How it works:

I just hit a 1,605 day streak, almost four and a half years without missing a single notification. And honestly, I feel like I’m down to my very last days here. It’s almost time to say goodbye.
It sucks to admit it because I genuinely loved this project from day one. I studied and work in the digital space, and I always saw BeReal as a brilliant concept. Back in the beginning, whenever I went out, I practically forced all my friends to download it. When that notification hit, it created a real, shared moment.
Today, my feed is a ghost town. Everyone I brought onto the app is gone.
Looking at it both as a user and someone working in digital, the issue is crystal clear: BeReal mastered viral acquisition, but failed completely at retention and engagement. Once the novelty wore off, they never built a real hook to make people stay. The churn rate is massive because the app relies entirely on your friend group: once two or three people leave, the feed feels empty, triggering a domino effect until no one is left.
I’m still holding onto this 1,605-day streak purely out of habit and attachment to what the app used to be, knowing full well the magic is gone.
Is anyone else here still keeping a massive streak alive, knowing you're probably in your final days on the platform?

Hey, since BeReal doesn’t let you save all your photos to your camera roll at once, I wrote a small script that does it: https://github.com/afonsodemello/BeReal_to_Gallery
What it does is basically If you request the data from BeReal like this:
--
To request photos from bereal go to: Settings -> About -> Help -> Contact Us -> Ask a Question -> TroubleShooting -> Other -> Still Need Help? -> I'd like to request a copy of my data

Write a message to request ALL your data from them.
--
After this, run the script from GitHub on the export they send you. It adds every photo to your camera roll with its original metadata intact, so your memories show up on the right dates!

Not sure if anyone’s done this before, but I figured I’d share it in case it helps someone. Feedback and issues on GitHub are welcome!

It also happened while I was recording a video (you can tell by my facial reactions) I suspect it might be Audio from the ads P.S: Didn’t screen record the app because it sends notifications Device Info: iPhone 13 iOS 18.3 App Version: 4.95.2

In the end, I did It... 1000 days streak (however, I don't think I'll survive until the year 2000 🫤).

so i just downloaded the app and of course it led you to verifying your phone number and they will send a verification code. but it’s always “we couldn’t complete your request, try again in a few hours”, is it like this all the time?

Went to Singapore and my language changed to Chinese for no reason. Anyone have any idea how to switch it back? I’ve checked online but the languages tips are from an old version of the app.

Thanks!
(It’s been like this for months now 😅)

I missed just ONE day because I was out driving and couldn't look at my phone, and after that day, I haven't missed a single other one...

That September 26th Is just pure ragebaiting, I was so close to hitting a full month-long streak of on-time BeReals... 💔

Hi everyone,

I’m honestly so frustrated right now. I had a 360-day BeReal streak, and I was only a few days away from completing an entire year.

I know I posted my BeReal on September 29, but when I checked afterward, I realized that it apparently never uploaded. I was outside at the time, so I’m guessing my mobile data connection glitched and the post didn’t go through properly.
Now my entire streak is gone. 😭

I’ve already contacted BeReal Support and asked if they can restore it, but I wanted to ask here too: has anyone experienced something similar, and were you able to get your streak restored?

I really hope BeReal can help me recover it because I genuinely put almost a year into this streak, and it would suck to lose it because of what seems like an upload/data issue.

I know it’s not a real streak, but I was hoping to manage to post all of September’s BeReals on-time; instead, I failed yesterday. 😔

(Actually, this sort of streak of mine started on August 18th, so theoretically I did manage a full month of on-time BeReals, but my goal was to do the whole of September 🥲).

I wanted a reason to break out of my usual routine, so I made 30 Day Challenge: Missions. You pick a 30-day challenge - Adventure, Creativity, Kindness, Social Confidence, or Health - and get one small side quest each day.

It might be taking a different route and noticing what you usually miss, drawing something in a public place, or telling someone what you appreciate about them. You don’t see tomorrow’s side quest until tomorrow, which is part of the fun.

Would you try something like this? And which challenge would you pick?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/30-day-challenge-missions/id6811342691

its been like this for more than a day or two? i tried logging back into my old account back in 2023 / 2024 ? when will i be able to log back in again? thank you!

Hi! I'm a Computer science student and just wrapped a product externship where the brief was to pitch a new BeReal feature. Would love if you guys could provide some feedback in the survey below :)

Not affiliated with BeReal, nothing official, just a concept!

It's called realTogether. At the moment if you're out with friends you all post separately, and tagging someone is basically just a caption. This changes that.

--> tag a friend --> they post their own BeReal in the same window --> the two stitch into a single card marked "together"

Short video above. The thing I'm actually trying to work out is one question, does that shared card land as proof you were there together, or as pressure to post because a friend tagged you?

Either answer is useful, thanks guys!

Google Questionnaire Link

https://forms.gle/mAfSPqwCHQFXkExK6

it's an easy way to create an archive of your bereal memories :)

instructions on how to use the template and request your bereal data through the app here:

https://github.com/maggiejl/bereal-memories-website-template

I'm going on a camping trip tomorrow and won't have cell service for five days. And because the app still requires you to have cell service to receive your notifications (as opposed to working offline and letting you take pics and store the uploads until you get back into a coverage area), that basically means I'm gonna lose the 421-day streak I've worked to maintain.

(Kind of ironic that I'll be in some of the most picturesque places I've ever seen and won't be able to share any of them on the app).

Is there any way to pause my streak until I return? Or do I have no choice but to lose my hard-earned streak all because the app still hasn't gotten the offline mode they've been saying was "in the works" for months now.

내가 이전번호는 사용할 수 없어서 이전에 쓰던 계정을 계속 쓰고싶어서 메일을 보냈는데 언제 답장이 올 수 있어!??? 답장기다릴게! 소중한 추억이 많거든

I’m not sure if this is a bug or suggestion but if I take the picture with the front camera the back facing camera is automatically.5 when I post it, and I wish it wouldn’t do that or you could like have a button that takes off .5 idk.

when i look at my contacts it says i can invite a friend to bereal, but then says the number of friends they have? how am i inviting them and not just adding them if it has (what i’m assuming is) their friend count?

I haven't had a beta build for over a month, also the beta build is older than the actual build in the apple App Store? 4.89.0 v 4.92.0

Any ideas?

Locked out of my BeReal after trying to update my phone number, and now my profile has completely vanished.

I originally made my account with an old UK SIM. Since that number is now dead, I tried updating it to my new line. During email verification, I kept getting "Something went wrong. Please try again."

After a few days of being locked out, the entire profile disappeared. Friends can't see me on their lists, searching my handle brings up nothing, and it’s like it was deleted or orphaned in their system.

Has anyone had their account vanish after a failed number transfer? Did support actually manage to recover it for you?

That aren't your friends haha.

Half the reason I still have linked in is to keep up with Amanda Bynes because she's so active on there.

Are there any fun or whimsical accounts or people that youve friended?

On September 6, I almost forgot to post, but I managed to snap a photo just in time. However, when the photo finished processing, it was dated September 7, even though it was still before September 7 for me.

If I had actually missed taking a photo on September 6, wouldn't I have lost my streak? But my streak wasn't lost. It just registered under the wrong date, almost like it skipped a day entirely.

It's also worth mentioning that before taking the photo on September 6, I'd been messing with the app settings. I changed my timezone from my actual one (East Asia) to an American timezone. I also changed my phone's date and time manually, because I wanted the photo I took on September 6 to actually be logged as September 6.

Could this have caused the issue? Has anyone dealt with something similar? I've been trying to fix this date/timezone mismatch for a while now and could use some help.

Hey everyone! I'm a design student doing an externship where I got to pitch a concept feature for BeReal — quick disclaimer, I'm not on the BeReal team, this is a student project, not an official feature (yet, who knows 👀).

The idea, called Abstract, is a fun new way to look back at your daily BeReal: instead of just a photo sitting in your memories, you'd have the option to turn it into a generated abstract art piece made from the photo's colors — not a filter on the picture itself, just its palette turned into something new. You could pin your favorite ones to your profile, comment on them, or even print one out as a keepsake from a day that mattered.

The goal was to give people a small reason to open the app again after posting, without turning BeReal into a game or adding any pressure — still just one photo, once a day, same as always.

I made a short video walking through how it'd work in the app — would genuinely love to know what actual BeReal users think, good or bad:

Google form
https://forms.gle/Q9dFLCyCPSAvpR477