Universe vs Tipply
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universe
This app simplifies university life by connecting students with peers, housing, events, and study groups. Discover campus opportunities, share rides, and showcase moments with time-limited stories that can be extended by engagement.
- Interest and course matching for finding friends
- Room and housing listings from students
- Ride sharing with safety features
- Event and society discovery
- Study group creation and joining
- Student project and business listings
- Time-limited 'Spotlight' stories
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Starting university can feel overwhelming. UniVerse makes it simple to plug into campus life—bringing people, opportunities and activities together in one app. What you can do: • Find friends & course mates with interest and course matching • Rooms & housing: post or find spare rooms from real students • Rides & lifts: share trips to campus, shops or church with safety tools • Events & societies: discover, RSVP, and share photos after • Study groups: join or create meetups for modules and exams • Student projects & businesses: list services and offers for classmates • Spotlights (2-hour stories): post campus moments that start at 2 hours. Every like extends your Spotlight by +1 minute, so great moments stay live longer
Tipply
This platform allows creators to set prices for their content and earn money through tips from fans. Fans can engage with content and other users to increase their ranking and become the top supporter.
- Follow creators to become an official fan
- Daily, monthly, and yearly fan rankings
- Set tip prices for videos, audio, images, and text
- 60/40 revenue sharing for creators
- Monthly payouts via Wise accounts
- Safe and transparent payments
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Tipply is a Tipping Platform for Creators & Official Fans. Features: 1. Follow a favorite creator to become an officially ranked fan. 2. All followers are ranked as official fans. Official rankings are updated daily, monthly, and yearly. Example- A fan can engage with other fans, a creator, or content to increase fan ranking from official fan #102 to win the official #1 fan. 3. Upload & set a tip price on all videos, audio, images, and text. 4. 60/40 Revenue Sharing with all creators. Payments are withdrawn through Wise accounts monthly 5. Enjoy safe and transparent payments Create, earn, and grow your community — all in one place with Tipply.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Universe at none against Tipply's 9. Universe also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Tipply sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Universe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Universe ships an update every 9 days, Tipply every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Universe | Tipply |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Ofori-Attah | Andrew Kutches |
Customer experience
Universe
Tipply
In-app purchases
Universe
No in-app purchases
Tipply
- Pack of 1000 emerald's$0.99
- Pack of 4,040 emeralds$3.99
- Pack of 5,045 Emeralds$4.99
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- Pack of 10,090 Emeralds$9.99
- Pack of 20,190 Emeralds$19.99
- Pack of 40,390 Emeralds$39.99
- Pack of 50,495 Emeralds$49.99
- Pack of 101,000 Emeralds$99.99
- Pack of 505,045 Emeralds$499.99









