# Lapse

> Lapse is a London-built iOS app from Lapse Ltd that turns an iPhone into a
> disposable camera, pairing a one-tap Lock Screen shutter and film-development
> aesthetic with a friends-only photo journal. Its "Friends not followers"
> positioning is the product thesis: no ads, no data sales, no public follower
> counts. Distribution is the Apple App Store only; there is no Android build,
> no web app, and no public developer program.

Provenance: generated by the API Evangelist enrichment pipeline on 2026-07-19
from the Lapse public marketing site, App Store listing, and live host probes.
Method: generated (Lapse publishes no llms.txt of its own).

## API surface

Lapse publishes **no public API, no developer portal, no SDKs, and no
documentation**. Probes on 2026-07-19 found no `/.well-known/` documents, no
OpenAPI, no OAuth or OpenID discovery, and no api/developer/docs subdomains.
The backend host `main-cloudfront.production.journal-api.lapse.app` is visible
in page source but is internal and undocumented. Treat Lapse as a consumer
application, not an API provider.

## Product

- Disposable-camera capture with a Lock Screen shutter and a film "developing" delay
- Private photo journal and albums, visible to accepted friends only
- Friends-only Early Access: joining requires an existing friend or an invite
- Free to use; the company states it runs no ads and does not sell user data
- Contacts are hashed and encrypted on device; contacts permission is optional
- AI moderation screens uploads against the terms of service
- Minimum age 13; account management and deletion are handled in-app
- iOS only (minimum iOS 17.0); Google Play listings claiming to be Lapse are fakes

## Links

- Website: https://lapse.com/
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lapse-disposable-camera/id1636699256
- Support / FAQ: https://lapse.com/support
- Blog: https://medium.com/@lapse
- Privacy Policy: https://lapse.com/pdf/Lapse%20-%20Privacy%20Policy.pdf
- Terms of Service: https://lapse.com/pdf/Lapse%20-%20Terms%20of%20Service.pdf
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/lapse
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@getlapse
- Contact: hey@lapse.com

## Repository artifacts

- apis.yml — APIs.json 0.20 index for Lapse
- security/lapse-domain-security.yml — probed TLS/HSTS/DNS posture for lapse.com
- well-known/lapse-well-known.yml — /.well-known/ probe results (all absent)
- llms/lapse-llms.txt — this file