Comparison

TweetPlay vs Downpour

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TweetPlay

Experience tweets in a new, hands-free way. This app allows you to play full-screen tweets sequentially, offering intuitive controls for navigation and interaction. Customize your viewing experience with various settings and even use facial gestures to control playback.

Highlights
  • Full-screen tweet playback
  • Hands-free navigation with gestures
  • Login with Twitter account
  • Customize player settings
  • Screen mirroring to external displays
  • Facial gesture controls
Features
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Play full screen tweets, one at a time, while keeping your hands free. Just login, play and that's it! - Toggle playback with 3D touch - Swipe or tap left and right to navigate manually - Turn on "Screen Mirroring" to play on external display (via Apple TV) --- # Main features: - Login with your Twitter account - Play tweets from your Home Timeline - Customize Settings (theme, player speed etc.) # Details: ## Dashboard - Play - Settings - Profile - there is also a heart behind the play ## Player - Touch screen lightly for quick pause, touch up to continue - Touch screen harder to Play / Pause indefinitely - Swipe back and forth (or tap left and right) to navigate tweets manually - Tap "Like" or "Retweet" icon to immediately interact with the current tweet - Tap "Actions" icon to display additional options: * Play / Pause * Open (open tweet in Twitter app if installed, or Safari if not) * Share (share a snapshot image of the current tweet) * Settings (open quick Settings) - Start new player by tapping on any user's profile image, mention or hashtag - Open any link in Safari by tapping on it - Swipe up or down to close the player and return on Dashboard - When "Face Control" is enabled in Settings: * Wink left eye to go back * Wink right eye to go forward * Blink both eyes to toggle Play/Pause ## Settings - Toggle theme - Toggle app icon - Toggle sound effects - Set player duration (1-60 seconds) - Toggle Intro - Toggle "Face Control" - Toggle "Recent Likes" (weekly notification that plays all the tweets which you liked last week) - Log out

About

Downpour

Experience a streamlined way to view content from a popular blogging platform. This app offers faster loading and a focused interface for videos, photos, and text posts, avoiding issues found in other clients.

Highlights
  • Lightweight third-party client
  • Focused content viewing
  • Faster loading times
  • Dashboard viewing
  • Supports videos, photos, and text
Features
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Downpour is a lightweight third party Tumblr client. No more crashes in the official app. With Downpour, you will be focused on videos, photos, or text of a post. Viewing your Dashboard has never been such easy. Also enjoy faster loading. Let us know in the review if you have any question, suggestion or feedback. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TweetPlay4 screens
Downpour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TweetPlay at none against Downpour's 2. TweetPlay also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%). Downpour's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. TweetPlay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for TweetPlay against 3.8 for Downpour. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of TweetPlay's written reviews are positive against 33% of Downpour's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TweetPlay ships an update every 21 months, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TweetPlay versus Downpour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTweetPlayDownpour
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB19 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMarko TadicYao Fan

Customer experience

TweetPlay

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Downpour

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

TweetPlay

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Downpour

Subscriptions2
  • Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is TweetPlay free?
TweetPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Downpour free?
Downpour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TweetPlay or Downpour?
TweetPlay is rated higher. TweetPlay averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Downpour averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do TweetPlay or Downpour have ads?
Neither TweetPlay nor Downpour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TweetPlay or Downpour?
TweetPlay ships an update every 21 months, and Downpour monthly. Most recently, TweetPlay was updated on October 24, 2026 and Downpour on October 21, 2026.

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