Load a roll. Share one code. Develop it together.
Flashback turns an event into a single roll of film. Everyone shoots it, nobody sees it, and then it develops for the whole room at the same moment. Four steps, and only the first one is yours.
- 01
Load a roll
The host creates a roll for the event and chooses two things: how many shots each person gets, and when the roll reveals. Both are set once, before anyone joins, and they're what make the roll behave like film instead of a folder.
- 02
Share one code
Every roll has a single code. Guests point any phone camera at it and start shooting in the browser. There's no app to install and no account needed to take photos, which is the difference between a roll people actually use and one that dies at the door.
- 03
Everyone shoots blind
Nobody can see any photo — not the guests, not the host — while the roll is open. There's no reviewing, no deleting, no comparing. You take the shot and you find out later whether you got it.
- 04
The film develops
At the reveal time the whole roll becomes visible to everyone who joined, at once. That moment is the point of the product: the event gets watched back together rather than trickling out through a group chat over the following week.
Three constraints, and all of them are the point.
- No app for guests
- Capture runs in the mobile browser from a scanned code. Anything that needs installing loses most of the room in the first ten minutes.
- Hidden until reveal
- Nothing is visible to anyone until the time the host set. People stay at the event instead of reviewing it as it happens.
- Finite shots
- Each person gets a set number of frames. Scarcity is what makes a photo deliberate — it's why the cameras on wedding tables always outperformed the phones.
Common questions
Do guests need to download an app to use Flashback?
No. Guests point any phone camera at the host's code and shoot in the browser. The app is for hosts, who create rolls, set the reveal and order prints. This is the single biggest reason rolls get used at real events — nobody installs an app at a party.
Can the host see the photos before the reveal?
No. The host is under the same rule as everyone else. Nothing in the roll is visible to anyone until the reveal time, which is enforced by the database rather than hidden in the interface.
What happens if someone joins late?
They can join at any point while the roll is open and they get their own full set of shots. Joining late doesn't cost them frames.
Can I change the reveal time after guests have joined?
Yes. A host can move the reveal, and can also end a roll early to stop new shots while leaving the reveal scheduled.
What happens to the photos after the reveal?
The roll stays visible to the people who joined it. It isn't posted to a public feed and photo content isn't sold. The host can also order the finished roll as prints.
Load a roll for your next one.
Free for up to three people, so you can run one before you host anything real.
See per-event pricing or what a roll suits.