Reveal Moments vs the roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reveal Moments
This app allows groups to create shared, private time capsules filled with photos and videos. Content remains blurred until a set reveal date, fostering genuine moments without social media pressure. Relive and react to shared memories together once unlocked.
- Create private group time capsules
- Set custom reveal dates
- Blurred photos and videos until reveal
- No feeds, likes, or social pressure
- Relive and react to shared memories
- Save your own photos and videos
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Reveal is a shared time capsule for your group — like a disposable camera everyone carries. Create a private Reveal with friends, family or wedding guests and set a reveal date. Everyone adds photos and videos, but everything stays blurred until the date arrives. Then it all unlocks for everyone at once. No feeds. No likes. No pressure to post the perfect shot. Just real moments, and the excitement of seeing them together later. Perfect for: • Weddings and parties • Weekend trips and holidays • Family gatherings • Nights out When the moment comes, relive it together, react with emojis, and save your own photos and videos. Reveal — Moments Shared Later. By using Reveal, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: Terms of Use: https://revealmoment.app/sites/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://revealmoment.app/sites/privacy.html
the roll
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Some nights deserve more than a camera roll full of posed selfies and carefully curated stories. The Roll is a shared disposable camera for you and your crew. Everyone shoots blind. Nobody sees anything - not even their own photos - until the timer hits zero. Then it all comes out at once. >> How it works Start a roll, name it, and invite your crew. Everyone shoots into a shared pool of photos - no previews, no filters, no second chances. When the time comes, the roll locks. Then, at exactly the right moment, every photo from every person is revealed simultaneously. The good, the bad, the completely unhinged. That's the whole thing. And it's better than you'd expect. >> Why it feels different Most photo apps are about curation. The Roll is about capture. There's no pressure to look good, no checking what you shot, no deleting the blurry ones. You just point and shoot - and trust that the moment is worth keeping. The simultaneous reveal is where the magic happens. Opening a roll with your friends and seeing what everyone caught - angles you missed, moments you forgot, faces mid-laugh - feels like developing film from a disposable camera. Except everyone's camera, all at once. >> Built for real nights Whether it's a house party, a weekend trip, a birthday, or just a random Tuesday that turned into something - The Roll captures it the way it actually felt. Not the version you'd post. The real one. - Shared photo pool: everyone's shots, one roll - Blind shooting: no previews, no filters, no do-overs - Simultaneous reveal: everyone sees everything at the same time - Disposable camera aesthetic: warm, grainy, honest - Reactions: relive the night together, shot by shot - Party & Event rolls: bigger crews, more shots, custom reveal times - Add shots mid-roll: when 30 just isn't enough The Roll. Your night, unfiltered. Privacy policy: https://www.notion.so/the-roll-privacy-policy-3273d8355035801eacecd9e0b4b7d9ca?source=copy_link Contact us: https://www.notion.so/the-roll-contact-us-3273d83550358081b5f3fcbd9e70c06f?source=copy_link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Reveal Moments at 3 against the roll's 1. Reveal Moments also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Reveal Moments sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and the roll sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reveal Moments ships an update weekly, the roll every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reveal Moments | the roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kristoffer Berg | Van der Velden BV |
In-app purchases
Reveal Moments
- Reveal+$4.991 Month
the roll
- 15 Shot Booster$1.49
- Party Roll$2.99
- Event Roll$7.99








