Tikbly vs RedSum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tikbly
This third-party client enhances the short video viewing experience on Tumblr. It allows users to record and publish videos, manage followers, and bookmark content. Enjoy a streamlined way to discover and save your favorite short videos.
- Record and publish short videos
- Browse optimized video cache queue
- Manage followers
- Bookmark blogs and history
- Collect favorite content
- Simple blog picture preview
- Search blogs
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A third-party short video client designed for Tumblr to give you a more enjoyable short video viewing experience. Includes the following features: > Record short videos and publish. > Sign in and browse your dashboard, optimized short video cache queue. Provide web video playback (web video does not support caching). > Focus on and manage your follower. > Adding blogs to bookmarks, history list. > Collect your favorite content. > Simple blog picture preview. > Searching blogs Please Note: Tikbly is a third-party Tumblr client created by Tumblr API. It's not an official app and is not affiliated to the publishers or developers of "Tumblr".
RedSum
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Reddit client which uses the free Reddit api and supports summarization of the content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tikbly at every 4 days against RedSum's every 5 weeks. Tikbly also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tikbly ships an update every 4 days, RedSum every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tikbly | RedSum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 广杰 周 | Joao Valente |
In-app purchases
Tikbly
No in-app purchases
RedSum
No in-app purchases
