Caroline Flashback vs Wildstream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 60s & 70s music stream
- Program schedule
- Currently playing track info
- Replay service for missed programs
- Low and medium bandwidth streams
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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!
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.
- 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/)
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Caroline Flashback | Wildstream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Patrick Mounteney | Ryland |
Customer experience
Caroline Flashback
Wildstream
In-app purchases
Caroline Flashback
No in-app purchases
Wildstream
- WILDSTREAM (Monthly)$7.001 Month
- WILDSTREAM (Yearly)$79.001 Year
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