Vipps
Shares rank 16 of 17 mobile payment apps by recommenders
Quick, easy phone payments that avoid giving card details to a third-party provider.
Quick, easy phone payments that avoid giving card details to a third-party provider.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Quick, easy money transfers
“It's quick and convenient, and doesn't involve giving my card details to a third party payment provider.”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website” “very rapid (seconds) and easy to use ways of transferring money”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment” Linked to phone, no card details
“It's quick and convenient, and doesn't involve giving my card details to a third party payment provider.”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website” “If they follow the Swish/Vipps method, it's usually connected to your phone”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance”
Other mobile payment apps people recommend
The four most recommended other mobile payment apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wero | 84 | 96 | 47% | 11 | — | — |
| Apple Pay | 73 | 48 | 60% | 12 | — | — |
| Apple Wallet | 58 | 63 | 48% | 10 | — | — |
| Google Pay | 26 | 33 | 44% | 11 | — | — |
| VippsThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If they follow the Swish/Vipps method, it's usually connected to your phone”
“where everyone uses Vipps (which is so much better)”
“It's quick and convenient, and doesn't involve giving my card details to a third party payment provider.”
“very rapid (seconds) and easy to use ways of transferring money”
“Vipps with their tap to pay works fine.”
“Vipps support in Sweden is severely lacking compared to the other countries where it's the main system in use.”
“Europe has always been on the forefront (Swish, Vipps, ...)”
“if you're a developer and - if you don't have a company behind you, you're pretty much shit out of luck trying to integrate any of these payment solutions”
“the requirement to ask this single yes/no question bleeds through every payment system in the world”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.