Retro — Photos with Friends

Name: Retro — Photos with Friends
Rating: 4.8 (12980 reviews)
Author: Lone Palm Labs, Inc.

By: Lone Palm Labs, Inc. App

Memories, Albums & Recaps

Overview

Version:

119.0

Last updated: 2026-08-22

Features & Capabilities

Retro: Photos with Friends

Retro is a radical new idea: a social app where you share real photos with real friends. It feels like a breath of fresh air, designed for family and close friends, and for you as a private, pressure-free alternative to big social networks.

Key features

EASY TO START: Backfill weeks with photos/videos from your camera roll.
NO PRESSURE: Private friend lists, private likes, no captions required, and profile updates anytime.
PRINT & SHIP POSTCARDS: Send memories worldwide with high-quality USPS postcards.
MONTHLY RECAPS: Create collages or video slideshows from weeks, months, or years.
GROUP ALBUMS & MESSAGING: Private albums and group chats for events, groups, and memories.
HOME SCREEN WIDGETS: See latest posts or time-hop through memories at a glance.

Retro is built with privacy and joy at heart, inviting you to celebrate real moments with the people you care about.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Lone Palm Labs, Inc.

Rating:

4.80

(12,980) 867 new ratings

Version:

119.0 Last updated: 2026-08-22

Version code:

890128443

Creation date:

2023-07-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

140.97MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-25

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 14,999 ▲ 662

Other rankings

#27 in album keyword 11 ▼ 1#53 in friend keyword 13 ▼ 11#83 in picture keyword 41 ▲ 3

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Developed by:

Lone Palm Labs, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-photos-with-friends/id6443709020

User Reviews

Retro is praised as a privacy-first, ad-free, memory-focused app for sharing with close friends and family. It’s nostalgic and a refreshing alternative to algorithm-driven feeds, helping users mindfully catalog weekly memories. However, onboarding gate, account-recovery issues, paywalls for video features, a confusing weekly framing UX, and import limitations hinder the experience.

Pros

Privacy-focused, ad-free experience with a close-friend oriented vibe.
Memory-centric, week-by-week organization that helps catalog memories over time.
Family-friendly with shared albums for easy family sharing.
Polished interface and a refreshing alternative to algorithm-driven feeds.
Strong memory app that users use daily and see as a replacement for similar apps.

Cons

Onboarding forces inviting four people to enter the app.
Account access issues when changing phone numbers, with weak support and risk of losing content.
Video uploads/downloads are locked behind a premium paywall.
Confusing weekly framing UX that makes it hard to find old weeks.
Import limitations prevent full camera-roll usage and accurate dating of memories from other apps (e.g., Snapchat).

Recent reviews

I really want this to be were you can post videos and is like instagram I want there to be were you can open it up and see videos to scroll I hate how you just open it up and it says more freinds to add like locket is better then this like please change this

by El*****, 2026-08-20

Loving retro and hope it doesn’t change! Love that I can share photos with only the people I want, no ads, no feed of things trying to get me to buy…just seeing my friends and their lives!!