Tumbletail vs Clean Express
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
Clean Express
This application allows users to read, download, and post articles on Usenet (NNTP) servers. It offers secure server connections, efficient group management, and robust attachment handling. Users can compose and post new messages or replies with automatic draft saving.
- Secure NNTP server connections
- Group browsing and subscription management
- Thread syncing and filtering
- Inline attachment preview
- Binary content decoding
- Download queue management
- Draft saving for posts and replies
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Clean Express is a modern Usenet (NNTP) client for Apple platforms. Read threads, download attachments, and post articles in one focused workflow. Connect with confidence - Add one or more NNTP servers with Plaintext, STARTTLS, or SSL/TLS (Implicit). - Review self-signed certificate fingerprints and choose whether to trust them. - Store server credentials securely in Keychain-backed storage. Stay on top of busy groups - Browse server groups, search and manage subscriptions, and filter your sidebar. - Sync thread headers with incremental progress updates. - Sort by recent activity or original post, then filter by All, Unread, or Threads with Unread. - Expand or collapse branches, watch threads, and move quickly with keyboard or swipe navigation. - Mark messages, threads, or full visible ranges as read. Work with attachments - Preview supported attachments inline, including text, images, and PDFs where available. - Decode common Usenet binary content, including yEnc and uuencode payloads. - Add large downloads to a dedicated queue with staged progress, retry/cancel, and clear-completed actions. - Save completed downloads to files, with queue state restored after relaunch. Compose and post without losing your place - Create new posts and replies with quote-aware reply context. - Keep drafts automatically and resume after relaunch. - Add attachments from the file picker or drag and drop. - Choose MIME, yEnc, or uuencode posting formats based on server or community preferences. - Send in the background with visible posting progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Clean Express at Free against Tumbletail's $1.99. Clean Express also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Tumbletail's advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 1) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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
Clean Express is free to download; Tumbletail costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clean Express holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tumbletail has 216 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Clean Express's.
Tumbletail ships an update every 2 months, Clean Express every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tumbletail | Clean Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (216 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 216 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naomoto Niwayama | Cleanbit, MB |
Customer experience
Tumbletail
Clean Express
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
Clean Express
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tumbletail
No in-app purchases
Clean Express
No in-app purchases
Questions
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