Flashback Camera vs Flashbacks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashback Camera
Experience the magic of film photography with a digital camera. Choose film types, connect to your camera, develop photos, and save them to relive moments.
- Film camera simulation
- Selectable film types
- Connect to camera
- Photo development
- Save photos
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The soul of a film camera reborn in a digital era. Choose your favourite Flashback film type. Connect to your Flashback camera, develop your photos and save them for later. Start living in the moment with the magic of film.
Flashbacks
Discover photos you've captured near your current location. This app offers a refreshing alternative to endless social media feeds, letting you joyfully revisit your own memories. Expand your search radius with an in-app subscription.
- View photos based on current location
- Adjustable photo search radius
- Alternative to social media doom scrolling
- Rediscover personal memories
- In-app subscription for expanded features
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Flashbacks is a delightful way to see photos that you've taken near wherever you are standing. By default, the app will allow you to see photos within 10 meters of your current location; an in-app subscription purchase allows you to zoom in or out to allow you to see all photos in the immediate neighborhood, city, region, or more! This app is the perfect antidote to social media apps that encourage infinite doom scrolling, comparing your life to someone else's. With Flashbacks, you get to scroll through your own wonderful memories from wherever you happen to be! Terms of use for this app are the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA). Details can be found at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashback Camera at none against Flashbacks's 2. Flashback Camera also leads on ratings volume (466 vs 1). Flashbacks's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Flashbacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. Flashback Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flashbacks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashback Camera has 466 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashback Camera | Flashbacks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (466 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 466 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tykee | Benjamin Carroll |
Customer experience
Flashback Camera
Flashbacks
Bugs and requests
Flashback Camera
Reported bugs
16 issues- App freezes during photo unloading process
- Photos fail to transfer from camera to app
- Camera won't connect to app after initial use
- Filter selection doesn't change or persist
- App crashes when accessing developed photos
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- Development timer resets unexpectedly
- Camera firmware update loops infinitely
- Photos appear completely black or white
- Cannot reload new film after unloading
- Bluetooth/WiFi connection drops frequently
- Text size settings cause app malfunction
- Upload process gets stuck mid-transfer
- Camera reset button erases all photos
- App requires manual restart to complete processes
- Device unlinking option missing from app
- Feedback prompt non-functional
Requested features
15 requests- Reduce development time to 2-5 hours maximum
- Allow concurrent development of multiple rolls
- Enable local on-device photo processing
- Add ability to unload partial rolls before completion
- Implement progress bars and status indicators
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- Add photo saving/export to device storage
- Increase exposures per roll beyond 27
- Add more diverse and accurate film filter options
- Enable background processing without keeping app open
- Add notifications when rolls finish developing
- Implement automatic camera-to-app unlinking
- Add landscape mode support
- Improve filter preview accuracy
- Add ability to adjust camera settings
- Implement offline mode for travel
Flashbacks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flashback Camera
No in-app purchases
Flashbacks
- Monthly Unlock$0.291 Month
- Yearly Unlock$2.991 Year
