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Super pushy.
Signed up because I got an invite from a friend, and instantly my phone was taken over by the app. This is slight hyperbole, but the point is I felt like I was opening a video game app as my phone started playing a video and vibrating. Then as you try to go through the sign up, they push you over and over again to “invite five friends!!!!! Find five friends!!!!! INVITE 5 FRIENDS.” You can skip this step but ONLY by hitting the help button, otherwise they do not give you the option to skip inviting people. Then it forces you to take a snap immediately? I was using the bathroom at the time so it was super weird for me. Then if you try to fill out your profile at all it also forces you to upload like 3 snaps or you don’t get to update any info on your profile? So you literally have to add snaps before you can finish setting up your profile. It’s just super pushy and annoying truly. Like please let me take this at my own pace or I’m just going to delete the app and never try it again.
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I still find their tactics annoying, but I’m getting more into the swing of using the app? It’s really annoying that I’ll try to post every day though and they still won’t give me the lab tools. Like I share and it says “shared 4 out of 5 days out of 7” and I’ll share the next day too and it’ll say “shared 4 days out of 5 out of 7” like wow okay cool so posting regularly doesn’t even work half the time.Show less7brooms
Annoying 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.Show lessReviewer_J01
I love this app but..
It’s a great app just to be able to save your pictures to your phone you can’t screenshot which is fine. But then you have to keep the logo and time which sometimes is cool but other times it ruins the picture. Now the only to get rid of that is to invite friends (which isn’t a issue) but then it wants you to post a link to Snapchat or instagram. And as a person who prefers to avoid those social platforms (and for people who might not be allowed those) I find it quite annoying because there is no other way to get rid of those logos and times. A lot of pictures on lapse that I download are effected by the logos. For example I have a very pretty picture of a sunset and I had to crop it a lot just to rid the picture of those icons. Again, I love the app but I think that while it’s used to market and gain more users, it should be at least given another option for those that don’t have those platforms. Also, when you submit your pictures for the chance to be featured, do you need to have those other platforms? Like I’ve sent in pictures and it gives an option to tag yourself and again I don’t use those platforms. So if you need those platforms to be even considered for being featured I think that’s a tad bit unfair to some. Also how long does it take for the team to review your selected pictures? Thank you and again, truly is a great app.Show lessHonest_reviewer79
Horrible Start
In order to start using the app (even just for people who want to use the app just for personal creative purposes) you add your phone number, then you are forced to have a profile picture, then you must refuse to add people who already have the app from your contacts, then you are forced to send an promotional message for the app to 5 contacts!!Show lessFree coins 91830281
I miss 2 months ago lapse
I love this app, it is my new favorite way to interact with friends with social media. That being said, I’ve found the updates which now forbid screenshotting to be gratuitous and annoying. I get it, u wanna monopolize this aesthetic and get as much money as you can out of people, but the app is just much more annoying to use now as someone who is absolutely not going to pay for a membership, and I just crop out the lapse symbol the majority of the time anyways. Like, my screenshotting has nothing to do with you. This amount of control being exerted over my user experience makes me want to not use the app anymore, let me do what I want with my pictures that I took. It’s especially frustrating having used the app before this stupid restrictive “if you buy a membership you’re allowed to have fun again” system was implemented. The app is also way buggier now, It crashes and freezes and makes copies of recaps from the same album over and over when I’m trying to download recaps from each of my albums separately. This app just feels like it’s getting worse over time compared to the freedom us users had a few months ago and it’s honestly upsetting to me what with how much I’ve enjoyed it up to this point.Show lesscrynstmals
AMAZING
I live this app so much its a fun easy and new way to socialise and explore and to learn more about people,it’s way better than any other app that you can take photos on. It’s a very interactive and easy way to speak and socialiseLayla salter
Love this app - just one improvement
I really love this app - the only improvement I would suggest is an option to auto-save all photos to your camera roll as soon as they develop. Over than that a huge fan of the app - thank you!!yas100897
The old lapse was better
Nah they ruined the app. Used to be much better and more simple. Firstly why they tryna be Be Reel so badly😂 Secondly why is that sign up process soooooo long. Lastly they say they aren’t taking photos for followers yet they still have a ‘Vibe’ counter on the profiles so people will compare with each other. Also why can’t I log back in to my old account and see old snaps?!?!? Really weird and a massive L for LapseShow lessToneyyyyyyy
Its a really great app its just
Idk if its a bug or what but i tried multiple times to add more snaps into my albums but the never work n it always say failed to send to media or something like that which can make og super frustrating but i love the freedom it gives u like other social media but u can still be a bit more reclusiveShow lesszariyuh
Like it but there is no way it would “replace” using camera
I really like the ability to share photos with my friends without a surplus of ads and unnecessary features. I hope that aspect stays the same. The moment i see an ad I’ll delete.
I would like to be able to upload photos. I get that the point is that you don’t see the photo you took until later, but if I’m really truly living in the moment then I’m not trying to take a picture on my camera and in this app. And this app is not going to replace my camera app because i can’t save the photos to my phone unless i either download with a logo and date/time or i go through all these hoops to be able to remove watermarks. Also I would probably want to be able to have the photo without a filter. Since i can’t upload photos, I haven’t really been using the app since I downloaded it. If we could create multiple journal entries and keep it separate from the snaps that could be a cool option to retain the whole “i just snapped this pic so casually” aspect while also allowing us to share photos with friends that we didn’t take on LapseShow lessSam8128
