FAQ

Aftercam is a private event camera. A host creates an event in the Aftercam app for iPhone and shares a QR code or link. Guests shoot from their iPhones, nobody sees the roll while it is open, and the gallery reveals on schedule. After the roll closes, the host can review it privately and remove anything that should not make the cut.

Anyone hosting an event where candid photos matter — birthdays, weddings, team dinners, concerts, rooftop parties, holiday gatherings. If you've ever thought 'I wish I had photos from everyone at that table,' Aftercam is for you.

Create the event in the Aftercam app, then put its QR code on a table card or send the link. Guests on an iPhone scan it and shoot in an App Clip, with nothing to install, and every photo lands in one private roll. When the roll reveals, everyone gets the whole gallery at once.

Hosts use the Aftercam app for iPhone. It is free to download, and it is where you create and run events. Guests with an iPhone do not need to install anything: the invitation opens an App Clip, and guests who already have the app join from it. Android and desktop guests open the revealed gallery in their browser when the host shares it by link.

Three key differences: guests cannot browse the roll as the event unfolds; iPhone guests join without an account or an install; and the host gets private review after the roll closes while the gallery still reveals on schedule.

In the app, start a new event, then choose the details, cover, guest capacity, shots per guest, film look, and when the roll closes and reveals. You review those choices and see the exact price before the roll opens.

The reveal time is when the gallery opens for your guests, and it opens on its own — you do not have to be there. Guests see nothing before then. The roll closes first, and whatever gap you leave between the two is your window to review the photos privately, so set the reveal well after your event if you want time to curate.

While the roll is editable, you can update details such as its name, reveal timing, and gallery access, and add guest capacity while the roll is open. The shot limit locks once a guest joins, and the film look once photos have been taken. After the roll closes, only the actions that are still safe remain available.

Closing the roll stops guests from taking new photos and moves the event into Developing so you can review it. A photo that was saved on a phone before the close can still finish uploading. The roll closes automatically from the event schedule, or you can close it early from the app.

You see every photo guests uploaded. All are kept by default — open or select a photo to remove it. Removing a photo keeps it out of the revealed gallery. It never changes what the event costs — you paid for the event when you created it, not for the photos you kept.

A roll you closed early or finished reviewing stays closed. If only the schedule closed it, moving an eligible reveal time later may reopen shooting; the event in the app shows the actions that are actually available.

Not on an iPhone: the invitation opens an App Clip where you enter a name and join. If you have the Aftercam app, sign in and it reuses your saved name. Email is optional later for reveal reminders; it never blocks shooting.

If the host shares the gallery by link, you can open the revealed gallery in any browser: view, download, and watch the reel. Shooting is limited to an iPhone with iOS 18 or later for now, so hand the moment to a friend with one.

No. The gallery stays private until the reveal, including your own uploaded photos. In the app you can see your own shots as blurred keepsakes, and whether each one is saved, waiting to upload, or synced, without browsing the roll.

Keep shooting. Every photo is saved on your iPhone first and uploads once you are back online while Aftercam is open. If you closed it, open it again to finish uploading. A photo saved before the roll closes can still finish uploading after it.

They're excluded from the final gallery. The host can see every photo that was uploaded, but guests only ever see the curated gallery after the reveal.

In the Aftercam app, gallery-ready updates use your account email by default unless you turn them off in Profile. App Clip guests can add an optional email after joining or when their roll is complete. The message is sent only after the gallery reveals, and you can turn it off without losing gallery access.

Everyone already in keeps shooting. When an event's capacity is full, new guests are asked to wait until the host adds more from the app, and the same invitation works again as soon as they do.

Yes. Once the gallery is revealed, you can save individual photos by tapping them, or download the set that is available to you.

Photos stay hidden from guests until the gallery reveals. New events use a shared gallery link: anyone with that link can view the revealed photos and memory reel, download photos, and share the link. A forwarded link also gives access. You do not need an Aftercam account to view the gallery in a browser. Older events created with guests-only access keep that restriction unless the host changes it.

Every revealed gallery, free or paid, stays for 12 months from the day it reveals. We never remove a gallery without emailing you well before, with a link to download the full-size photos, and you can download them at any time before that.

Yes. Deleting an event removes its photos, memory reel and cover from our storage, and that is not on a timer — it happens whether or not the event was free. Events that were never finished are cleaned up on their own: an abandoned draft after 14 days, and an event that was never paid for 30 days after its reveal date.

No. Every gallery keeps the same 12 months from its reveal whatever you paid, so being refunded never shortens it.

One price for the whole event, set by the guest capacity you choose, and you see it in the app before you create the event. Small events are free, with the full experience — reveal, memory reel, film looks and downloads. Larger events are a single one-time purchase through the App Store. It is never a subscription, and adding capacity later is always your choice.

When you create the event in the app, before your guests start shooting. You see the exact price first, and a free event asks you for nothing at all. The only other time you pay is if you decide to add capacity for more guests.

Nothing changes about what you paid — the price is for the event, not the photos. You can remove as much as you like without it costing you anything, and a removed photo can be restored while the restore window is open.

Planning participation can be hard. If your event receives 10 or fewer photos, request a full refund within 14 days after the event ends. We email eligible hosts after the roll closes with a link that opens the refund in the app. Purchases are made through the App Store, so you finish the request with Apple, and Apple decides the refund. Ordinary changes in guest attendance do not reduce the price. Your collected photos and gallery access stay available.Refunds

If your event receives 10 or fewer photos, request a full refund within 14 days after it ends. In the app, open Profile, then Refunds, or use the link we email eligible hosts after the roll closes. This covers an unused event you cancel before it starts. Submitting a request ends photo collection, so ask guests to finish uploading first. Deleted photos and test photos still count. Apple decides refunds for App Store purchases. If a technical problem prevented capture or reveal, contact us even if you exceed these limits. Existing events keep the refund terms they were created with.Refunds

Small events are free, and they are not a trial — you get the whole experience, including the reveal, the memory reel and downloads. Above the free capacity it is one price per event, paid once in the app, never a subscription.