Tumbot vs Downpour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tumbot
This third-party client offers a native browsing experience for Tumblr with a pleasing interface. It supports caching videos and photos, and allows for easy sharing of images and videos to other applications.
- Native Tumblr browsing
- Pleasing user interface
- Video and photo caching
- Image and video sharing
- Open media in other apps
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Tumbot is third-party Tumblr client for Tumblr with: Native browsing experience; Pleasing interface; Caching videos and photos support. Support images and video sharing or open in other apps.
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 ratings volume: Tumbot at 30 against Downpour's 6. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Tumbot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Tumbot against 3.8 for Downpour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tumbot has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 26% of Tumbot's written reviews are positive against 33% of Downpour's.
Tumbot ships an update every 6 weeks, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tumbot | Downpour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 健 刘 | Yao Fan |
Customer experience
Tumbot
Downpour
In-app purchases
Tumbot
- 升级到专业版$4.99
Downpour
- Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month
