Sprout Social vs Flixtr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sprout Social
Manage your social media presence on the go with this companion app. It allows you to view messages, reply, schedule posts, and track engagement across multiple platforms from anywhere. Requires an existing account.
- Manage social media anywhere
- View all messages in one place
- Reply and assign tasks
- Post, schedule, or draft messages
- Track post engagement metrics
- Receive notifications for new messages
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The perfect companion app for Sprout Social so you can manage your social media anywhere. You must have a Sprout Social account to use this app. Sprout Social is a social media management and engagement platform that helps you manage your X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google My Business, and Tripadvisor profiles all in one place. Your favorite Sprout features are now available on the go: • See all of your messages in one place • Easily reply, view conversation history, and assign a task from a message • Quickly post, schedule, queue or draft a new message • View retweets, clicks, shares, replies and more for individual posts • Get notified of new social messages
Flixtr
This social app allows users to track and share their experiences with movies, TV shows, books, and audiobooks. Users can rate content, add captions, and see what their friends are enjoying in a real-time feed. It helps build a personal taste profile and discover new favorites through trusted connections.
- Share watched, read, or listened content
- Rate content on a 7-star scale
- Add captions to posts
- Real-time friend activity feed
- Like, comment, and bookmark posts
- Build taste profile
- Discover new favorites
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Flixtr is the social app for everything you watch, read, and listen to. Think Strava, but for movies, TV shows, books, and audiobooks. • Share what you just watched, read, or listened to • Rate it on a 7-star scale • Add a caption with your take • See what your friends are into on a real-time feed • Like, comment, and bookmark posts • Build your taste profile over time • Discover new favorites through people you trust Whether it's a blockbuster, a hidden gem, or an audiobook for your commute — Flixtr is where you share your honest take.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flixtr at 100% against Sprout Social's 46%. Flixtr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Sprout Social's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flixtr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprout Social has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Sprout Social's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flixtr's.
Sprout Social ships an update every 2 weeks, Flixtr every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sprout Social | Flixtr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sprout Social, Inc. | Rover Engineering LImited |
Customer experience
Sprout Social
Flixtr
Bugs and requests
Sprout Social
Reported bugs
9 issues- Scheduled posts not showing up
- Inability to remove posts from the queue
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Certain messages not showing in Smart Inbox
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- Unable to download the app
- New update broke the app, can't view FB private messages
- Scheduled Instagram posts won't automatically open to their app
- Notifications greyed out and can't be edited
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to macro, translate comments/messages and change sentiment on a post
- More characters allowed, ability to post more than 4 pictures, post videos and pictures in the same post
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to crop from the app on your phone
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- Ability to edit through the app like you can on Instagram
- More robust notification system for Instagram video posting
- Ability to access reports on mobile
Flixtr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sprout Social
No in-app purchases
Flixtr
No in-app purchases
