* Instant animated camera brings everything to life
* Quicker than video, better than stills
* Like, comment, share, follow, etc
* Surprise filters every day
Phhhoto, the animated photo-sharing app that started out as an iPad-powered photo booth for parties, has finally gone live on Android.
The app lets users capture four frames in a row, threads them
together and makes them sharable to social networks alongside the main
Phhhoto feed. Users can speed up or slow down the frame rate, and
Phhhotos that get the most engagement pop up on the #wow feed.
One thing: there is no camera upload on Phhhoto, meaning all the content was shot within the app.
Looping
GIFs can then be shared out to other social networks like Twitter and
Instagram. Speaking of, Instagram cut off Phhhoto’s ‘Find Friends’
access in April, and today launched a direct competitor called
Boomerang, which takes one-second looping photos.
That adds more competition to the sector, with betaworks-backed Giphy launching Giphy Cam earlier this year, as well.
But Phhhoto, unlike many photo-sharing apps, has had a revenue model
in place from the beginning. The app actually started out as iPad
software used at parties to capture moving photo booth shots. The team
saw such great feedback that they built out a stand and started renting
out the tech, which sends Phhhotos to party-goers phone as an SMS
attachment, for professional events.
Phhhoto still operates the Phhhoto Pro business, but the app has
grown to over 1 million users in 9 months, a milestone reached back in
March of this year. Phhhoto hasn’t shared current user numbers.