Lapse - Disposable Camera

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Last verified 5 Sep 2026

4.8 118278 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Good & bad

   The app is really neat. It provides cool aesthetics like real Polaroids! I’ve taken so many cool pictures that I adore on this app. However, the more I use the app, the more I discover its downfalls & tricks. To start, when you first download the app you have to invite at least 10 people before you can even use its features. Secondly, I wanted to follow people that I was closest to (so that I wouldn’t be bombarded with random pictures from people I don’t even talk to). But Laspe is VERY adamant about “adding new friends.” I constantly have to deny suggestions/requests it gives me. It’s annoying. Stop pushing it in my face when I don’t even want it. And lastly, there was no option to save the pictures to my camera roll. So, naturally, I screen shotted the pictures I wanted to keep in my photos. Then all of a sudden, it wouldn’t let me unless I kept its logo on the picture. Here’s where they really start to get tricky with their users: there’s an option to take off the logo and keep the picture’s original size. But you can only do that if you invite 3 more random people AND write in the app’s public “journal” five times EACH freaking week. It’s getting ridiculous. I just wanted a cool picture app, but now it’s becoming a hassle just because Lapse is desperate to spread its name to as many people as possible. I might delete it soon honestly. It’ll probably lose its hype within the next year anyway. I can’t be the only one who’s annoyed… and if I am, I bet I won’t be the only one here pretty soon.

   The most annoyed person rn · 5 Sep 2026

2. 1/5Annoying privacy nightmare that tries to force you to shill for them

   Lapse is an interesting concept, especially if you have a busy/interesting life and lots of friends (which not everyone does), but the app has too many gimmicks that make it a pain to navigate and set up your account. Every onboarding screen relies on annoying flashy animations and videos with haptics that can’t be skipped or disabled. When making an account you’re constantly asked for identifying info that you either can’t choose not to provide (camera access and full contacts access) or can technically decline but wouldn’t think to (the option to skip providing your exact birthdate, for example, is hidden under a grayed-out “help” button. They require you to add 5 friends before you even explore basic features, which defeats the whole purpose of getting people interested in a new app. Probably an unpopular opinion but I don’t like being required to do certain things that enrich an app’s developers just to see if I’d even want to use the app. After only 30 seconds of access to my contacts (I switched it off after they let me through) the app had already uploaded the full names, contact photos, and mutual connections of all of my contacts, ranging from my deceased relatives to old friends I’ve fallen out with to random coworkers I never speak to. I challenge the developers to reply to this review, since they only seem interested in responding to positive or non-constructive reviews.

   Reviewer_x01 · 5 Sep 2026

3. 5/5Incredible App; everything I’ve ever wanted BUT it logged me out and I have no way of accessing it.

   Hello everyone. I want to start with the fact that I have been simply obsessed with this app since I downloaded it in October. I have used it to document all important, casual, day-day events in my life. It didn’t matter the situation my lapse was always out with me documenting everything in a way that just brought so much joy to my soul. I go through the app and revisit all those lovely memories it’s helped me create. I sent a DM to the team over in IG asking for help; as I found out today that I had been logged out of the app. When I entered the phone number I thought I had used it said that I was new, and to start a new account, after processing that for a bit I remembered when I downloaded it, it required a US number, I have been living in Colombia since July, and I remembered I had a google phone number so I used that, thinking it would never be necessary again. I was wrong. & that has caused me incredible sadness as I do not have access to that google phone number anymore and google will not give me access to it. Please, support, I need help, I need my account back & if I can’t have it back I just want the pictures that’s all I care about please.

   Luisa Malik · 5 Sep 2026

4. 5/5Best social media app ever

   I never write reviews for apps but this one really wowed me. I’m not a fan of social media so at first when I downloaded the app, I was a little bummed out that it wasn’t just a “disposable camera” app and instead was something you posted pictures on. But then the app started growing on me. I love the idea that your pictures appear randomly because it gives you a chance to enjoy what’s going on around you instead of worrying about getting a good picture. I also like how all accounts are private and it really contributes to the theme of “friends not followers”. It has a more personal feel that gives you a chance to share pictures with just your close friends or loved ones without worrying about likes or follows. However, there are a few features and bug fixes I would like to see. When the app asks you to upload “selects”, they take FOREVER to process and you aren’t able to share your profile with friends you’d like to see on the app. They do have a fix for this, but it’s a long process of restarting your phone and it didn’t even work the first time for me. I would like to see a collaborative album feature that allows you to create an album with a few friends and you can all add pictures to look back on. One thing I really don’t like is that when you try and save your pictures to your camera roll, there’s a really ugly watermark at the bottom. I’m all for watermarks, but maybe make it more subtle so it doesn’t ruin a picture that I may want to print out. But overall, the app is really great and I’d like to see an update soon with some new features.

   taylornation13 · 5 Sep 2026

5. 5/5Kinda obsessed

   I really love this app so much. When I downloaded it, I really was expecting to be intrigued for a day and then forget about the app, but it’s actually so different and unique and FUN. This app makes me feel like a kid again who snapped everything and anything just because I had a camera in my hand. I love that it takes time to reveal the photos you took because it forces you to snap the picture, and then move on and be in the moment. You can’t look at the photo and add text or a filter or a song or nit pick what you don’t like and take it hundred more times. You just snap and move on and by the time they’ve developed you really only care to keep the good images and continue on with your day! I love that it’s a journal that showcases your life and organizes you’re wonderful moments in a beautiful way, instead of them getting lost in my phones camera roll mixed in with things that are not post worthy etc. I love the friend model instead of the followers. I love that lapse DOESNT notify you or have a list of anyone whose looked at your posts, I love only having my journal for my friends. It’s so special. The only change I would consider them making is, please change the emojis that I use to react to my friends photos, the last or most frequent ones that I choose, not you choosing for me. 💗💗💗 love lapse. 💗

   savfaithcal · 5 Sep 2026

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