BackThen: Baby & Family Album

We have used this app (life cake) for 4 years. It's a great service for quickly and adding photos that are easy to access for all of our family members. I wish there were better options for making hard copies of the thousands of photos and videos. I'd love an option to make a photo book that fits hundreds of photos, or a CD or thumb drive with all the videos on it. The books available before were so short, only 20 pages.

Being unable to access BackThen by computer is simply the biggest problem and extremely inconvenient. Receiving an email while on my computer, I am unable to see the photo...what's the point? I must go to my phone to first open the app...it's ridiculous! If you truly want BackThen to succeed going forward, I suggest you take seriously the numerous complaints regarding the inability to access from a computer, and upgrade this service to enable this. If Lifecake could do it, so can BackThen!

I cannot upload files while the app is running in the background, otherwise the uploads fail. When the files are large this means that I need to wait forever on the app without having the chance of using the phone for something else: in this case I also need to be careful not to have the automatic screen lock.

I love this app. I loved lifecake and didn't want to have to pay for more than the limited free storage. I tried out a handful of apps and ultimately came back. I like the like/comment option, the ability to download pictures, the timeline format, and the throwbacks. A lot of other sites sort pics so you have to click on each individual day which is annoying. This app sorts them so its easier to see all pics, and shows you any recent likes and comments.

A solid experience with minor issues. It does not link to any other social media, and instead sends invites via email, which cannot be rescinded or resent, meaning if they miss the email there's no way for the parent to resend the invite. Desktop access, linking to social media, and partnering with someone like Shutterfly for gifts would be a huge quality of life improvement. But for now, the pricing is fair and the app is slick and private, so it gets the job done.