Edfringe vs Pippin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edfringe
Discover and book tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Find shows, view details, and manage your schedule. Get real-time notifications and personalized recommendations for performances happening near you.
- Search and discover Fringe shows
- View show details, maps, and venue info
- Book and access e-tickets
- Receive start time notifications
- Find nearby shows starting soon
- Save favorites and manage planner
- Get random show suggestions
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The official app for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. Find Fringe shows using search. View show details, maps and venue information. Book and access e-tickets in the app. Be notified when your shows are about to start. ‘Nearby now’ helps you find shows near your location that are starting soon. Use ‘My planner’ to save your favourites and access your tickets. Feeling lucky? Shake your phone for a random show suggestion. Unleash your Fringe!
Pippin
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Pippin is a beautiful and deeply customisable Apple-native client for Plex and Jellyfin. Playback • Custom player with hardware acceleration for low battery consumption • HDR and wide codec support • Customisable subtitle styles • Search for missing subtitles online • Thumbnail scrubbing previews Make it yours • Build your own pages from custom shelves • Apply custom filters • Light or dark themes with custom accent colours • Hide spoilers for unwatched episodes Everything in one place • Combine Plex and Jellyfin servers • Seerr, Sonarr, and Radarr integrations • Ratings from IMDb, TMDb, Trakt, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd • Download any title (and it’s metadata) to watch offline * Search across everything Watch Together • Start a FaceTime SharePlay session to watch with friends and family • Playback stays in sync, everyone can control playback • Family Sharing for in-app purchases Note: Pippin is a media client only and requires your own Plex or Jellyfin server. Some features require a Pippin Pro subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Edfringe at none against Pippin's 3. Edfringe also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Pippin's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Pippin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Edfringe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Edfringe ships an update every 2 weeks, Pippin weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Edfringe | Pippin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 9.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Equilibrium Interactive Pty Ltd | Liam Morris |
Bugs and requests
Edfringe
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tickets disappearing from planner
- Apple Pay not working
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add show times to main list
- Allow offline access to tickets
- Improve venue mapping and directions
- Integrate with calendars and planners
Pippin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Edfringe
No in-app purchases
Pippin
- Pippin Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pippin Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- Pippin Pro - Lifetime$9.99
