built directly into the app other than that they're practically the same though they look a little different for those unfamiliar with buffer it's a service which allows you to create posting schedules for multiple Facebook Twitter and LinkedIn accounts as well as Google+ pages it's a must for anyone who regularly shares links and wants to casually space out their posts automatically the buffer app and service are free of charge but you will need to upgrade to a premium account to unlock certain features such as multiple posting schedules or additional accounts I wanted to stay away from first party applications in this list but thanks to a recent release from Facebook that was never going to happen yesterday Facebook released a new way to view mobile Facebook for iOS users it's called paper and it actually looks a lot more like a third party client than something that actually came from Facebook they're no saturated blue tones and the app actually works quite well surprisingly it's almost entirely gesture based and it's incredibly fluid the main view is your newsfeed composed of the typical post from your friends and the pages you follow or like you can navigate this by swiping left or right on the bottom half the page to scroll through posts and dragging the thumbnail upwards to expand swiping upwards on the article preview will open the full article with a slick animation and swiping it back down will minimize from the main view you can change sections by swiping left or right on the top half the default page these sections are essentially different topics of interest and they can be edited by pulling the home page down and tapping edit sections best of all you can disable autoplay on videos and it has a read later support built in for pocket instapaper pinboard and safari paper isn't perfect but it is by far the best Facebook app to date the last social app for iOS on our list may come as a bit of a surprise Foursquare I know I know the app and network isn't anything particularly amazing it's been around for a while but there's something you get from Foursquare that few other software companies provide quick support for up and coming platforms I took a personal hiatus from Foursquare over two and a half years ago and I only started using it again last week when I was testing a preview of the Foursquare app for pebble as far as the application itself goes it does look very nice and it's simple for anything else it wouldn't be worth using but there are two reasons I'm included square in this list it's impressive how quick the company has made application and how easy it is to check in somewhere earn rewards and give feedback I also love using this app to find places my friends have gone Yelp is also great for finding places to go but Foursquare adds a hint of a personal touch not found on Yelp folks that's going to do it if you enjoyed the video let us know by clicking the thumbs up button below and leave a comment if we missed any of your favorite social apps for iOS be sure to subscribe to 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