Flipp
- Best for: Shoppers who plan meals and store trips around the weekly sales at two or more stores
- What Sets It Apart: More than 2,000 weekly ads in one search, with coupon matchups that show an item’s price after the coupon
- Features: Search by item, brand, or store, sortable by price; shopping list grouped by store and shareable with one other account; alerts when tracked items go on sale; loyalty card wallet; load-to-card coupons in the U.S.
- Price: $0, with ads
- Eligibility: U.S. and Canada; ages 13 and up; coupons in the U.S. only
- Pros: One search compares sale prices across nearby stores; coupon matchups show the final price; grocery ads grouped for meal planning
- Cons: No cash back or rewards; coupons work with only a few stores’ loyalty programs; advertisers can pay for top search spots; may share your data with advertisers
Download Flipp if you shop the weekly sales at two or more stores. The app is free, and one search lists an item’s sale prices from nearby stores’ ads, sortable by price. It pays no cash back, though, so your savings come only from the sales and coupons it finds.
Flipp’s app and website show the current weekly ads of the grocery, drug, and big-box stores near your ZIP code, chains like Walmart, Target, and CVS as well as local grocers. You can page through each ad, save items to a shopping list, or search all of them at once.
Key Features
- Free on iPhone, Android, and the web, with ads
- More than 2,000 weekly ads across the U.S. and Canada
- Search by item, brand, or store, sortable by price
- Shopping list grouped by store, plus alerts when items you track go on sale
- Digital coupons you add to a store’s loyalty card, U.S. only
Pros
- One search shows which nearby stores have an item on sale, and for how much
- Coupon matchups show an item’s price after both the sale and the coupon
- Grocery ads in one category, for planning meals around the week’s sales
- A shopping list you can share with one other account
Cons
- No cash back or rewards
- Coupons work with only a few stores’ loyalty programs, such as CVS, Meijer, and Publix
- Advertisers can pay for the top spots in search results
- May share your data with advertisers, including when you’re near their stores
- A nearby store’s ad may not show for your ZIP code until you enter one closer to the store
Flipp is worth the download for shoppers who split the week’s list between two or more stores, since one search shows which store has each item on sale, though it pays no cash back.
Shoppers who stick to one store can read the same ad on that store’s site or app and load any digital coupons it offers there.
Learn more about Flipp or see how it compares to the best apps to save on groceries.
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