Flipster vs NICKLpass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flipster
Access a wide selection of digital magazines for free through your local library. Explore, download, and read titles offline on your Apple device, with features like offline reading and article navigation.
- Locate participating libraries
- Browse and download magazines
- Read magazines offline
- Digital table of contents
- Article text view
- Jump to articles and websites
- Track reading progress
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Flipster is a free digital magazine service provided courtesy of your library. Find libraries near you that offer Flipster, then explore, download, and read magazines any time on your Apple devices. If you find that your library does not offer Flipster, encourage them to sign up today. Features: - Locate participating libraries - Browse, search, and download popular magazines to read offline - Access digital table of contents for each magazine - Read articles in text view - Tap highlighted areas to jump to articles and related websites - Track percentage of magazine read Now it’s time to relax, put your feet up and read your favorite magazines with Flipster!
NICKLpass
Access news and information with a single account and payment. This service consolidates access to multiple publications, offering significant bulk discounts for enterprises and simplifying new employee onboarding. It provides centralized spend visibility for financial management.
- Single sign-on for multiple news sites
- Bulk discounts up to 80% off retail
- Centralized spend visibility
- Simplified new employee onboarding
- Consolidated access to premium news
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NICKLpass enables you to access news and information with one account and one payment. We sell our product to enterprises that have employees that need information to be successful. We work with them to get bulk discounts up to 80% off retail. NICKLpass is a single sign-on (SSO) that consolidates access to multiple sites. This allows us to do the following: - Help you save money: makes it easier to take advantage of bulk discounts from publications. - Make your CFO’s life easier: Centralize your spend across your organization, and get full visibility into how much is being spent by team and by department. - Drive your IT Manager to hug you: Give new employees access to premium news and information with one centralized dashboard. No need to chase down employees who leave with the password to that news site you all need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NICKLpass at 3.4 against Flipster's 2.2. NICKLpass also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 16%). Flipster's advantage is ratings volume (217 vs 12) and chart position (#204 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NICKLpass holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipster has 217 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Flipster's written reviews are positive against 33% of NICKLpass's.
Flipster ships an update every 3 months, NICKLpass weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flipster | NICKLpass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (217 ratings) | 3.4 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.9% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #204 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EBSCO Publishing | NICKLpass |
Customer experience
Flipster
NICKLpass
Bugs and requests
Flipster
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and credential errors
- Frequent crashes and service unavailability
- Incompatibility with newer OS versions
- Inability to exit full-screen mode
- Outdated magazine content
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to bookmark specific publishers or categories
- Adjustable font sizes and text view options
- Notifications for expiring magazines
- Dark mode support
- Improved navigation and magazine management
NICKLpass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flipster
No in-app purchases
NICKLpass
No in-app purchases
