New Slingshot Sharing App For Candid Photos

Slingshot is a new photo sharing app that allows friends to send the most candid and real photos to each other instantly. It joins the host of photo sharing apps that are aimed at letting friends be authentic and not over-produced with their messages to each other.

So how does the app work? There is a short onboarding process that uses your phone’s contacts to create a potential list of friends. Then to send images, you swipe down to reveal the camera, and as soon as you release, the snap is taken and your image is flung pff.

You truly have to capture the moment, no editing, no retakes or second tries. In one action your image is taken and sent. You can set a slingshot beforehand to go to all your contacts or setup slingshots for one specific friend.

Slingshots back from your friends arrive as little bubbles (circles) on your homepage on the app. You can then tap them to view them for a few seconds. 

The app is the brainchild of Tommy Searle, who has worked on a number of startups, previously raising more than $750,000 for an app called Wellnest. However, Searle has his eyes set on a more consumer facing and social product. He said he now wants to focus on apps that “are social and that connect us in new ways or present new mediums to connect on our phones.”

The app is currently available on the app store, and pending its popularity, will make its way to android. It’s free to use as it currently stands, but has the potential for a freemium model in the future.