Comparison

Downpour vs LAM

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

Head to head
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/

About

LAM

This app allows users to send and receive warm voice messages, creating lasting memories or gathering customer feedback. It offers a unique way to connect with friends, family, or businesses through audio recordings that are stored permanently.

Highlights
  • Send and receive voice messages
  • Store messages permanently
  • Private mode for messages
  • Lock receiving messages
  • Request messages
  • Business feedback collection
  • Unique user interface
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LAM - Leave A Message --- A great place to say something positive to your besties. Beep! Beep! You received a message , Old is Gold but in a new way Main idea: leave a message a new idea to receive from your friends a warm and great voice messages to keep it as a great memory. OR To receive your customer opinions of your Business Its easy to use LAM App. All you have to do: 1) Create an account. 2) Share your profile link in Social Media. 3) Receive a voice messages from your followers/friends and family. - LAM for individuals Memory, Greetings and Reminders We know that there are many Apps for chatting with Video Calls , Chat logs , Voice Messages but all this will disappear or deleted or it will be lost .. but in LAM it will be stored FOREVER* so you can listen to your voice messages. LAM for Businesses Reviews, Opinions or Suggestions If you have a small business or a big one you have to listen to your customers. And LAM will offer you that feature to have it all in one place so you can review all messages and try to improve your business :) Features of LAM: - FREE to use. - Easy to use. - Private Mode.* - Lock Receiving Messages.* - Request Messages* - Unique UI * Some features included in Paid Plans With our Paid Plans you can: - No Ads : Feel free to use our App without Ads. - Messages stored forever. - Make your account in Private Mode which means no one can listen to your messages if you already shared a link of the message in SM. - You can Lock Receiving Messages temporally - Request Messages to be downloaded and many awesome features will be implemented soon. We appreciate your support by subscribing to our paid plans that will help us to improve our App and add new features. Share our App in Social Media and support our idea. Terms of Use: https://lamsg.me/tos.html LAM - Leave a Message Developed By FORK()LAB ISS Company All rights are reserved and belong to Fork Lab ISS Company 2022 - 2026

Screenshots

Downpour4 screens
LAM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LAM at 100% against Downpour's 33%. LAM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). Downpour's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and LAM sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LAM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Downpour's written reviews are positive against 100% of LAM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Downpour ships an update monthly, LAM every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Downpour versus LAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDownpourLAM
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB25 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperYao FanFORK LAB ISS COMPANY

Customer experience

Downpour

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

LAM

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

LAM

One-time2
  • Pro$19.99
  • Business User$49.99

Questions

Is Downpour free?
Downpour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LAM free?
LAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Downpour or LAM?
LAM is rated higher. Downpour averages 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while LAM averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Downpour or LAM have ads?
Neither Downpour nor LAM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Downpour or LAM?
Downpour ships an update monthly, and LAM every 3 months. Most recently, Downpour was updated on November 4, 2026 and LAM on November 3, 2026.

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