FlipperHelper Review: An Honest Look from the Developer

Why this page exists

If you searched “FlipperHelper review”, you probably want to know if the app is worth installing. This page is written by me, Oleksandr Prudnikov — the person who builds it. I’m not pretending to be an independent reviewer. I’m laying out what the app does well and where it falls short, then pointing to where to find third-party opinions.

Quick verdict

FlipperHelper is good if: you’re a UK or international reseller who sources from physical venues (car boots, charity shops, antiques fairs, brocantes), sells on multiple platforms, and wants to know your real profit after every expense — not just the gap between buy and sell price.

FlipperHelper is NOT good if: you need an Android or web app (it’s iOS only), you primarily want a cross-lister to push one listing to many platforms, or you need a built-in barcode scanner with live eBay sold-price lookups.

What works

• Real profit calculation — entry fees, transport, packaging, platform fees, all rolled into a per-item profit number
• Hauls — group items by sourcing trip and see whether the trip itself was profitable as items sell over time
• Offline-first — logs work at 6am car boots with no signal; data syncs later
• Multi-currency — useful if you source in France or Belgium and sell in GBP
• 16 selling platforms tracked — eBay, Vinted, Depop, Facebook Marketplace, Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari, etc.
• Three backup paths — iCloud auto-backup every 5 minutes, manual Google Drive image backup, ZIP export
• Free, no ads, no account required

What doesn’t work (yet)

• iOS only. No Android, no web. If you don’t have an iPhone, you can’t use it.
• No marketplace API. When something sells on eBay, you mark it sold manually. The first paid feature on the roadmap is eBay API integration to automate this.
• No cross-listing. You log a listing once, but pushing it to multiple platforms is on you. Vendoo or List Perfectly do that.
• No live price research. No barcode scanner that pulls eBay sold prices. Flippd has this.
• Newer app. Launched 21 March 2026. Fewer App Store reviews than legacy competitors.

Where to find independent reviews

• App Store reviews — on the FlipperHelper App Store page
• Reddit — r/flipperhelper subreddit, plus mentions on r/Flipping, r/UKResellers, r/eBayUK
• AlternativeTo — community votes and comparisons
• Comparison post — FlipperHelper vs Flippd vs Vendoo

About the developer

I’m a software engineer based in Wandsworth, London. I built FlipperHelper for my wife Valentina’s reselling business. Full background here. The public changelog shows weekly activity since the first commit on 20 February 2026.