Retro — Photos with Friends

Lone Palm Labs

In-app purchases

About this app

If you could design the most perfect social network, what would it look like? We asked this and landed on Retro, a new social app that feels like a breath of fresh air.

Retro is a weekly photo journal that (1) brings you closer to the people you actually care about and (2) helps you appreciate your own life - all without hijacking your time and attention.

So dust off those photos that are just sitting in your camera roll and spread some joy in the world.

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And if you’re still reading, here are some reasons to try Retro:

- EASY TO START: Start by choosing photos you’ve already taken and backfill the weeks on your profile with the photos and videos you want to remember.

- NO PRESSURE: Everything was designed with your comfort in mind. Your friend list is private. Likes on your posts are private. No captions required. Update any part of your profile anytime.

- PRINT & SHIP POSTCARDS: Spread some joy through snail mail by printing your photo as a high quality postcard and sending it to anyone in the world via USPS first class. Free for now.

- MONTHLY RECAPS: Create a beautiful photo collage or video slideshow from the photos you’ve shared from the week, month, or year. Then share via text or Instagram in a tap.

- GROUP ALBUMS: Start a private album and drop the link in your group chat to collect and share photos after events. Perfect for parties, projects, friends, parents, and couples.

- GROUP MESSAGING: Retro is now an all-in-one home for groups large and small, with the ability to share photos, videos, and notes privately in Albums and start group chats in Messages.

This is the app we wanted for our family and friends, and we’re so excited to share it with you. We hope you love it.

Ratings and reviews

it is so nice to be able to actually share photos and connect with friends and family without needing to compete with some algorithm drowning me out with AI slop. cannot recommend enough. some UI elements are a lil buggy and they haven't gotten notification links to work quite right for Android, but improvements are happening all the time.

i was going to use this app for my senior year and photograph it all, and in that aspect the app is amazing. It's working fantastic. But, the postcards now cost 2 dollars 🥲 I was planning on sending myself a photo of every important event in my senior year. I was only able to send myself my Senior Sunrise picture before the free option was taken away. It seems to be a recent update as the description still advertises post cards as "free for now." the app is still a 10/10 though 🙈👍🏻 I love it

Updating on a previous review. I really love this app as it's a refreshing way to share with family and friends without having the influence of ads, celebrities, etc. But the recent update of removing videos has dropped the rating significantly for me. It would be much better to offer the option of uploading longer videos for premium members than completely removing videos altogether since that's something everyone was able to do before