Analog Camera Apps Aren’t the Surefire Bets Investors Think They Are
Lapse is the latest analog camera app to see a great deal in funding, but it's rarely a bet worth placing.
Lapse is the latest analog camera app to see a great deal in funding, but it's rarely a bet worth placing.
A disposable camera app called "Lapse" has soared to take the number one spot in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store charts -- by reportedly forcing users to invite their friends.
Later Cam is a new app that is designed to bring the idea of retro analog photography to the smartphone by featuring a disposable camera interface that lets users take 27 pictures and then delivers prints of those one-take photos back to them.
A new photo app has surged in popularity thanks to an unusual premise: it only allows users to post one photo per day and only at a randomized specific time.
Disposable cameras are all the rage, and the relatively new Snap It wants to make it easier to always have one on hand by mixing the retro-tech with the very modern subscription service business strategy.
Disposable camera app Dispo -- originally founded by YouTuber David Dobrik -- is in trouble. In February, Dispo raised $20 million at a $200 million valuation led by Spark Capital. Today, Spark Captial announced it has pulled funding, and Dobrik subsequently stepped down from Dispo's board.
Dispo, a popular photo app that mimics classic disposable cameras that recently raised $20 million in Series A funding, doesn't appear to know what it's doing with user data, repeatedly editing its policy in response to questions from Mashable, adding and removing lines about location tracking.