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Also known as BeReal.

BeReal (stylized on the app logo as BeReal.) is a French social-networking app released in 2020, developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Currently, it is owned by Voodoo. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves in their day-to-day life, on any randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane. The primary reference of its name relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, with it being a pun of the term B-reel.

Key facts

Software.released
2020
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.title
BeReal
Software.logo
BeReal. Logo.svg
Software.author
Alexis Barreyat, Kévin Perreau
Software.developer
Voodoo
Software.programming_language
Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
Software.platform
iOS 14 or laterAndroid
Software.language
English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Software.language count
13

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
business
Official name
BeReal
Parent organization
Voodoo
Platform
Android
Official website
bereal.com
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social media followers
78900
distributed by
Q368215
software version identifier
4.55.0
publication date
2024-00-00
copyright license
proprietary license
language of work or name
multiple languages
name in kana
ビーリアル
stylized name
BeReal.
programmed in
Q3816639
Commons category
BeReal
copyright status
public domain
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Features
  • Comparison to other platforms
  • User characteristics
  • Reception
  • Criticisms
  • References

BeReal (stylized on the app logo as BeReal.) is a French social-networking app released in 2020, developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Currently, it is owned by Voodoo. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves in their day-to-day life, on any randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane. The primary reference of its name relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, with it being a pun of the term B-reel.

According to the app's description on Apple's App Store, BeReal encourages its users to "show their friends who they really are, for once," by removing filters and opportunities to stage or edit photos.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BeReal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.