FlickrAlbums vs PlayPin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlickrAlbums
Easily view images from Flickr albums. This app provides a straightforward way to browse photos organized into albums for any Flickr user.
- View Flickr albums
- Browse user photos
- Simple image viewing
- Quick access to albums
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A simple picture viewer for Flickr Albums. Allows very quick and simple viewing of images based on Flickr's Albums for a given Flickr user.
PlayPin
Explore and share content from various services like videos, music, and photos. Create shared lists, follow creators, and discover new content and people.
- Explore content from multiple services
- Play videos, music, and view photos
- Pin and share content and thoughts
- Create community lists for collaboration
- Follow creators and see their activities
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PlayPin allows you to explore services, play and pin to share with others. Create lists, favorite and follow other people. Discover more content and creators! Key Features: - play videos, music, podcasts and view photos, artwork, playlists, profiles and more - search multiple services, explore to see what they offer - pin content and thoughts, sharing with others - create lists of anything you like, make it a community list and others can contribute - see the activities of other people — what they play, pin, view, favorite, list and follow Powered by YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Spreaker, Twitch, Flickr, DeviantArt and iTunes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlayPin at 5.0 against FlickrAlbums's 3.7. PlayPin also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months). FlickrAlbums's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). 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.
PlayPin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
FlickrAlbums ships an update every 30 months, PlayPin every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | FlickrAlbums | PlayPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Brian Pfister | Corey Evans |
Customer experience
FlickrAlbums
PlayPin
In-app purchases
FlickrAlbums
No in-app purchases
PlayPin
No in-app purchases
