Comparison

Flashback Trivia vs Date Duel

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

Head to head
About

Flashback Trivia

Test your knowledge of 80s, 90s, and 2000s pop culture with over 5,000 fact-checked questions. Enjoy daily challenges, power-ups, and offline play. Earn rewards and unlock experts as you build your streak.

Highlights
  • 5,000+ hand-crafted questions
  • Selectable decades (80s, 90s, 2000s, All-Time)
  • Daily challenge puzzles
  • Power-ups (50/50, Reroll, Expert Hint)
  • Daily login bonuses and rewards
  • Offline play
  • No sign-up required
Features
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Travel back in time with Flashback Trivia — the nostalgia game that tests your memory of the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and all-time classics. 5,000+ HAND-CRAFTED QUESTIONS Music, movies, TV, sports, news, and pop culture from the decades you grew up loving. Every question is fact-checked. PICK YOUR DECADE - 80s — synthwave, MTV, neon, Reagan - 90s — sitcoms, grunge, dial-up, Beanie Babies - 2000s — TRL, low-rise jeans, the iPod era - All-Time — the greatest hits across every decade DAILY CHALLENGE A new "Decade of the Day" puzzle every 24 hours. 14-day rotation, no repeats. POWER-UPS WHEN YOU NEED THEM 50/50, Reroll, and Expert Hint help you push through the tough rounds. First use of each is free. GROW YOUR STREAK Daily login bonuses. Coin and gem rewards. Unlock decade experts who share their wisdom on the tough ones. NO SIGN-UP, PLAY OFFLINE Jump in instantly. Plays great on planes, trains, and the couch. Your nostalgia trip starts here. ———————————————— Flashback Trivia contains optional in-app purchases including a weekly VIP subscription and consumable virtual currency (Coins and Gems). Virtual currency has no monetary value, is non-refundable, non-transferable, and can only be used within Flashback Trivia. Terms of Use: https://luckyecho.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://luckyecho.com/privacy-policy

About

Date Duel

Test your knowledge of historical events by placing them in chronological order. Decide quickly if a new event happened before or after a given starting point to advance. Compete on leaderboards and review past answers to improve your historical timeline skills.

Highlights
  • Chronological event placement
  • Timed decision-making
  • Over 1,200 historical events
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Review past questions
  • Multiple rounds per game
Features
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Do you think you know history? Then prove it in Date Duel. In Date Duel, you are given a starting event. The starting event gives a description of the historical event along with the date and year it occurred. You then get your new event to compare to the starting event. Now you have to think fast. Did the new event happen before or after the starting event? You only have 15 seconds to decide. If your'e wrong, it's game over. If you get it right, you move on to the next question. Every three questions you start a new round with a new starting event. There are over 1,200 different historical events from the past 2,000 years to keep you guessing if it's before or after the starting event. When your game ends, you can see in the Game Center leaderboard to see how you stack up against other history nerds. No cost to download, minimal ads (only at the end of a game), and hours of fun to see how you measure against your friends. At the end of your game, you can review all the questions in your game. That way you will know the correct answer for next time to help move up the leaderboard.

Screenshots

Flashback Trivia4 screens
Date Duel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Date Duel at none against Flashback Trivia's 27. Date Duel also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Flashback Trivia's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 1) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flashback Trivia sells 25 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Date Duel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Date Duel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashback Trivia has 8.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashback Trivia ships an update every 5 days, Date Duel daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Flashback Trivia versus Date Duel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashback TriviaDate Duel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#24 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLucky Echo Labs, Inc.Philip Parker

Customer experience

Flashback Trivia

All ratings8,217 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive33.0%
Neutral23.9%
Negative43.2%

Date Duel

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

In-app purchases

25 purchases

Flashback Trivia

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Weekly$3.997 Days
One-time24
  • 50 Gems$0.99
  • Piggy Bank$1.99
  • 100 Tickets$1.99
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  • Newbie Bundle$1.99
  • Hint Bundle$1.99
  • Refill Hearts$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • 2,500 Coins$1.99
  • Ad Skips x10$2.19
  • Adventure Bundle2 variants$2.99
  • Infinite Hearts 3h$2.99
  • 175 Gems$2.99
  • Epic Bundle2 variants$4.99
  • Gem Starter Pack$4.99
  • 325 Gems$4.99
  • 7,500 Coins$4.99
  • Trivia Pass Premium$6.99
  • Special Pack$6.99
  • Infinite Hearts 1 Day$6.99
  • Ad Skips x50$8.99
  • Expert Hints x30$9.99
  • 750 Gems$9.99
  • 16,000 Coins$9.99
  • 1,700 Gems$19.99
None

Date Duel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashback Trivia free?
Flashback Trivia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Date Duel free?
Date Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flashback Trivia or Date Duel?
Date Duel is rated higher. Flashback Trivia averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.2K ratings, while Date Duel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flashback Trivia or Date Duel have ads?
Both Flashback Trivia and Date Duel show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashback Trivia or Date Duel?
Flashback Trivia ships an update every 5 days, and Date Duel daily. Most recently, Flashback Trivia was updated on October 15, 2026 and Date Duel on September 30, 2026.

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