AA Grapevine vs Phillipian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AA Grapevine
Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.
- Monthly magazine access
- Article archives
- Podcast player
- Daily quote
- Sobriety calculator
- AA events calendar
- Spiritual maintenance checklist
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Phillipian
Access Andover's independent student newspaper content in a mobile-friendly format. Receive push notifications for breaking news and participate in surveys. This app prioritizes user privacy by not collecting any personal data.
- Mobile-friendly newspaper content
- Push notifications for breaking news
- Surveys and polls
- No user accounts required
- No personal data collection
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The Phillipian app enhances your access to Andover’s independent student newspaper by delivering content in a mobile-friendly way. While our website (phillipian.net) and Instagram account provide digital presence, this app offers an improved experience for mobile users, including push notifications for breaking news and surveys like the State of the Academy or the mock election.Privacy and data: The app does not require user accounts or collect any personal data. It does not track or store user information. Since The Phillipian’s app would not require students to register or create an account, it does not ask for any data regarding the user. The app itself does not track nor record any user data. Privacy and data: The app does not require user accounts or collect any personal data. It does not track or store user information. Since The Phillipian’s app would not require students to register or create an account, it does not ask for any data regarding the user.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phillipian at 4.6 against AA Grapevine's 4.1. Phillipian also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). AA Grapevine's advantage is chart position (#46 vs unranked) and ratings volume (84 vs 11). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Phillipian asks for nothing beyond the download.
Phillipian holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Grapevine has 84 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | AA Grapevine | Phillipian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (84 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #46 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AA Grapevine, Inc. | Phillips Academy |
Customer experience
AA Grapevine
Phillipian
Bugs and requests
AA Grapevine
Reported bugs
16 issues- Subscription verification issues
- App is buggy
- Restore subscription option never works
- Cannot access current issue
- App repeatedly states user is not subscribed
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- Subscription sync issues
- App does not unlock all features after subscription
- Data not available message when restoring subscription
- Cannot download full issue
- Meeting place pictures not available
- Article playlist does not auto-advance
- Cannot read on e-ink devices
- Archive search is missing terms
- Cannot sign in with valid subscription
- No user ID/password created during subscription
- App does not recognize valid subscription
Requested features
7 requests- Native iPad version needed
- Improve iPad usability for visually impaired
- Fix app bugs
- Add a way to change password
- Improve archive search functionality
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- Add ability to report app bugs
- Allow specifying user ID/password during subscription
Phillipian
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AA Grapevine
- Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
Phillipian
No in-app purchases
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