Comparison

Caroline Flashback vs Wildstream

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Caroline Flashback

This app offers a dedicated stream of 60s and 70s pop music, providing a nostalgic listening experience. It features program schedules, currently playing track information, and a replay service for missed shows.

Highlights
  • 60s & 70s music stream
  • Program schedule
  • Currently playing track info
  • Replay service for missed programs
  • Low and medium bandwidth streams
Features
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An all 'Oldies' service brought to you by the world famous Radio Caroline – Caroline Flashback. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service to our Album Channel for those who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. The app has a low bandwidth and medium bandwidth stream, shows the programme schedule, the currently playing track and now our 'Replay' service gives you a chance to catch up with programmes you may have missed over the past two weeks. Pure Nostalgia from Caroline Flashback!

About

Wildstream

An independent streaming hub for music and audio content. Access albums, audio stories, live archives, and podcast conversations in one place. Offers both free and premium content with a subscription for full library access.

Highlights
  • Music albums access
  • Audio stories
  • Live archive
  • Podcast conversations
  • Free and premium content
  • Subscription for full library
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The music and audio community of Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw. Welcome to WILDSTREAM, our independent streaming hub, where we are hosting a new music and audio community. Here you can easily access all our music albums, audio stories, live archive, and podcast conversations in one flowing river of sound. WILDSTREAM offers both free and premium content. A subscription is required to access our full library, including exclusive albums, stories, and archives. By creating this new streaming vessel, we hope to nourish sustainability, integrity, and intimacy within the relationship between musicians and listeners, and to bring the wild heart back into the sharing of music. We live and work on an ancient hill farm in the heart of Dartmoor, amid upland streams and misted valleys. Here we create all our music albums, books, and paintings, as well as the traditional wooden flutes and frame drums with which we record and perform. Our independent music label SEVENTH WAVE MUSIC was established by Nigel in 1985; our publishing house BRAIDED RIVER features Carolyn's books. WILDSTREAM is our third strand of watery magic! The WILDSTREAM is powered by Insidr, an independent music streaming platform established by Dan Ryland and Kima Otung. Privacy (https://insidrmusic.com/privacy) Terms (https://insidrmusic.com/terms) Terms of Use (EULA) (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

Caroline Flashback4 screens
Wildstream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wildstream at Free against Caroline Flashback's $1.99. Wildstream also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 30 months). Caroline Flashback's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Wildstream is free to download; Caroline Flashback costs $1.99 up front. Wildstream sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Caroline Flashback asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caroline Flashback ships an update every 30 months, Wildstream every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Caroline Flashback versus Wildstream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaroline FlashbackWildstream
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB19 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperPatrick MounteneyRyland

Customer experience

Caroline Flashback

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Wildstream

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Caroline Flashback

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wildstream

Subscriptions2
  • WILDSTREAM (Monthly)$7.001 Month
  • WILDSTREAM (Yearly)$79.001 Year

Questions

Is Caroline Flashback free?
Caroline Flashback costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wildstream free?
Wildstream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Caroline Flashback or Wildstream have ads?
Neither Caroline Flashback nor Wildstream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caroline Flashback or Wildstream?
Caroline Flashback ships an update every 30 months, and Wildstream every 6 days. Most recently, Caroline Flashback was updated on September 10, 2026 and Wildstream on September 19, 2026.

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