A Once alternative your Android guests can use
Published 17 July 2026 · Updated 17 July 2026
Once only works as an iPhone app. Kept works in any phone's browser, so every guest can join — iPhone or Android, no download.
Both apps sell the same beautiful idea: your guests as the photographers, a limited roll each, and the photos sealed until a reveal. The difference is who gets to participate.
Where Once genuinely shines
Credit where due — Once earned its following. The native iPhone app is polished and fast, the disposable-camera aesthetic is lovingly done, and the reveal moment is designed with real care. If literally every guest at your event carries an iPhone, Once delivers a lovely experience.
But "every guest has an iPhone" is almost never true. Most wedding guest lists are mixed — parents, colleagues, that one uncle — and a guest camera that a chunk of the room can't open isn't capturing your wedding. It's capturing the iPhone half of it.
Once vs Kept
| Once | Kept | |
|---|---|---|
| Android guests | Not supported (iPhone app) | Yes — camera runs in the browser |
| Guest onboarding | App install | QR scan → camera opens; no download, no account |
| Disposable-camera ritual | Yes — limited shots, delayed reveal | Yes — limited roll, sealed box, opening day |
| Host controls | iPhone app | iPhone app (shot limits, reveal time, moderation) |
| Published pricing | Not published on a public pricing page | Public: free ≤ 8 guests; €89.99 one-time, unlimited |
| Free tier | Limited trial | Full product up to 8 guests |
| Keep your photos | In-app | Free full-resolution download, always — never a paywall |
| Printable table cards | — | Included (QR cards for every table) |
The honest bottom line
If your event is small, all-iPhone, and you love a native app feel, Once is a fine choice and we'd rather you pick it than a live photo dump — the sealed reveal is worth protecting either way.
If your guest list looks like a real wedding — mixed phones, mixed ages, zero patience for app installs at a party — Kept exists so that the whole room is in the box when it opens. Here's how it works.
Kept launches on the App Store in August 2026
Want it for your wedding? Join the waitlist and we'll email you on opening day — nothing else, ever.
Join the waitlist →Common questions
Does the Once camera app work on Android?
Once is built as an iPhone app, so Android guests can't use it the way iPhone guests do. If your guest list has Android phones — most wedding guest lists do — part of the room is left out. Kept's guest camera runs in the browser, so Android and iPhone guests join the same way: scan the QR, shoot.
Do guests need to download anything with Kept?
No. The camera opens in the phone's browser from a QR scan. No app store, no account, no password — for any guest, on any phone.
Does Kept have the same disposable-camera feel as Once?
Yes — that ritual is the point of both apps. Guests get a limited roll of shots (you set the number), there's no gallery preview during the event, and everything stays sealed in the box until opening day, like film waiting to be developed.
What do Once and Kept cost?
Once doesn't publish its pricing on a public pricing page. Kept's prices are public: free for events up to 8 guests with all features, €89.99 one-time for unlimited guests, and downloading your full-resolution photos is always free.
Can I try Kept before the wedding?
Yes — the free tier is the complete product for up to 8 guests. Couples typically run the rehearsal dinner or shower on it, watch the box open the next morning, then unlock the wedding.