Flashbacks vs Joyscroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Joyscroll
Transform your personal photo library into a dynamic video feed. Relive cherished memories with sound and motion through an endless vertical scroll. This privacy-focused app keeps all your content on your device.
- Endless vertical scroll of Live Photos
- Swipe to relive memories with sound and motion
- Privacy focused, content stays on device
- Powerful filter functionality
- Favorites library
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Joyscroll turns your own photo library into a joyful, familiar, video feed. Instead of doomscrolling, rediscover memories that matter most — family moments, vacations, milestones, and everyday joy. Features: • Endless vertical scroll of your Live Photos • Swipe to relive memories with sound and motion • Privacy focused — all content stays on your device • Powerful filter functionality • Favorites library Joyscroll is the antidote to doomscrolling: your feed, your joy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joyscroll at none against Flashbacks's 2. Joyscroll also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Flashbacks's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Joyscroll asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Flashbacks against 5.0 for Joyscroll. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Flashbacks ships an update fortnightly, Joyscroll every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashbacks | Joyscroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Carroll | Something Harry LLC |
In-app purchases
Flashbacks
- Monthly Unlock$0.291 Month
- Yearly Unlock$2.991 Year
Joyscroll
No in-app purchases
