Tumblupon vs Downpour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tumblupon
Discover random posts from Tumblr with a single tap. Customize your searches by specific blogs or hashtags, and easily like, re-blog, or share your findings with friends.
- Random post discovery
- Blog-specific searches
- Hashtag filtering
- One-tap liking
- Automatic re-blogging
- Direct sharing
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Find a random post from tumblr with the tap of a button. Customize your random searches by a specific blog or by specific hashtags. Like / Re-blog automatically or share what you find to your friends.
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.
- Lightweight third-party client
- Focused content viewing
- Faster loading times
- Dashboard viewing
- Supports videos, photos, and text
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tumblupon at 75% against Downpour's 33%. Tumblupon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (4.3 vs 3.8). Downpour's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Tumblupon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tumblupon holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Tumblupon's written reviews are positive against 33% of Downpour's.
Tumblupon ships an update every 13 months, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tumblupon | Downpour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cat Bakery, LLC | Yao Fan |
Customer experience
Tumblupon
Downpour
In-app purchases
Tumblupon
No in-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month
