Roll

The disposable camera for your phone

Web App

Photography

Health

I participated with my son in a 7 photos 7 hours competition in the city. They gave a list and you had to capture the image. The ordinary… girl in a red dress to the obscure… happiness

This could be a great camera club, family activity or promotion for you.

Very cool! Can I schedule delayed sending of these photos to my own email?

This is awesome, I had an idea like this a few years back, but could never figure out the one filter "fits all scenarios" implementation. I think it's cool that you didn't try to turn it into an entire social media app. It's nice to just have a tool that serves its one purpose. Love how minimal the UI is as well, great work!

Love how this leans into the constraint instead of fighting it. The "limited shots" friction is the whole reason disposables felt magical in the first place, you actually thought about each frame. Curious though, do people wait to "develop" the roll or does it break the spell when they peek early? And is there any social layer where friends see each other's rolls when they drop?

Are you looking at anything around sharing "cameras" with contacts? If you think about weddings, where there used to be a trend of leaving a disposable camera on each table for people to use and get candid shots of the event, the bride and groom got the surprise doubly by not knowing who took the pictures or what they took them of. Having something similar, where the coordinating users could send invites to contacts, contacts would interact on their phones, and all the images taken would return to the coordinator for review/curation for a shared album the contacts have access to. I could see something like that really amping up the fun of the event use of the app and conceivably allow more gamification (ratings, reviews, comments in album) and possibly making the app more viral.

Really love this concept. Turning photos back into something you wait for instead of instantly reviewing feels surprisingly powerful. Have you seen people change how often they take photos because of the limit?

Reminder, if you've played with the app today, would love to get your feedback via this form! Thanks so much!
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Love this concept for so many reasons. Number 1 is my 2 year old daughter. Every time we take a photo of her, she has to see it immediately. This is a learned behavior from watching her mom and dad. Always taking several photos to get the perfect one instead of living in the moment, and whatever photo we snapped we got! Just one question, why did you land on 12 photos?

What are the most common real-world contexts where Roll becomes a repeat habit (e.g., dinners, trips, dating, family time), and have you seen any unexpected high-retention use cases—like group events or personal journaling—where the reveal timing becomes part of a ritual?

Adore this concept, and design is outstanding ::chef's_kiss::

With so many products designed to make photos look like film, I love that Roll makes photography feel like film. Aspect ratio is a cool feature: I can make my images look like 120 film! Love the tips. How do I turn on gridlines (tip 10)?

I'm also curious (like others, below) about what behavior patterns you see as DAUs grow: are users tending to shoot all 12 images at once, or being more intentional and thrifty with their "Rolls".

Good luck! Will be following enthusiastically!

I think it’s a great idea. Does the app apply any kind of film-like filter or just keep the photos vanilla? Reminds me a bit of those Leica digital cameras that don’t have screens.

Back in the day, where disposable cameras used to make the things feel alive because they were limited, and you could only take so many shots. With digital cameras nowadays, the amount of pictures you can click is unlimited. I love that you are bringing something new, and yeah, congratulations on the launch!

this hits different than all the AI photo apps flooding the market. reminds me of waiting to get film back from CVS and forgetting what you even shot. the anticipation was half the experience. curious if you're tracking any wellbeing metrics around reduced photo anxiety or phone usage patterns?

This is really a nostalgic concept. I remember having a disposable camera when I was really young. Having that same concept in the mobile itself feels really awesome. I hope you also launch one for the Android phones too.

Hello, Claude. I really like the idea of this app - I remember the old days, too! I was wondering if you have to take all 12 photos in one session, or if (for example) you could take six photos today and six tomorrow? Good luck with your launch. Thank you!