PlayPin vs Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Flow
Consolidate your photos and videos from various social media platforms into a single, convenient browser. Access content from Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Mastodon timelines, user pages, and search results.
- Browse photos and videos from multiple social media
- Supports Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Mastodon
- Access timelines, user pages, and search results
- Consolidated media browsing experience
- Future support for more media sources
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Flow is a multimedia browser. Using Flow, you can easily browse photos and videos of your commonly used social media in one App Flow currently supports the following media sources: - Photos albums - Twitter timeline - Twitter's user page - Twitter search results - Tumblr Timeline - Tumblr blog content - Tumblr liked posts - Instagram Timeline - Instagram user pages - Mastodon Public timeline - Mastodon Home timeline - Mastodon User's posts In the future, Flow will continue to support more media sources, bringing your multimedia browsing experience to the next level
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlayPin at 5.0 against Flow's 3.7. PlayPin also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Flow's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Flow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayPin asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayPin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
PlayPin ships an update every 2 months, Flow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayPin | Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Corey Evans | 健 刘 |
Customer experience
PlayPin
Flow
In-app purchases
PlayPin
No in-app purchases
Flow
- Unlock full version$4.99
