I know what I want out of a good Twitter client: I want features like buttery smooth, stutter-free scrolling; easy access to profiles; feature-rich composition screens that make quick work of posting status updates with metadata like photos and videos attached as desired; seamless insights into the conversation surrounding an individual post; with all of that bundled into an attractive design. Are those the same features I'd like to see in my ideal App.net client? I truly didn't know, before I dived into this new world of App.net apps.

Here's what I found.

There's a tendency amongst App.net clients to include access to a global timeline--one that shows every App.net post, across all users of the service. It's a feature that will steadily make less sense as the service grows in popularity, and I don't value it much. Rhino, , Appeio, and Felix all make that global feed a top-level option. tucks it away under search instead of giving it a hallowed spot in its tab bar, which I appreciate; I don't ever want the firehose, so I appreciate it not gobbling up such prime real estate.