Tumbletail vs Downpour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tumbletail
A streamlined client for the popular microblogging platform. It offers enhanced post viewing with thumbnail displays, separate content types, and slideshows. Manage your social interactions with easy reblogging, liking, following, and multi-account support.
- Thumbnail display
- Separate photos and texts
- Slideshows
- Easy reblog and like
- Auto-refresh dashboard
- Multi-account support
- Save to cloud storage
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Tumblr client. Features: ・Thumbnail display like Mega-Editor. ・Separate Photos and Texts. ・Slideshow ・Easy Reblog or Like. ・Auto reflesh ・Likes. ・Follow / Unfollow ・Multi-account ・Passcode feature ・Save to cloud storages - Dropbox - Evernote - GοοgleDrive - SugarSync ・Pocket ・Over 250 posts on Dashboard. http://cathand.org/tumbletail
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 price: Downpour at Free against Tumbletail's $1.99. Downpour also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). Tumbletail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (62% vs 33%). On update cadence, 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
Downpour is free to download; Tumbletail costs $1.99 up front. Downpour sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Tumbletail asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tumbletail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tumbletail has 216 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Tumbletail's written reviews are positive against 33% of Downpour's.
Tumbletail ships an update every 2 months, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tumbletail | Downpour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (216 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 216 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Naomoto Niwayama | Yao Fan |
Customer experience
Tumbletail
Downpour
Bugs and requests
Tumbletail
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when scrolling quickly
- Login/authentication issues
- Problems with reblogging and liking posts
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between accounts
- Bugs related to image/GIF viewing and saving
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for video posts
- Implement message/notification viewing
- Improve account management features
- Add option to sort/filter followed blogs
- Enhance image/GIF handling capabilities
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- Introduce dark mode or other customization options
Downpour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tumbletail
No in-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Ad Free Browsing3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Downpour Ad-Free Browsing7 Days trial$3.991 Month
