Cost: FREE
TimeFlash is a new social media app that is very similar to Instagram, but it brings some new tricks to the table. Here is how TimeFlash describes their app:
Send photos to the future, turning them into a puzzle - giving just a peek until the date arrives - when the photo will reveal itself. The photo or video will appear scrambled like a puzzle - a digital time capsule - giving your friends a glimpse and building anticipation. Tap a capsule to shuffle it and see more pieces of the puzzle. Watch your shuffle count increase, just like the comments and likes. Share your capsules to your public feed or send as a private message - when the future date arrives, your capsule will fully reveal itself. * You can tease friends after a wild party - jogging their memory of the night before * Get sentimental and send life memories, like graduation day, to any date in the future to relive the moment * Build anticipation by sending glimpses of anything in a private message Putting the app to use:TimeFlash is a very simple app to use. If you use any social media apps like Twitter or Instagram, you will be at home in TimeFlash. The concept behind TimeFlash is the same as any photo sharing app, but the interesting wrinkle that TimeFlash adds is that it enables you to post capsules (pictures) that are revealed at a future time.
Instead of just enabling you to post pictures at a future time, TimeFlash makes their app unique by teasing the picture to your followers. Once you schedule a capsule, a small portion of the picture is jumbled up and shown to your followers. There is also a countdown to when the picture will be revealed. This added feature gives users the advantage of teasing their pictures and giving their followers a chance to have fun by guessing the picture. The importance of this niche feature is totally dependent on the user. I could totally see companies using TimeFlash as a means to excite their customers for upcoming products. For example, a subscription service can use TimeFlash to reveal the products that their subscribers will be receiving.
The big obstacle that TimeFlash faces is getting people to use their app. At this time there are simply not enough users to warrant companies to take advantage of TimeFlash. Why would people use this app when they are already satisfied with their social media? A perfect solution to this make or break issue is if TimeFlash can somehow share their capsules to other social media sites, especially Instagram. This would give the companies a fun reason to use TimeFlash and share their capsules on Instagram for their followers. In my opinion, there are not enough users on TimeFlash to sustain individual users interacting with each other. TimeFlash is tailor-made for companies to take advantage of, but not necessarily for the rest of the people. TimeFlash needs to look into this and do whatever it takes to get their capsules on other social media!
My rating:Well made app
Cool design
Really fun concept
Cons:Not enough users yet