fastbackward vs GoPix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fastbackward
Relive past memories with your photos. This app resurfaces pictures taken on this day in previous years, helping you recall significant life events and see your personal growth. It also displays photos on a map using EXIF data and can show random memories if no photos exist for the date.
- Resurfaces photos from previous years
- Displays photos on a map using EXIF data
- Excludes screenshots from memories
- On-device processing for privacy
- Shows random memories if no photos for the date
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Have you ever wondered what you were doing on this day last year? Or the year before? What about the year before that? With fastbackward you'll not only know, but have your photos to remind you, too. Taking photos is great, but looking at those photos is where the real fun begins. Your iPhone takes stunning photos but it needs fastbackward to surface the most important photos at the right time. Your iPhone is full of photos but they're a jumbled mess in the Photos app. What makes fastbackward so valuable is the way it surfaces photos you took today, but in years past. You'll see your kids growing up as well as any big life events that happened on this day, too. Didn't take a photo on this day? Fastbackward can show you a random memory instead. As well as showing you your photos and jogging your memory, fastbackward will also use your photos' EXIF data to plot where you took them on a map. You'll never wonder where you took your favourite landscape photo ever again. Features include: - The ability to exclude screenshots from your memories. - Privacy. Because your photos are hugely personal, fastbackward doesn't upload any of them to the internet. All of the processing is carried out on your device, right where it should be. - EXIF data used to display a map of where you took your photos.
GoPix
Organize, search, and share your photo collection with a fast and elegant interface. This app is designed for photographers and families with extensive libraries, offering a smooth browsing experience and powerful search capabilities.
- Lightning-fast photo search
- Beautifully presented galleries
- High-quality image viewing
- Smart organization by events and dates
- Easy and secure photo sharing
- Optimized for large photo libraries
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GoPix – Your Photos, Beautifully Organized GoPix is a fast and elegant way to browse, search, and share your photo collection. Whether you’re reliving favorite memories or exploring years of photography, GoPix makes it simple to find exactly what you’re looking for. Built for photographers and families with large photo libraries, GoPix delivers a smooth browsing experience with powerful search and beautifully presented galleries. Key Features Lightning-Fast Photo Search Quickly find photos using tags, locations, dates, and more. Beautiful Galleries Enjoy your photos in clean, immersive galleries designed for modern displays. High-Quality Images View photos in stunning detail with high-resolution support. Smart Organization Browse your library by events, dates, and collections. Easy Sharing Share photos with friends and family with simple, secure links. Optimized for Large Libraries GoPix handles thousands of photos effortlessly. Perfect For • Photographers managing large libraries • Families organizing years of memories • Sharing photos from events and vacations • Quickly rediscovering favorite moments
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoPix at none against fastbackward's 1. GoPix also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. fastbackward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GoPix asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for fastbackward against 5.0 for GoPix. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
fastbackward ships an update every 3 weeks, GoPix every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fastbackward | GoPix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maximilian Krauss | Jeffrey Pierce |
Customer experience
fastbackward
GoPix
In-app purchases
fastbackward
- fastbackward Pro$1.99
GoPix
No in-app purchases









