Comparison

instax SHARE vs Kept

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

Head to head
About

instax SHARE

Easily print photos from your smartphone or tablet to a compatible instax SHARE printer. Select your best shots, edit them with filters and templates, and print beautiful instax photos in under a minute.

Highlights
  • Print from smartphone/tablet
  • Supports SP-1/SP-2/SP-3 printers
  • Edit images (scaling, rotate, filter, template)
  • Add text to templates
  • Take photos directly within the app
  • Select photos from gallery
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The "instax SHARE" is FUJIFILM official application that can be used to print images from smartphones to instax SHARE smartphone printer. [Select Your Best Shot!] "instax SHARE" is an app to print images from your smartphone with the smartphone printer instax SHARE SP-1/SP-2/SP-3(FUJIFILM). You can enjoy beautiful instax print by simply selecting best shots in your smartphone or tablet within less than a minute. [Supported Printer] FUJIFILM instax SHARE Smartphone Printer SP-1/SP-2/SP-3 * Not support to old model printers. [Caution] (1)iCloud If you want to print a picture stored in iCloud, save it to your device first and then print it. (2) Permissions setting of "instax SHARE" application. Some or all of the functions can not be used unless you enable the following permissions of "instax SHARE" application. Please enable the authority by referring to the following procedure. After installation, you will be asked for permission when using the following functions for the first time, please enable it. The "Take a picture" function need the "Camera" permission. The "Real time template" function need the "Camera" permission and the "Location" permission. "Selection from Photos" function need the "Photos" permission. If the authority is set to invalid, please enable it with the following operation. --Example of operation on iPhone 6s (iOS 10.3.3)-- 1.Tap "Settings" 2.Tap "instax SHARE" 3."ALLOW INSTAX SHARE TO ACCESS" Please enable all of "Camera" "Photo" "Location". Note: If you have not used the following functions ,these permission settings wil not be displayed. The "Camera" permission has required by the "Take a picture" function and the "Real time template" function. "Location" permission has required by the "Real time template" function. The "Photos" permission has required by the "Selection from Photos" function. [How to print] Print photos taken with smartphones. 1. Turn on the printer. 2. **Important** By "Settings" app on your smartphone device, Choose "Wi-Fi", turn on the Wi-Fi, and choose and connect the printer SSID (INSTAX-xxxxxxxx, wrote at printer bottom) from the "CHOOSE A NETWORK..." list. (Excute once, will be connected automatically from the next time.) 3. Launch the instax SHARE app. 4. Select image from Photos or SNS, or take photo with a smartphone camera. 5. Once image is selected, press Edit and edit the image (scaling, rotate, filter and template). 6. Post message on a template if template which accepts text is selected. 7. Press "Connect and print." when editting is completed. 8. When you print for the first time, will be asked password for the printer, please enter initial password that is wrote in User's Guide of the printer. [When you can not update in AppStore] Phenomenon: On the AppStore update screen, the instaxSHARE application is displayed in "Available Updates" However ,Sometimes "Update button" has been changed to "open button",and con not be updated. Workaround: Please uninstall the instaxSHARE application and reinstall it. (When reinstalling, "Reprint image" saved in the application will be cleared.)

About

Kept

Features
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Give everyone at your event a disposable camera, and nobody a screen to stare at. Guests scan a code and start shooting. No account, no download, nothing to install. Each of them gets a roll of 36 shots, with no preview, no retakes and no deleting - the same as the real thing. Then the waiting. Nothing is visible to anyone, including you, until the roll develops at a time you choose. Photos are not blurred or hidden behind a tap. They simply are not sent to anyone until the moment they all arrive at once. When it develops, every photo from every guest opens together, and you see your own night through everybody else's eyes. HOW IT WORKS - Start a roll and pick when it develops - Print the code on a place card or send the link - Guests scan and shoot, no app required - Everything opens at the same moment FOR ANY EVENT Weddings, birthdays, stag and doe parties, trips, reunions, holiday parties, graduations, anniversaries, company offsites.

Screenshots

instax SHARE4 screens
Kept3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kept at fortnightly against instax SHARE's every 2 months. instax SHARE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

instax SHARE ships an update every 2 months, Kept fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
instax SHARE versus Kept: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinstax SHAREKept
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFUJIFILM CorporationWetRentals

Bugs and requests

instax SHARE

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Unable to connect to printer
  • Prints low-quality photos
  • Compatibility issues with iOS updates

Requested features

7 requests
  • Update app for iOS 18 support
  • Add more templates and editing options
  • Improve UI and user experience
  • Allow printing from social media
  • Add support for Favorites album
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  • Optimize for latest iPhone models
  • Improve app reliability and connectivity

Kept

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

instax SHARE

No in-app purchases

None

Kept

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is instax SHARE free?
instax SHARE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kept free?
Kept is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do instax SHARE or Kept have ads?
Neither instax SHARE nor Kept shows ads.
Which is updated more often, instax SHARE or Kept?
instax SHARE ships an update every 2 months, and Kept fortnightly. Most recently, instax SHARE was updated on November 6, 2026 and Kept on November 6, 2026.

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