The disposable camera app for bachelorette parties

What happens on the trip stays in one film

The group chat is not the place for the weekend's photos, and neither is anyone's story. A film in Keeps is private to the people in it: no feed, no public gallery, nobody outside the group. And because nothing is visible until the film ends, nothing gets screenshotted at two in the morning and regretted at nine.

The bride sees it all at once, on the way home, with every photo credited to the friend who took it. It is the best present of the weekend and it costs a few dollars.

Rules that make it fun

• A real allowance. Twenty-four shots each for a weekend. Enough to be generous, few enough that people choose.
• No retakes, no previews. That is the app, not a rule you have to police.
• End it on the way home. Set the film to end on Sunday afternoon and it reveals itself on the train.
• A challenge list. Give the group prompts and the film fills with things nobody would have thought to shoot.

Ten prompts to start with

1. The bride, mid-laugh, not looking at the camera
2. Everyone’s shoes, in a circle
3. The worst dance move of the weekend
4. A stranger who became a friend
5. The view from wherever you are at sunset
6. Breakfast, before anyone has spoken
7. The most photogenic drink
8. Someone asleep in a chair
9. The whole group, self-timer, from the floor
10. The last photo of the last night

How to set it up

1. The organiser creates the film a week ahead, sized for the group, with the shots per person and an end time on the last day.
2. Share the link in the group chat. Everyone installs Keeps and joins at home. Anyone who cannot scan a QR code types the short code instead.
3. Shoot the weekend. The beach, the boat, the club with no signal: photos save on the phone and upload later.
4. Sunday. The reveal notification lands. Save the originals at full resolution before anyone changes their mind.

Friday to Sunday, with a film running

Friday

The organiser has already created the film and everyone joined from the group chat, so the first shot happens in the car. Say the number out loud: twenty-four each, no peeking, the reveal is on the way home. The bride's first photo of the weekend is usually someone else's first photo of the bride.

Saturday

The long day. The prompts list does its work here: brunch from above, the outfit check, the stranger who became a friend. Nobody is looking at a screen, because there is nothing on it. The boat, the beach, or the club has no signal and it does not matter; the phone uploads later.

Sunday

Slow morning, last shots, the group photo from the floor. The film ends at the time you set, on the train or in the departure lounge, and the notification lands for everyone at once. The bride opens it first. That is the moment the whole weekend was for.

Stag weekends and mixed groups

Nothing about a film is gendered. A stag weekend runs exactly the same way, and a joint party with both sides of the wedding is one film with two sets of prompts. The rule that matters is the same: what goes in the film stays in the film, and the host can remove anyone who forgets it.

Sizing it

A film for you and four friends is free. Up to ten people is $1.99; up to twenty-five is $4.99. One purchase, paid by whoever creates the film, nothing recurring. The rest is on the pricing page.

Afterwards

The film is kept in the app for up to about a year after it ends, which is long enough to relive it at the wedding. The photos everyone saves to their camera roll are theirs for good. If the wedding itself needs a film, that is the next page.