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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Your Lock Screen, Your Way. Create wallpapers that feel like you. Deco gives you everything you need to design custom lock screens and home screens — from photos of your favorite people to hand-picked gradients, all with a canvas that's a joy to use. Start with a Background - Photos — Use any photo from your library. Deco intelligently separates subjects so stickers can tuck behind or in front of them. - Gradients — Blend smooth color transitions with a full editor and curated presets. - Stripes — Design custom stripe patterns. Control colors, angle, spacing, and more. - Solids — Pick the exact color that fits your mood. Browse the new background selector with Top Picks that change by season, time, and holidays — plus categories like Nature, Moods, Vibrant, and Minimalist. Sticker Studio A complete sticker editor. Cut out photos, add text, drop in any emoji — then customize borders, colors, and apply effects like pixelate, comic book, or sketch. All your stickers in one place. A Canvas That Flows Smoother, higher resolution, and more intuitive. Resize and move at the same time, select multiple items, duplicate instantly. It just works. Share What You Make Export entire canvases or individual stickers. Share with friends or keep them for yourself. Also Includes - Quick emoji picker for instant additions - Import from Camera and Files - Sorting options throughout - New icon collections: Stickerbomb, Kamoji, and Developer Classics Deco won the Swift Student Challenge 2025. 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 price: Flashbacks at Free against Deco's $2.99. Flashbacks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Deco's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flashbacks is free to download; Deco costs $2.99 up front. Flashbacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. Deco asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashbacks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deco has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashbacks ships an update fortnightly, Deco every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Flashbacks versus Deco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashbacksDeco
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings119 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin CarrollWilliam Jones

Customer experience

Flashbacks

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

Deco

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flashbacks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Unlock$0.291 Month
  • Yearly Unlock$2.991 Year
None

Deco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashbacks free?
Flashbacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deco free?
Deco costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flashbacks or Deco?
Flashbacks is rated higher. Flashbacks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Deco averages 4.7 from 19 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 every 2 days. Most recently, Flashbacks was updated on June 5, 2026 and Deco on September 11, 2026.

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