Comparison

Keeps vs Afters

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Keeps

Capture and share photos from any event with a disposable camera feel. Create private albums, invite guests easily, and reveal all perspectives at once. Offers film-style filters and ensures all your memories are collected.

Highlights
  • Shared event photo album
  • Disposable camera experience
  • Timed photo reveal
  • QR code and link invitations
  • No guest app download required
  • Film-inspired photo styles
Features
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Keeps turns your wedding, party, or trip into a shared disposable camera. Create a private event album, invite guests with a QR code or link, and capture every perspective in one place. No app download for guests. No accounts. No chasing people for photos afterward. Your friends already take some of the best photos. Keeps makes sure they actually get shared. HOW IT WORKS 1. CREATE YOUR ALBUM Choose how many photos guests can take and when they’ll be revealed. 2. INVITE YOUR GUESTS Share a QR code or link. Guests can join in seconds. 3. CAPTURE THE MOMENT Everyone gets a limited number of shots, bringing the feeling of a disposable camera to your event. 4. REVEAL TOGETHER Keep photos hidden during the event, then reveal the entire gallery at once. MADE FOR • Weddings & receptions • Bachelor & bachelorette parties • Birthdays & anniversaries • Group trips & vacations • Parties & celebrations • Corporate events FILM-STYLE PHOTOS Give every photo a consistent look with four film styles: • Vivid — bright & bold • Soft — warm & flattering • Mono — timeless black & white • Dune — vintage, sun-faded tones EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Shared event photo album • Disposable camera-style experience • Private gallery • Timed photo reveal • QR code & link invitations • No app download required for guests • Film-inspired photo styles • Download and share your full gallery One event. Every perspective. Keep it forever. PRIVACY Your photos are private and controlled by you. We never sell your data. keeps.cam/privacy SUPPORT Questions or last-minute event panic? [support@keeps.cam](mailto:support@keeps.cam)

About

Afters

This app reinvents the disposable camera for group events. Start a shared photo roll, invite friends to contribute, and view all the photos together once the roll 'develops' at a set time. It's designed to keep everyone present while capturing memories.

Highlights
  • Start shared photo rolls
  • Invite friends via link or QR code
  • Set shot limits per person
  • Schedule photo roll development
  • View all photos simultaneously
  • Save favorite photos
Features
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One party. One camera roll. Your whole crew. Afters is the disposable camera, reinvented for the group chat. Start a roll for your party, share one link or QR code, and everyone shoots into the same roll all night long. No camera apps to compare, no group album to chase down the next day - just one shared roll the whole crew fills together. Here's the twist: nobody sees the shots while the party's on. The roll stays sealed until it "develops" — then the entire night appears at once, for everyone, all at the same time. It's the disposable-camera magic: you shoot blind, you trust the moment, and the morning after you get the whole night back in one go. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a roll. Name your party, set how many shots each person gets, choose when it develops. 2. Share the link or QR. Everyone joins in a tap — no account hunting, no friend requests. 3. Shoot together. Each guest snaps their shots straight into the shared roll, all night. 4. It develops. At the time you set (or the moment you choose), the roll opens and the full album lands for everyone. 5. Keep it forever. The developed roll is one shared album the whole crew keeps — save your favourites to your phone. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT • No more "send me the photos" — every shot from every guest is already in one place. • No phones-out-all-night energy. A few shots each keeps everyone present. • The reveal is an event. Watching the whole night develop at once, together, hits different. • Hosts stay in control — set the shot limit, the develop time, and moderate the roll. • Anyone can host, anyone can join. Birthdays, weddings, festivals, house parties, trips, reunions. Afters doesn't run ads, sell your data, or track you across other apps. Your party's photos are private to the people you invited. Put the phone down. Shoot the night. Relive it together. Start a roll — it's free.

Screenshots

Keeps4 screens
Afters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Afters at none against Keeps's 6. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Keeps sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Afters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Keeps against 5.0 for Afters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keeps ships an update every 2 weeks, Afters every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Keeps versus Afters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepsAfters
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMERAKIGAI LPNeobility

Customer experience

Keeps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Afters

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Keeps

One-time6
  • Up to 10 Guests$1.99
  • Up to 25 Guests$4.99
  • Up to 50 Guests$14.99
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  • Up to 100 Guests$29.99
  • Up to 150 Guests$49.99
  • Up to 200 Guests$69.99
None

Afters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keeps free?
Keeps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Afters free?
Afters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keeps or Afters?
Keeps and Afters are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Keeps or Afters have ads?
Neither Keeps nor Afters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keeps or Afters?
Keeps ships an update every 2 weeks, and Afters every 3 weeks. Most recently, Keeps was updated on October 11, 2026 and Afters on October 6, 2026.

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