Illustail vs Tikbly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Illustail
This app allows you to view and save images and videos from various social networks and cloud services in one place. It supports multiple accounts, offers a slideshow mode, and includes privacy features like a passcode lock.
- Browse multiple social networks and services
- Save media to various cloud storage and local files
- Manage multiple accounts
- Stream ZIP archives without downloading
- Auto-convert HLS videos to MP4
- Slideshow mode
- Widgets for latest posts
- Passcode lock for privacy
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Enjoy your favorite illustrations and photos, effortlessly. Illustail is an all-in-one viewer that lets you browse and save images & videos across multiple social networks and services. ■ Supported Services (Browse) Bluesky / Mastodon / Misskey / Tumblr / TINAMI / Danbooru / Dropbox / SMB Server / Local Files / Photo Library ■ Supported Services (Save) Photo Library / Files (any folder) / Dropbox / Google Drive / Evernote / Tumblr ■ Features ・Manage multiple accounts in one place ・Switch between your favorite timelines with one tap ・Stream and browse ZIP archives on SMB/Dropbox/Local folders without downloading ・Auto-convert HLS videos (m3u8) to MP4 for saving ・Relax and enjoy with slideshow mode ・Display latest posts on your home screen with widgets ・Stay private with passcode lock
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".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tikbly at none against Illustail's 1. Tikbly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Illustail's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 43%). On price, ratings volume 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. Illustail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tikbly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tikbly holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Illustail's written reviews are positive against 43% of Tikbly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Illustail ships an update weekly, Tikbly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Illustail | Tikbly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (45 ratings) | 4.5 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Naomoto Niwayama | 广杰 周 |
Customer experience
Illustail
Tikbly
In-app purchases
Illustail
- 広告非表示アドオン$1.99
Tikbly
No in-app purchases
