Flipster – Digital Magazines

Name: Flipster – Digital Magazines
Rating: 2.2 (208 reviews)
Author: EBSCO Publishing

By: EBSCO Publishing

News

Features & Capabilities

Flipster is a free digital magazine service provided by libraries. Find libraries near you that offer Flipster, then browse, download, and read magazines offline on your Apple devices.

With Flipster you can locate participating libraries, access a digital table of contents, read articles in text view, tap highlighted areas to jump to related content, and track how much of a magazine you’ve read. If your library does not offer Flipster, encourage them to sign up today.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Education

By:

EBSCO Publishing

Rating:

2.20

(208)

Version:

5.7.3 Last updated: 2025-10-01

Version code:

878535905

Creation date:

2014-01-31

Compatible devices:

Size:

16.31MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-28

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 151,724 ▼ 532

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Developed by:

EBSCO Publishing

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flipster-digital-magazines/id797106282

Website:

http://flipster.ebsco.com

User Reviews

Flipster is praised for its clean, minimal design, ad-free experience, and library-based access with offline download capability. However, it suffers from chronic reliability problems (service unavailable), outdated content, and login issues. Readability is hindered by no text-size controls and blurry text. Support options are unclear or lacking. Overall, the app works when it functions, but persistent stability and content freshness issues significantly impact the user experience.

Pros

Clean, simple, minimalist design that is easy to use
Free to use with no ads
Ability to download magazines for offline reading
Library-based access to magazines through public libraries

Cons

Frequent reliability problems with frequent 'Service Unavailable' errors and unstable loading
Magazine content often not current or updated promptly (months behind browser version)
Login/authentication issues with libraries and getting stuck on login
Readability/accessibility issues such as no option to change text size and blurry text when zooming
Lack of accessible support or clear contact information for help

Recent reviews

Your available magazines are based on your library’s catalog. Each magazine has a table of contents to skip to specific pages. You can read it in magazine form, or in text-only form, and you get a few days from when you start reading to finish. All in line with a library checkout. The features basically stop there. Font is tiny? No way to change it. Want to get an alert when a new issue is out? Nothing. Wish you could send it to a Kindle? Dream on. Heaven forbid you wish to save an article or share it, any way at all? Ha, no. This is the same dictatorial DRM fantasy that is forced on everything else in books and periodicals right now that are killing the industry in the name of corporate profits. And with a shiny coat of no customer or accessibility options in site, to boot.

by St*****, 2026-05-17

Once library is selected, there's a single input field to supposedly enter library card number and password. Just entering the library card number doesn't prompt a password field, and concatenation doesn't work either.