# Vipps

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Vipps and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Quick, easy phone payments that avoid giving card details to a third-party provider.

## Why people recommend it

- Quick, easy money transfers (2 comments): "It's quick and convenient, and doesn't involve giving my card details to a third party payment provider." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073134)) "very rapid (seconds) and easy to use ways of transferring money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48218726))
- Linked to phone, no card details (2 comments): "It's quick and convenient, and doesn't involve giving my card details to a third party payment provider." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073134)) "If they follow the Swish/Vipps method, it's usually connected to your phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943641))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Wero](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wero.md): 84 recommend
- [Apple Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-pay.md): 73 recommend
- [Google Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-pay.md): 26 recommend
- [Google Wallet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-wallet.md): 22 recommend
- [Curve Pay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/curve.md): 22 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://vipps.no/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vipps", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vipps/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).