# Lapse - Disposable Camera — user reviews > 1,429 indexed App Store user reviews of Lapse by Lapse, rated 4.80/5 from 118,258 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lapse-disposable-camera/id1636699256/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lapse-disposable-camera/id1636699256.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 105,000 · 4★ 6,619 · 3★ 1,653 · 2★ 905 · 1★ 4,081 ## What do users think of Lapse? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🤍 Vintage aesthetic - 🤩 Unique disposable camera concept - 🌟 Captures everyday moments - 😊 Intimate sharing with friends - 🎨 Customizable profile **Cons** - 🤯 Overly complicated sign-up process - 🙄 Forced invites to use the app - 🤖 Excessive notifications - 🤔 Inability to delete or edit photos - 🙃 Buggy and glitchy performance **Commonly reported bugs** - Camera not working for some users - Photos not saving properly - Inability to log back into account - Persistent issues with deleting account **Most requested features** - Add option to save raw photos without watermark - Implement a self-timer for photos - Allow uploading existing photos to the app - Add ability to reply to comments - Improve photo sharing and messaging features ## Newest reviews (12 of 1,429) ### 4/5 — Bring back the social part! *2026-08-10, version 4.1.1* Absolutely love the camera but Bring back the social part! ### 3/5 — Miss the old *2026-08-09, version 4.1.1* I just redownloaded and everything’s gone all my photos and friends on the app I got sad when I redownloaded 😕 ### 4/5 — Social + Android? *2026-08-08, version 4.1.1* I love Lapse!! I miss their social factor, it was cool to connect with my friends through it and see what they were up to witj Lapse. I also wish to connect with Android users, not just Apple users PLEASE BRING THE SOCIAL FACTOR BACK ### 3/5 — The non social media things *2026-08-05, version 4.1.1* This app was Superrrrr fun until they took away all of the social media aspects and the pics it takes are GREATTT but not as good as it used to be. ### 4/5 — Best Filter *2026-08-02, version 4.1.1* The only reason I’m giving a 4 star review is because I so desperately wish I could edit photos in my camera roll with Lapse. It is my favorite filter to ever use. My camera quality focuses better when I use my zoom in my default camera app, but Lapse with flash has some of the best captures. ### 3/5 — Fun app *2026-07-28, version 4.1.1* I like the app and the idea behind it but I just lost my memories in the old version Ive been trying to get them back from the past version but I can’t seem to :( ### 3/5 — Lapse. *2026-07-24, version 4.1.1* I loveeeeeddd lapse so much !! Me and my friends everyone ik used it !! We loved snapping each other and talking !! We are very sad that you can no longer do it !! It’s okay if not but I would ask if yall could bring back that feature back where we can snap others? This was the only app I could get since I can have Snapchat !! ### 2/5 — Lapes downgrade *2026-07-24, version 4.1.1* it is horrible that lapes has an up date. i don’t really think there’s a point of having it now when it’s just a camera. please consider going back i don’t use it now cause it’s literally just the camera app now. ### 3/5 — used to love *2026-07-22, version 4.1.1* lapse used to be the best way to communicate with friends!! but the new update slowed down my friends and my communication. bringing the old version back would be great! ### 1/5 — please *2026-07-21, version 4.1.1* can lapse please bring back the snapping and sending friends pictures!? ### 3/5 — Love it but bring back social part! *2026-07-20, version 4.1.1* I have been using lapse for some time now and I was even here when it was a social platform! Whenever I found out lapse was returning to just photos I was super sad!😞 but besides that I love the filters and it’s so cute and fun! But guys let’s work together To bring back the old lapse!! ### 1/5 — What happened? *2026-07-16, version 4.1.1* Tried to sue this app to connect w friends and share photos but now it only takes photos?! Disappointing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — bring the old version back *2026-08-23, version 4.1.1* i loved the app so much,so fun to journal with friends and snap daily.then the new update happened and i hate it. ### 1/5 — Yall suck *2026-08-22, version 4.1.1* Lapse eats my photos all the time. I have lost so many wonderful photos. Don’t use this app if you value ur pics! ### 1/5 — the old version was 10 times better *2026-08-22, version 4.1.1* I redownloaded and i cant even log back into my account so i just lost all my photos. used to be able to send photos to friends and chat and see other peoples photos, it was so fun, now its boring. stupid app now BRING BACK THE OLD VERSION ### 1/5 — losing photos *2026-08-19, version 4.1.1* this app keeps losing my photos, not synching properly with the camera roll 👎 ### 1/5 — PLEASE *2026-08-19, version 4.1.1* PUT THE SNAP PART BACK PLEASE ### 1/5 — Lose All Your Photos *2026-08-18, version 4.1.1* Terrible. I took some photos in San Francisco because I liked the quality the app gave off. I stupidly didn’t take any with my regular camera. This was at the beginning of February. Suddenly the photos wouldn’t sync, I couldn’t see them or download them. I read about other having the same issue and they warned if you deleted and redownloaded the app, the pictures would disappear and the team unable to recover them. So I kept the app. I contacted customer service. I didn’t hear back. Over 6 months ago. They released an update that should’ve fixed the problem, but instead the snaps were still not syncing, and when I tried the option to download all old snaps as a zip file so I could recover them, it turns out that option was not really available. There was a tiny window in which to recover the zip file. So now it’s too late, I saw the snaps, could only retrieve them in a zip file, which was no longer available to download, followed by an announcement that they’ve dissolved their customer service team and won’t help anyone with requests from prior to May 2026. Too bad, out of luck! What they don’t tell you is even if you sent a help request in FEBRUARY they still won’t help, they’ll just wait until after the arbitrary deadline and then you’re out of luck and they will just close off their inbox to everyone. Absurd. ### 1/5 — Don’t Download *2026-08-16, version 4.1.1* This is a sad review to make since I was a fan of the app when I first discovered it in 2023 and it was my favorite app by far! But after the downgrade everything sucks about this app, what sucks the most is that I lost all of my photos from 2023-2025 when I opened the app today. The pictures were not syncing, so there was an option to get the pictures through zip file instead, I decided to do that instead and believing that lie is what costed all of my memories to get deleted and there is no way to get them back. Please don’t waste your time in downloading an app that doesn’t care about it’s customer’s memories, nor does it care in doing anything to bring them back. ### 1/5 — memories *2026-08-13, version 4.1.1* Very disappointed i couldn’t retrieve my old photos my dog recently passed away and i redownloaded the app so i could get our memories off it and now they are gone forever. ### 1/5 — dumb update they need to die *2026-08-09, version 4.1.1* so stupid i lost all my photos when they changed the app ### 1/5 — Lost half my photos! *2026-08-04, version 4.1.1* I went to look for a specific photo in my memories/archive and realized there is a random gap from June 2024 to April of 2026!! Also apparently, as of May 2026, there is NO WAY to contact customer support ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app! Love the filter! Miss the old version though 🥀🙏 *2026-08-20, version 4.1.1* I remember before this past December when it functioned as a social media platform as well as a filter and photo journal, I understand that the cost to uphold it was prolly a lot for the company but I do miss the old lapse. Still love using the filter it makes everything look so dope- my brother took a pic of a trash can in a parking lot and lapsed made it aesthetic and genuinely cool. Thanks lapse, even if you aren’t what you used to be. ### 5/5 — please bring back the social part!! we miss it deeply and i loved sharing pics with my friends. *2026-08-16, version 4.1.1* the social media part of this app was so great because it felt more intimate than other forms of social media in the world and it was one of the only places i actually shared photos, i wish you could bring it back! ### 5/5 — Bring back Social Feature / photo upload *2026-08-15, version 4.1.1* Please, I beg. The social feature and uploading photos on you account slideshow was so cool. I loved the filter that it put. At least put a photo upload like I know it defeats the purpose of it being like a disposble but I like certain photos and throwbacks but I LOVE THE FILTER. ### 5/5 — Bring back social platform *2026-08-11, version 4.1.1* I’m sorry, but like I kinda don’t use lapse without the social aspect…. It’s not as fun. The only reason I still have it is simply because I like the old filter. The social platform aspect of it was one of the best parts. Now it’s just… a normal camera almost. PLEASE, I’m begging you, bring back the social platform 😭🙏, also please bring back the texting! It was so fun with all the streaks. Without any of this Lapse isn’t lapse, I’ve had it for a year and a half now. And without the social aspect it’s really boring… ### 5/5 — Bug?? *2026-08-04, version 4.1.1* I love this app so much and use it daily, but today was the first time I had a bug where my recently uploaded photos magically vanished without a trace, even after I went through and “developed” each photo to save, archive, or delete. How do I recover them?? ### 5/5 — . *2026-07-23, version 4.1.1* bring the social part back please i’m begging ### 5/5 — Bring back older app version *2026-07-21, version 4.1.1* I’m not one for app reviews but this was my FAVORITE photos and social app for a long time. I loved the lapse recaps and the social elements of it. Please bring it back to how it was. ### 5/5 — Bring back the social feature *2026-07-15, version 4.1.1* I love how you can take the picture aesthetically but I miss showing friends pictures in the moment. It was so much fun seeing others moments aswell. Please bring back the social features it was great. ### 5/5 — Please bring social features back *2026-07-12, version 4.1.1* I lalalalaalove this app so much solely based on the quality of the images that it produces. There is nothing like it. But please bring social features back, at least to the extent in where can just add eachother close friends and family and see their post. I don’t care about seeing strangers on their, or automated ai messages every time some one posted a photo, or even the instant message option. But I really did enjoy seeing my close friends/family post on lapse, specifically my hermit friends. It was the only app where things natural. Intimate. A moment. Please reconsider. Love you lapse. Please bring back the old app ### 5/5 — the update:( *2026-07-06, version 4.1.1* i’m so sad bc lapse was a great way to connect with my friends bc i couldn’t have snap and now it is gone please please pleaseee can yall bring the social part back --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*