The AlertThingy vs Twhirl War Continues

Here we go again -the battle of the AIR apps continues. This time, it’s AlertThingy in the lead. They’ve just released version 1.3 of their popular FriendFeed AIR app, which you can download from their new and improved web site.

The new version of AlertThingy is an answer to my prayers: Twitter and FriendFeed in the same window! What’s even better is that they are de-duping Twitter messages for you, so you won’t see both tweets – one coming via FriendFeed and the other via Twitter. I can’t even tell you how great that is for me.

In addition, the new client offers a flickr uploader tool built-in. Just drag-and-drop your pic and it gets uploaded to the site, and respectively, your FF lifestream, assuming you have that service enabled.

Version 1.3 also includes a couple new themes like a bright “Flickr pink” and a more demure “Twitter turquoise.”

It’s still too soon to call a clear winner since every time one app updates, the other quickly follows. What’s nice for us though is that we’re going to end up with the absolute best AIR app ever in the long run.

But for now at least, I can say it’s AlertThingy for the win.