Questions, answered

The host creates an event in the Flashfolk app and shares a QR code. Guests scan it and shoot on their phones. Photos stay hidden while they 'develop', then at the reveal the album opens to the host, and to every guest if the host allows it.

No. Guests scan the QR and shoot straight away. They type a name and start shooting, with no download, account or password.

Yes. Guests can use any recent iPhone or Android phone, with nothing to install. The host app is coming to iPhone and Android.

Yes. Open flashfolk.com/try on your phone for a 5-shot roll that develops in 10 seconds. Your demo photos never leave your phone.

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Up to 25. You can lower the limit for your event. If you want more, the Unlimited shots add-on (US$9.99) removes the limit, with a fair-use backstop of 999 per guest.

Free events take 5 guests. Paid plans go from 10 up to 2,000 guests, and guest packs add 10, 25 or 50 at a time. The host never counts toward the limit. For more than 2,000, see Business.

Business events

Anyone who joins your event, except you. A guest takes a spot when they join. If you remove a guest who hasn't taken a photo yet, the spot frees up. Once they've shot, the spot stays theirs.

Between the event's start and end times. Guests who scan early see a countdown. Events can run up to 14 days.

Shots taken while the camera is open wait on the phone and upload when it reconnects, for up to 48 hours after the event ends.

At the reveal. By default that's when the event ends. You can also pick a later time, up to 30 days after the end, or reveal instantly. Until then, guests see that their photos are developing.

By default, everyone who joined the event, plus you. You can make it host-only instead. There's no public link: people who weren't at the event can't open it.

Yes. Turn on approval and you review each photo as it develops. Only the ones you approve go into the album. Rejected photos sit in your trash for 7 days in case you change your mind.

Free events: 30 days after the reveal. Paid events: 2 years after the reveal. After that, the photos are deleted, so download what you want to keep.

Yes. Anyone who can see the album can save single photos or download the whole album in one go. On paid events, the host can also download full-resolution originals.

When a photo develops, Flashfolk gives it the same warm film look, so shots from different phones look like one roll. On paid events, the host also gets an unfiltered original.

A display name and their photos. Guests don't create an account, and we remove location and other metadata from photos. Other guests see a guest's name, not their identity across events. There's no face recognition.

The host can reject or remove any photo or guest. Guests can report a photo, and Flashfolk reviews every report within 24 hours.

Hosts must be 18 or older. The guest camera is for ages 13 and up.

No. You pay once per event, and only if you need more than the free plan.

See all plans

That's a Business event: festivals, corporate events and universities. Pricing starts from $499. Email us and we'll work it out together.

Flashfolk for Business

Not yet. Flashfolk is launching soon, and the host app isn't in the App Store or Google Play yet. You can try the guest camera right now at flashfolk.com/try.

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