Some photos are worth the wait.

Send a photo they unlock with a question or a challenge. Or they just wait.

The photo sharing app for friends, private and ad-free. Your photos are end-to-end encrypted.

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Free · iPhone and Android · Ages 16 and up

Screens of the waited app: “How long?”, with a ring set to 24h, in front of the Photos and Messages screens

Three steps, zero hassle.

You only send to your friends: you follow each other, and that’s it.

Take your photo

The big button in the middle opens the camera. Send it to one or more friends, or to a whole group.

Pick the wait

From 1 hour to 30 days. Or ⚡ instant if you’re in a hurry.

Add your challenges

“Send me a voice note”, “Call me tonight”… Every challenge they complete gets them there sooner. Or 🎯 mode: the photo opens only through your challenges.

Too long? Skip ahead.

The photo opens on its own when the countdown ends. To see it sooner: 1 credit = 1 hour less waiting.

Credits are earned, never bought:

Take on their challenges
Send them a photo
Invite a friend
Keep your streak going

In a group, everything opens together.

Make a group of 3 to 10 friends. Everyone posts a photo, and nobody sees anything until everyone has posted. Then you can look at them again as often as you like.

The group’s moment

Everyone has 24 hours (or 48 hours, or 7 days) to post a photo. When the last one is in, they all open at once. If not, at the end of the moment, it opens for those who posted: only those who didn’t post see nothing.
One photo, a wait for each

Send the same photo to the whole group: each friend gets their own countdown, challenges and credits, and you see where everyone is.
Streaks for two

Send each other a photo every day and your streak grows. At 3 days, then at every milestone, you both earn credits.

Photo challenge ideas for friends →

Two screens of the waited app: a group’s page, with 24 moments unlocked together and moment 25 ongoing, and moment 24, open, with everyone’s photo to see again

Private and safe, among friends.

Every time you send, you decide what your friends can do with your photo.

End-to-end encrypted

Your photo is encrypted on your phone. Even our servers can’t see it.

Screenshots blocked

Screenshots and screen recordings are blocked while it’s on screen, by default. If the phone still reports one, you get told.

Seen once, then erased

By default, your photo opens only once and is deleted after 7 days, on your side and your friend’s.

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One link, and your friends find you.

Every profile has its own page: waited.app/you. Share it in any chat. Your friends see your photo, get the app and add you in one tap. No phone number, no contacts to import.

You’re wondering…

waited is a free photo app for iPhone and Android that lets you send your friends photos locked by a countdown. The sender picks the wait, from 1 hour to 30 days, and can add challenges to unlock the photo sooner. Photos are end-to-end encrypted, open only once by default and delete themselves automatically.

All questions →

Is it free?

Yes, completely. Nothing is for sale in waited: no credits, no subscription, and no ads. Credits are earned by taking on challenges, sending photos and inviting your friends.

Can my friends screenshot my photo?

By default, no: screenshots and screen recordings are blocked while it’s on screen, and if the phone still reports a screenshot, you get told. No app can stop someone from photographing the screen with another device: don’t send anything you wouldn’t want to see shared.

Can my friend see my photo again?

By default, no: your photo opens only once (view once), then the key that opens it is erased from our servers. You can let your friends view it again in the app, for everyone or for a single conversation. In a group it’s the other way round: photos can be seen again as often as anyone likes, unless you turn on view once for that group.

Can I send a photo to someone who doesn’t have the app?

Yes: when sending, pick “Someone without the app?” and share the link it creates. Your friend sees that you sent them a photo and the countdown, then gets waited to discover it. The photo stays end-to-end encrypted.

Can you send photos to a group of friends?

Yes: a group brings together 3 to 10 friends, with no admin: everyone has the same rights. A photo sent to the group keeps its rules for each person (their own wait, their own challenges). And in the group’s moments, everyone posts a photo: they all open once everyone has posted.

How old do you have to be to use waited?

16. Nudity isn’t allowed: an on-phone check, which sends nothing anywhere, stops anyone under 18 from sending or viewing a photo that looks nude.