AfterGlow vs Cliché
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AfterGlow
This app creates a private, shared disposable camera roll for events like weddings and parties. Guests can capture candid moments, and all photos are collected in one private album for easy reliving.
- Private event camera
- Shared disposable camera roll
- QR code and invite code joining
- Live collaborative photo album
- Guest limits and event duration controls
- Private event-only access
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Your friends. One Oktoberfest album. Heading to the Wiesn in Munich — or a beer festival closer to home? Stop losing the night to WhatsApp threads and “send me that photo.” With AfterGlow, your whole table shoots into one private live roll. From the first Maß at the Festzelt to the last song on the way home, everyone’s shots land in the same film. The pretzel selfie you missed. The toast across the table. The dance floor you left for two minutes. All in one place, while the night is still happening. ONE FILM FOR YOUR GROUP Create a film for your Oktoberfest crew and invite everyone. Guests shoot into the same shared roll — so you keep the moments you weren’t in. JOIN AT THE TABLE WITH A QR Share the invite before you meet or flash the QR when everyone sits down. Guests join with a code or scan — no public link, no strangers. WATCH THE ROLL FILL LIVE See new photos appear as the tent gets louder. Relive the night as it unfolds, not the morning after. MAKE EVERY SHOT COUNT Limited shots per guest bring disposable-camera energy to your iPhone. Pick the laugh, the toast, the unexpected — not three hundred near-duplicates. LOCK THE FILM WHEN IT’S OVER When the festival ends, lock the roll. No more new shots. One finished album for the people who were there. MEMORIES, NOT ATTENTION Invite-only. No public feed. No followers. No discovery. Just your group and the night you shared. Built for Oktoberfest, Wiesn weekends, and beer festivals anywhere — and just as ready for the wedding, birthday, or trip that comes next. Create your film. Share the invite. Shoot together. Seal the night.
Cliché
This app creates a shared album for event guests, automatically collecting photos taken by everyone. It focuses on capturing genuine moments and delivering a curated album of your event's memories.
- Shared event album creation
- Guest photo collection
- Automatic photo compilation
- Bluetooth-enabled guest connection
- Private event albums
- Film-like photo reveal
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One camera. Everyone invited. 12 photos each. Cliché turns your night into a disposable camera. Your guests scan a QR code, everyone shoots, and nobody sees a thing until it's over. Then the roll develops and you all get photos of the same night. WHY IT BEATS THE GROUP CHAT ALBUM - 12 photos each, not one more. Every shot counts, so people put their phones away and actually show up. - Nothing to see until the end. Nobody's comparing photos at the table, nobody's begging you to take it again. - Bluetooth picks up who you were with. You get your moments, even the photos you didn't take. HOW IT WORKS - Create the roll and hold up its QR code. Your guests are in within seconds. - Everyone shoots their 12 photos during the night. The roll stays closed while it develops. - You open it when the party's over, up to a week later. Forget to, and it opens on its own. - You get the whole roll, everyone else gets their moments. MADE FOR - Weddings, birthdays, festivals, bachelor and bachelorette parties - At work: conferences, trade shows, offsites, company parties and happy hours - Weekends away with friends, housewarmings, family reunions - Or just a Saturday night, for no reason YOUR PHOTOS STAY BETWEEN YOU - No feed, no followers, no ads - Only the people who were there see the photos - You pick how many photos everyone gets, 12 by default No photographer. No 2,000-photo album where you don't recognize anyone. Just your night, developed for the people who lived it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AfterGlow at 5.0 against Cliché's 4.2. Cliché's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. AfterGlow sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Cliché asks for nothing beyond the download.
AfterGlow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
AfterGlow ships an update every 3 days, Cliché every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AfterGlow | Cliché |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lucie Valentova | Disket |
Customer experience
AfterGlow
Cliché
In-app purchases
AfterGlow
- Up to 10 Guests$1.99
- Up to 25 Guests$4.99
- Up to 50 Guests$9.99
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- Up to 100 Guests$19.99
- Up to 150 Guests$29.99
- Up to 200 Guests$39.99
Cliché
No in-app purchases









