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About Flipboard: The Social Magazine

Go beyond the headlines and hot takes, and dive deeper into the stories that matter to you with the award-winning Flipboard app. Flipboard is made for and by enthusiasts, with content curated on thousands of topics from world renown publishers, local outlets and the community. Personalize Flipboard to get just the content you care about. Follow business, health, tech, sports, cooking, travel and more to stay up-to-date, dive deeper into the things you love or discover something new. You can even follow local news and events. Just enable location services to get a list of towns and cities near you. Collect stories you like into your own Flipboard Magazine. Use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and insights with an ever-growing community of enthusiasts curating on Flipboard. USE FLIPBOARD TO: - Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more. - Follow your city for local updates, regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining. - Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine. - Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love. - Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday. GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX: Now get the amazing content and curation on Flipboard delivered to your Inbox. There’s a Flipboard Newsletter for our most popular topics. Sign up for The Tastiest for foodies, the Tech Briefing for tech enthusiasts, the Climate Briefing for environmental news, Wanderlust for travelers, The Shot for photographers and many more. Visit flipboard.com/newsletters to view and subscribe to all of the Flipboard Newsletters. KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD: For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard www.twitter.com/@flipboard www.facebook.com/Flipboard https://www.instagram.com/flipboard/ We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help.

Flipboard: The Social Magazine details

Flipboard: The Social Magazine is a free News app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch, developed by Flipboard Inc. It is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 328,926 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 14.7 or later, is 158 MB to download and is available in 11 languages. It was first released on July 21, 2010 and last updated on September 14, 2026.

Category
News
Rating
4.7 / 5 (328,926 ratings)
Price
Free
Current version
4.3.68
Size
158 MB
Requires
iOS 14.7 or later
Compatibility
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch
Languages
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and 3 more
Age rating
17+
Released
July 21, 2010
Last updated
September 14, 2026
Developer
Flipboard Inc.

Ratings breakdown

5 stars 78% (257,189) 4 stars 15% (49,134) 3 stars 4% (11,705) 2 stars 1% (3,943) 1 star 2% (6,955)

What’s new in Flipboard: The Social Magazine

- Follow people posting on Threads, Mastodon and other fediverse services and see what they are sharing in your For You feed. - Use Search to discover fediverse accounts that can now be followed on Flipboard - See all accounts you follow, including fediverse accounts, in the Following tab

Version 4.3.68 · Updated September 14, 2026

Flipboard: The Social Magazine app privacy

The developer, Flipboard Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Location: Precise Location
  • Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
  • Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • Location: Precise Location
  • Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
  • Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
  • User Content: Customer Support, Photos or Videos
  • Search History: Search History
  • Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
  • Contact Info: Email Address, Name

Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality

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Flipboard: The Social Magazine vs. alternatives
App Rating Price Last updated
Flipboard: The Social Magazine 4.7 / 5 (328,926 ratings) Free September 14, 2026
Feedly - Smart News Reader 4.6 / 5 (26,007) Free Sep 15, 2026
Financial Times: Business News 4.8 / 5 (24,349) Free Sep 17, 2026
Reuters - Breaking World News 4.8 / 5 (8,074) Free Sep 19, 2026
Bloomberg: Business News Daily 4.6 / 5 (55,136) Free Sep 16, 2026
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