Most shared albums show every photo the moment it is uploaded. Delayed reveal photo sharing works the other way round: guests add photos during the event, the host reviews them, and the whole gallery opens for everyone at a time the host chooses.
Event Capsule is a private event photo sharing platform with a delayed reveal. Guests join from a QR code or link in their phone browser, upload photos during an upload window, and see nothing from other guests until the reveal time. At the reveal, the approved photos appear together in one gallery, with a slideshow and a full-resolution download. It works like a disposable camera for a whole event: everyone contributes, and nobody sees the results until the film is developed.
You set when uploads open and close. Guests scan the QR code, enter a name, and add photos in the browser with no app.
Before the reveal, guests see the opening time and a running photo count, never other guests' photos.
Hide, delete, or restore uploads from the host dashboard. Only approved photos reach the gallery.
At the reveal time the gallery, slideshow, and full-resolution download unlock for everyone with the link.
The trade-off is that guests cannot browse each other's photos during the event. If you want a live photo wall on a screen while the party is happening, a delayed reveal is not the right fit.
The upload window and the reveal time are separate. Uploads always close by the reveal at the latest, and they can close earlier: for example, uploads end when the party does and the reveal happens the next morning. An upload window can span up to seven days, and times follow the event's own timezone, so guests travelling in from elsewhere see the right local moment.
Both times are set when you create the event and cannot currently be edited from the host dashboard afterwards, so check them, including the timezone, before you confirm. Our help article explains how the upload window and reveal time work.
Open uploads after the ceremony and close them at the end of the reception. Set the reveal for the next morning, review the photos over coffee, and play the slideshow at the farewell brunch.
Run one upload window across a multi-day offsite so teams in different sessions and locations add photos as they go. Review everything before the reveal, then open the gallery at the closing session or on the first day back, with the slideshow on the main screen.
Let guests upload through the evening and reveal the gallery the next day, when everyone has slept and wants to relive the night.
Planning a work event? Our corporate event photo sharing page covers team events in more detail, and the wedding photo sharing app page covers weddings.
Free for small private events. Paid plans add more guests and more photos for larger gatherings.