Comparison

Hipster. vs Subs TV

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

Head to head
About

Hipster.

Share photos and videos with friends through feeds and stories. Customize your profile and connect privately via messaging. Discover new content and users through hashtags and an explore page.

Highlights
  • Feed and Stories sharing
  • Photo and video editing
  • Private messaging
  • Profile customization
  • Hashtag discovery
  • Camera functionality
Features
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• Create content that can be shared with friends by posting to their Feed and Stories • Share content with others using hashtags(#), can be found on the Explore page • Use the camera feature to capture photos and videos that can be edited and shared with friends • Use the photo and video editor to edit multiple photos and videos at once • Send private messages to your friends and family • Create a profile that you can customize and share with others FEATURES: Feed Stories Search and add friends Private Messaging Camera Photo and Video Editor Profile customization

About

Subs TV

This social network prioritizes fairness to users, creators, and the environment. It offers ad-free, algorithm-free content discovery with a verified community of real people. Users can create channels, share stories, publish posts, and even sell original content.

Highlights
  • Ad-free and algorithm-free feed
  • Verified community of real people
  • Create and share 24-hour stories
  • Publish permanent posts with masonry gallery
  • Sell content as 'Originals'
  • Comment with text and GIFs
  • Direct messaging
Features
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SUBS® The Fair Social Network Fair to its members. Fair to its content creators. Fair to the environment. FREE OF ADS FREE OF ALGORITHMS BUT A VERIFIED COMMUNITY OF REAL PEOPLE Create your own channel to publish worthwhile content for the world to see. And earn creator shares according to your contribution to the community. See only what you want to see, without any ads stealing your lifetime nor compromising your privacy.  Be part of a revolution about how social networks should be — fair and social. SUBS is a work in progress, as for now we already have lots of fun feature for you to enjoy, such as - create and share 24 hour stories with your subscribers - publish permanent posts to your channel with an amazing masonry gallery - convert posts into "Originals" and sell them to fans & supporters (only for "Creators") - comment stories & posts with text and GIFs - write direct messages to your fellow community members - made for all media formats: video & photo, in portrait & landscape We wish you a wonderful time, your SUBS team

Screenshots

Hipster.3 screens
Subs TV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hipster. at 4.9 against Subs TV's 3.8. Hipster. also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Subs TV's advantage is review sentiment (34% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hipster. holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Hipster.'s written reviews are positive against 34% of Subs TV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hipster. ships an update every 2 weeks, Subs TV fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hipster. versus Subs TV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHipster.Subs TV
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews34.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB82 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOniverseSubs GmbH

Customer experience

Hipster.

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Subs TV

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral13.2%
Negative52.8%

In-app purchases

None

Hipster.

No in-app purchases

None

Subs TV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hipster. free?
Hipster. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Subs TV free?
Subs TV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hipster. or Subs TV?
Hipster. is rated higher. Hipster. averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Subs TV averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Hipster. or Subs TV have ads?
Neither Hipster. nor Subs TV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hipster. or Subs TV?
Hipster. ships an update every 2 weeks, and Subs TV fortnightly. Most recently, Hipster. was updated on October 24, 2026 and Subs TV on October 20, 2026.

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