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Apps can certainly burn a hole in your pocket and so many developers have popped up hoping to make it big (aka: filthy, stinking, rich) in the iPhone scene. That said, it is always a treat to find practical apps that give back to the community and cost zilch to download.

Meet the Brizzly. If you cannot stand the thought of not being able to Tweet constantly but find existing Tweet apps too expensive to buy, then the Brizzly team has you covered.

Since their launch, Brizzly has been a popular web-based Twitter app. It allows the use of multiple Twitter apps, has integrated Facebook support and provides streamlined link and photo viewing. The team has been in hibernation for quite some time but they just recently popped up bring a gift to the iPhone-owning Twitter community.

The team acquired the rights to fancy Twitter app Birdfeed. Birdfeed is a Twitter app for the iPhone that was known for being lean, fast and having dazzling visuals. The Brizzly team bought the Birdfeed, simplified it (goodbye pretty interface) and launched it anew dropping the price to nothing.

The original developer, Buzz Andersen has been working closely with the Brizzly team however, so you can still expect the best feature of the app to be there plus having the ability to display Facebook feeds, albeit in a plain package.

To access it, a user is required to sign up and log in to a Brizzly account. That is it, there are no gimmicks and it gets the job done. The Birdfeed UI was tweaked and a standard icon row has been added to give access to its features. A News tab has been added for trending feeds and it features a pull-down feed refresh similar to another iPhone Twitter app called Tweetie. It does not have push notifications built in however but that is precisely why there are push apps available.

The verdict: If you Tweet a lot and you like freebies, get it. Actually, you may want to start Tweeting and get this app anyway, it is definitely worth it.

Head over to Gizmodo for more information about Brizzly.