Comparison

Flashbacks vs Deco

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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/

About

Deco

Design personalized lock and home screens with custom backgrounds, text, and stickers. This app offers a user-friendly canvas for creating unique wallpapers from your photos, gradients, or patterns.

Highlights
  • Customizable backgrounds (photos, gradients, stripes, solids)
  • Sticker Studio for photo cutouts, text, and emojis
  • Intuitive canvas for resizing and multi-item selection
  • Seasonal and themed background collections
  • Export canvases and individual stickers
  • Quick emoji picker and import options
Features
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Make wallpapers, widgets, and watch faces with your photos, text, emoji, and stickers. Create something for your own screens or share it with friends. MAKE IT YOURS Start with a photo, a gradient, stripes, or a solid color. Turn photo cutouts, words, and emoji into stickers. Choose fonts, colors, outlines, and finishes, then move, resize, rotate, and layer your stickers. WALLPAPERS, WIDGETS, AND WATCH FACES Make wallpapers for iPhone and iPad or choose custom dimensions. Create Home Screen widgets with a separate layout for each size. Export your artwork as an Apple Watch face. Use your saved stickers in Messages, too. CREATE AND SHARE Send an image, share an editable copy, or invite friends to a shared creation. Choose who can view or edit. Friends can join for free. ADD MOVEMENT AND TEXTURE Create Live Photo wallpapers with animated sticker effects. Try finishes including chrome, holographic, glitter, embroidery, and risograph, and preview animations as you work. KEEP YOUR COLLECTION WITH YOU Keep your creations and sticker library across your devices with iCloud. Search for artwork by what its images show, explore guides and ideas, and use Shortcuts to create and work with your designs. DECO PLUS Start free with up to three wallpapers, two widgets, and ten saved stickers. Unlock more with Deco Plus, available as a one-time purchase. Every price option includes the same Plus features. If you bought Deco before version 3.0, you keep your paid access. Privacy Policy: https://docs.aethers.world/deco/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flashbacks4 screens
Deco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Deco at daily against Flashbacks's fortnightly. Deco also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 1). Flashbacks's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flashbacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month and Deco sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashbacks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deco has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashbacks ships an update fortnightly, Deco daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flashbacks versus Deco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashbacksDeco
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews—71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin CarrollWilliam Jones

Customer experience

Flashbacks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deco

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flashbacks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Unlock$0.291 Month
  • Yearly Unlock$2.991 Year
3 purchases

Deco

One-time3
  • Deco Plus$2.99
  • Deco Plus$3.99
  • Deco Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Flashbacks free?
Flashbacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deco free?
Deco is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flashbacks or Deco?
Flashbacks is rated higher. Flashbacks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Deco averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Flashbacks or Deco have ads?
Neither Flashbacks nor Deco shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashbacks or Deco?
Flashbacks ships an update fortnightly, and Deco daily. Most recently, Flashbacks was updated on October 8, 2026 and Deco on October 25, 2026.

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