Recapd
An event photo sharing app on the App Store. One shared feed per party, no more "send me your photos".
- Category
- Hobby
- Type
- App
- Year
- 2026
- Stack
- React Native · Expo · TypeScript · iOS · StoreKit · Biome · Jest
Every event ends the same way: someone asks everyone to send their photos, and then half of them never arrive. Recapd is my answer to that. It gives an event one shared feed, collects the right photos automatically and asks nothing of you while the party is happening.
How it works
You create a private event with a start and end time and invite people by link or QR code. Then you put your phone away. Recapd does not replace your camera, so guests keep shooting with whatever they already use. When the event ends, everyone gets a notification and the app surfaces the photos taken inside the event window.
It is built with Expo and React Native in TypeScript, and shipped to the App Store where it is now on version 1.9.2.
Some of the more interesting problems have been the ones that only show up once real people use it: matching photos to the right event window from device metadata, handling uploads that finish long after the party does, and deciding what happens to an event once it is over. Deleting an event is deliberately delayed by seven days so a host cannot wipe everyone's memories on impulse.