Comparison

tea moon vs Sakubura

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

Head to head
About

tea moon

Features
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tea moon is an email app. You can receive and send emails. It features a thumbnail view of emails. IMAP and POP are supported for receiving emails. You can create and delete folders. You can create rules to automatically sort received emails into folders. You can also create smart folders that automatically collect emails containing the words you want to search for by registering them in advance.

About

Sakubura

Features
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Watch while you browse. Read without the noise. On supported sites, use iOS Picture in Picture to keep a video visible while you browse another page. Organize the pages you want to revisit with Watch Later and lists, including supported video pages. Ads and trackers are blocked automatically, so the articles and pages you actually want load fast and light. Built on Apple's WKContentRuleList, Sakubura drops ad requests before the page is even assembled โ€” lighter pages, less data, longer battery. Your browsing history and block stats stay on your device, not on someone else's server. ยท Picture in Picture โ€” keep a video visible while you browse, on supported sites. ยท Watch Later & lists โ€” organize the pages you want to revisit, including video pages; open them from the Home Screen widget. ยท Ad & tracker blocking โ€” high-precision filtering tuned for Japanese sites. ยท Tab groups โ€” keep work and personal separate, switch one-handed. ยท Gesture controls โ€” swipe to go back and forward, easy one-handed. ยท Private mode โ€” passcode lock for the browsing you'd rather keep private. ยท See what's blocked โ€” the Privacy Hub shows today's blocks at a glance; stats stay on your device. Pay once. No subscription.

Screenshots

tea moon3 screens
Sakubura4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: tea moon at fortnightly against Sakubura's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. tea moon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sakubura sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tea moon ships an update fortnightly, Sakubura every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
tea moon versus Sakubura: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertea moonSakubura
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly โ€” betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB25 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShinichi SUGIURATryxia

In-app purchases

1 purchases

tea moon

One-time1
  • Remove Blur$2.99
2 purchases

Sakubura

One-time2
  • 14-Day Pro TrialFree
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is tea moon free?
tea moon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sakubura free?
Sakubura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do tea moon or Sakubura have ads?
Neither tea moon nor Sakubura shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tea moon or Sakubura?
tea moon ships an update fortnightly, and Sakubura every 5 weeks. Most recently, tea moon was updated on September 19, 2026 and Sakubura on September 23, 2026.

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