Reuk vs Flashback
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reuk
Gain complete manual control over your iPhone's camera settings for precise photo adjustments. Shoot in RAW for maximum post-processing flexibility and utilize Apple Watch integration for remote control and review. Features include live histogram, focus loupe, and customizable timers.
- Full manual camera controls
- RAW photo capture
- Apple Watch remote control
- Live histogram
- Focus loupe
- Customizable timers
- Grid and level guides
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Take full control of your camera, with Reuk you get complete control over your photo's exposure so you can make it look exactly the way you want it to. And if you have an iPhone 6s or newer you can also shoot in RAW so that you have the most flexibility when post processing your photos! It's very easy to change any parameter to your preference, just choose what you want to edit and swipe on the viewfinder. You get full manual control over the ISO, shutter speed, focus, white balance, and flash mode. Take photos and review them straight from Reuk for Apple Watch. You can also set a timer and make quick adjustments to the exposure or white balance without needing to touch your iPhone. Other features - Shoot in RAW, RAW + JPEG, or JPEG [requires iPhone 6s or newer]. - Use either the wide angle or telephoto lenses on the iPhone 7 Plus. - Choose between the wide angle and telephoto lenses of the iPhone 7 Plus to always open the app to that focal length. - Live histogram to help you expose your photos. - Show a loupe when focusing to make sure your photo is focused correctly. - Choose either a 5 or 10 second timer so you can be on the photo or to avoid any vibrations in your photo when using a tripod. - The viewfinder shows you 100% of what your camera sees, so you get to see exactly what you're going to get once you take the photo, no guessing what part of the photo the viewfinder is cropping, and you can use the grid to help you set up your shots. - Use the levels to make sure your photos are just right. - Automatically uses Optical Image Stabilization when available.
Flashback
Record and track changes over time with video. Capture personal transformations, healing progress, growth, or everyday moments. Enhance your recordings with visual aids like grids and translucent overlays.
- Record changes over time
- Track personal transformations
- Monitor healing progress
- Record growth of plants/children
- Visual aids for recording
- Capture everyday moments
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Flashback can be used to record change of a variety of things. Here are some examples below. - Take a selfie and enjoy the changes in your face and hairstyle - Check the healing of a wound every day and see how it is progressing on video - Check your daily motivation for dieting, muscle training, etc. - Record the growth of fast-growing children, houseplants, etc. - Just record something (my friend seems to use it to record fishing catches!) Also, you can take beautiful pictures with the grid and the translucent previous picture. Enjoy your own Flashback!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Flashback at free against Reuk's paid. Flashback also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Reuk's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reuk holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reuk has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Reuk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flashback's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Reuk ships an update every 2 months, Flashback every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reuk | Flashback |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | manolo Sanudo | Nao Enomoto |
Customer experience
Reuk
Flashback
In-app purchases
Reuk
No in-app purchases
Flashback
No in-app purchases
