Comparison

Springfields VIP vs Waitrose & Partners

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

Head to head
About

Springfields VIP

Access exclusive discounts and offers at a leading retail and leisure destination. Features a digital VIP card for year-round savings, an interactive map to explore brands, and a favorites list to track deals. Includes parking payment and news on events.

Highlights
  • Digital VIP card
  • Exclusive offers
  • Interactive store map
  • Favorites list
  • Parking ticket payment
  • News and events
Features
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Download and become an instant VIP with your own digital VIP card and save an additional 10% off outlet prices all year round. Explore over 50 top brands from fashion, beauty and lifestyle via the interactive map and discover our £1.2m leisure development with the largest JCB Young Drivers Zone in the UK. Set up your ‘My Favourite’ list to never miss a bargain from your favourite stores again! With exclusive offers and competitions, the ability to scan and pay for your parking ticket at your leisure and so much more. What is Springfields Outlet? Springfields Outlet is a 200,000 sq ft retail scheme with 25 acres of leisure attractions set in beautiful landscaped gardens. The leading shopping and leisure destination in the East of England, it includes 54 outlet stores, nine restaurants, a 58,000 sq ft garden centre and a 43-bedroom hotel. The scheme is host to a number of top retail brands including White Stuff, Fat Face, Next, Skechers, GAP, Ernest Jones, Radley and M&S. Casual dining restaurants and ‘grab-and-go’ operators centred around four eye-catching plazas complement the shopping and leisure experience and include Frankie & Benny’s, Starbucks, Costa Coffee and the opulent Noshery restaurant sited within Springfields Home and Garden Centre. The new Springfields Adventure Land is now open, comprising of eight themed attractions including; the largest JCB Young Driver’s Zone in the country, bespoke Tree Top Village with nine towers and a huge 140 sqm Sky Net, plus Springy’s American Diner. Everything you need for a great family day out. Open 7 days a week, with late night opening every Thursday. For more information contact us: Springfields Outlet Shopping & Leisure, Camelgate, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 6EU Phone: 01775 760909 Email: enquiries@springfieldsoutlet.co.uk

About

Waitrose & Partners

Shop for groceries and essentials online or in-store. Book deliveries, collect orders, manage your account, and access exclusive offers. Scan and pay in store for a faster checkout experience.

Highlights
  • Online grocery shopping
  • Delivery and Click & Collect booking
  • Order management
  • In-store Scan & Pay
  • Digital myWaitrose card
  • Favourites list
  • Add orders to calendar
Features
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New to Waitrose & Partners online? Create an account in our app and you can start shopping straight away. You can also sign up to myWaitrose or link to an existing account via the app. Already shop online with Waitrose & Partners? Sign in using your waitrose.com details and you're good to go. With the app, you can book a delivery or Click & Collect slot, view existing orders, amend orders and search for products with ease. On the move? Start a shop in our app, and complete it at waitrose.com ‒ or vice versa. Your Trolley contents and account details will automatically sync. Are you a myWaitrose member? Leave your physical myWaitrose card at home and still benefit from the same great offers. Scan the digital card in the app at checkout or use it for ScanPayGo. You can also now add your myWaitrose card to your Apple Wallet. Scan and pay in store using your mobile phone with ScanPayGo Available in the Waitrose app, ScanPayGo allows you to scan product barcodes, see a running total, pack your bags as you go and check out fast. And to make shopping even simpler you can write your shopping list from the app home screen before you arrive in store. You will need to register for a waitrose.com account and myWaitrose card to use ScanPayGo. Click & Collect now on the app Why wait in? Pop to your local Waitrose & Partners store and collect your order – free of charge. Waitrose Entertaining now on the app If you’re feeding a crowd or planning a special celebration, our made to order range will make stress-free celebrations simple yet stylish. Use Favourites Easily find the items you regularly buy online and in-store. Any items you’ve previously bought online will be automatically added into your Favourites, and items you buy in-store using your myWaitrose card will also be listed. To add more items into your Favourites simply tap on the heart icons. Speedily access your most used features (such as slot booking, search, trolley and offers) directly from your device home screen – simply press and hold the app icon. iPad optimised You can use the app on your iPad to complete a full shopping journey in landscape view. Add upcoming orders to your calendar After check out simply add your delivery or collection slot time to your phone’s calendar so you’ll never forget the date of your next order. To help us improve our app, we would really appreciate your feedback. We’ve added a place for you to send us comments on the home screen, so if you think something doesn’t work as well as it could, or have any other suggestions, please tell us what you think. Visit www.waitrose.com for more information. https://www.facebook.com/waitroseandpartners https://twitter.com/waitrose https://www.pinterest.co.uk/waitroseandpartners https://www.youtube.com/user/Waitrose https://www.instagram.com/waitroseandpartners

Screenshots

Springfields VIP4 screens
Waitrose & Partners4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Springfields VIP at none against Waitrose & Partners's shown. Springfields VIP also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 35%). Waitrose & Partners's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Springfields VIP ships an update every 2 months, Waitrose & Partners every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Springfields VIP versus Waitrose & Partners: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpringfields VIPWaitrose & Partners
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews — better34.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—1.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB182 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRedemption MediaWaitrose Limited

Customer experience

Springfields VIP

Written reviews64 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative48.4%

Waitrose & Partners

All ratings1,126 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews514 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative52.3%

User reviews

Springfields VIP

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 👍 Great shopping experience
  • 👍 Lovely place to visit
  • 👍 Good prices and bargains
  • 👍 Nice environment and gardens
  • 👍 Good for a day out with family

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App is buggy and unreliable
  • 🐛 Parking payment issues
  • 🐛 Poor signal within the center
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Annoying and persistent pop-ups

Waitrose & Partners

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Excellent delivery service
  • 🚀 Convenient app
  • 👍 Great quality products
  • 👍 User-friendly app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Unreliable scan and pay feature
  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🐛 Constant sign-outs

Bugs and requests

Springfields VIP

Reported bugs

38 issues
  • Parking app not working
  • Redemption certificate expired
  • App not working for competition
  • Parking app not working and app not working for competition
  • Electric charge pods in use by non-customers
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  • VIP sign-up not working
  • Wi-Fi is rubbish with hardly any data
  • No shop has given the 10% off
  • Tried to download to iPad without success
  • Unable to find anywhere to add card details for parking
  • App still logs you out for no good reason
  • Still getting pestered about personalised messages
  • Parking feature does not access stored credit
  • Stability for paying for parking is dodgy on iPhone
  • Parking on my phone is a common problem with iPhones
  • Unable to get a signal at Springfield
  • App is basically unusable, slow and juddery
  • Parking payment doesn’t work
  • Server connection too slow to function for parking
  • Pop up hell, annoying pop up for personalized offers
  • Couldn’t play parking
  • Notifications lead to home page, not deal details
  • Could not pay for parking
  • Car park scan never works
  • Badly developed, keeps getting stuck and clashes
  • Parking App still doesn’t work reliably
  • Refusal to scan a ticket for parking
  • Pay for parking does not work
  • Parking App still not working
  • Pay for parking needs removing until they make it work properly
  • Infuriating login process with Face ID
  • App clears password box with Face ID
  • App tells you to log in to pay for parking when already logged in
  • Annoying pop-ups asking for personal offers
  • Terrible, have to add £5 for parking you then can’t pay using app
  • Constant pop ups asking for personalised special offers
  • App very jumpy when scrolling
  • Where has my parking credit gone?

Requested features

10 requests
  • Fix parking payment system
  • Improve app stability
  • Reduce or remove pop-ups
  • Better signal within the center
  • Allow easier access to credit balance
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  • More women's trend options
  • Improve login process with Face ID
  • Clarify offer redemption process
  • Add more help information
  • Allow sign-in with Google account

Waitrose & Partners

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App not recognizing login details
  • Scan and pay feature locking up
  • Inability to amend orders
  • Disappearing shopping carts
  • Inconsistent voucher application
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  • Blank screens when adding address

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to save recipes
  • Option to filter by brand
  • Synchronize shopping lists across devices
  • Automatic application of vouchers
  • Ability to change order location
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  • Dark mode option
  • Improved accessibility features

In-app purchases

None

Springfields VIP

No in-app purchases

None

Waitrose & Partners

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Springfields VIP free?
Springfields VIP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waitrose & Partners free?
Waitrose & Partners is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Springfields VIP or Waitrose & Partners have ads?
Waitrose & Partners shows ads; Springfields VIP does not.
Which is updated more often, Springfields VIP or Waitrose & Partners?
Springfields VIP ships an update every 2 months, and Waitrose & Partners every 5 days. Most recently, Springfields VIP was updated on September 1, 2026 and Waitrose & Partners on September 25, 2026.

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