the roll vs Unveil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Unveil
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Some nights are better lived first and looked at later. Unveil gives every guest at your wedding, birthday or party the same disposable camera and one shared album. Everyone shoots on their own phone, nobody sees a thing, and at the reveal every photo unlocks at once. A hundred points of view of the same night. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create your event and pick a reveal time. 2. Guests scan a QR code to join. They don't need an account. 3. Everyone gets a limited number of shots. Once you press the shutter, that's the photo. 4. At the reveal, every photo unlocks for everyone at once. WHY HIDDEN PHOTOS Without previews or retakes, nobody stands around curating. People stay at the table and on the dance floor. The photos come out honest, and the waiting is half the fun: the whole room opens the same album together. WHAT YOU GET • One shared album that every guest shoots into, with a real film look • A limited number of shots, so each one counts • Photos that stay hidden until the reveal time you choose • A shared gallery afterwards, where you can save your favorites • A live countdown on your lock screen until the reveal MADE FOR Weddings, birthdays, bachelor and bachelorette parties, graduations, festivals, dinner parties, reunions. Any night worth remembering properly. HOSTING IS SIMPLE Set up your event in under a minute and put a QR code on every table. Everyone leaves with the same album. One event. One album. Opened together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Unveil at every 3 days against the roll's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. the roll sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Unveil sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
the roll ships an update every 2 weeks, Unveil every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | the roll | Unveil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Van der Velden BV | Brink Studio AS |
In-app purchases
the roll
- 15 Shot Booster$1.49
- Party Roll$2.99
- Event Roll$7.99
Unveil
- 10 more guests$3.99
- Up to 25 guests$4.99
- 25 more guests$9.99
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- Up to 50 guests$14.99
- 25 guests + unlimited shots$14.99
- 50 more guests$19.99
- 50 guests + unlimited shots$24.99
- Up to 100 guests$29.99
- 100 guests + unlimited shots$39.99
- Unlimited guests and shots$109.99









