Real Reel

Whole Earth Labs

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About this app

A feed where everything is real.

Real Reel is a photo and video app with no filters, no retouching, and no AI. Every post carries C2PA Content Credentials — cryptographic proof of which camera captured it and that the file hasn't been altered since.

An edited file can't be passed off as an original, because the signature breaks. You don't have to take anyone's word for what you're looking at.

HOW IT WORKS

Real Reel accepts photos and videos from trusted cameras that support C2PA Content Credentials, the open industry standard for content provenance.

Most phones don't support C2PA yet, so Real Reel includes its own camera. When you capture in the app, each photo or video is signed right on your device using secure hardware — the same kind that protects your fingerprint and payments — so you can share authentic content no matter which phone you carry. As more cameras adopt the standard, you'll be able to post straight from the camera you already use.

Either way, the signature is written into the file itself as a Content Credential, so the origin of every photo and video can be checked and can't be quietly tampered with.

WHAT THIS PROVES

Content Credentials prove where a file came from and that it hasn't changed since capture. They can't tell you what was in front of the lens — no provenance system can. Real Reel gives you the strongest available record of a file's origin, not a guarantee about the world.

Our signing certificates chain to a root certificate authority on the C2PA trust list, so C2PA-aware tools anywhere recognize a Real Reel credential as coming from a verified issuer, not a self-signed one. Our mobile apps have been submitted to the C2PA trusted products list and are awaiting confirmation.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

- Capture and share authentic, unedited photos and videos
- Share your content to other apps and sites with its proof of authenticity attached
- See where your posts travel: view counts, reach, and where they've been embedded
- Follow people and scroll a feed of genuinely real moments
- Tap any post to see its Content Credentials, plus the EXIF and video metadata behind each capture
- React to posts and join the conversation in comments
- Organize your content into albums
- Optionally include capture location to prove where a photo or video was taken

SHARE IT ANYWHERE

Upload to Real Reel, then take your photos and videos anywhere. Share them to other apps, or embed them on your blog, forum, or website — their Content Credentials travel with them. Wherever your content ends up, anyone can confirm how it was captured. When you need to show that something really happened, this is how you prove it.

BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND

Real Reel doesn't use third-party advertising or tracking, and we don't sell your personal information. Location is always your choice, and you can remove it before you share.

Real moments only.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://realreel.xyz/privacy

What’s new

- Use content credentials icon
- Improve album selector display