Crossroad vs Fête

It has never been this easy to gather you friends’ pictures

A party with friends, many pictures taken with smartphones, many « Yes sure I’ll send them to you tomorrow... » and then... Nothing! Crossroad finally allows groups of people to gather automatically and instantly all the pictures taken during a shared experience. With Crossroad, you won’t have to beg your friends for their pictures anymore because the gathering will automatically be done between all attendees.  

How it works ?
1. Create a Crossbook (shared album) during or after any event
2. Invite your friends in the group
3. Enjoy! All the pictures are ready to be gathered on every participants’ smartphones
4. Access and share every pictures from any device on a beautiful and personal web page we crafted for you

-- FEATURES --
1. Automatic gathering
When you open a Crossbook, the app shows you the last pictures you took since your last visit.
Just unselect the ones you don’t want to share and click done. All the pictures are automatically synched between every participants’ smartphones.

2. A beautiful timeline
The pictures are added in a beautiful timeline where you can see all the content added by every member.

3. A web sharing as well
Some friends or family members can’t attend your event? Send them a private link from the app, and grant them access to a web version of your Crossbook.

4. Private & secure
Only members of the Crossbook can see what’s inside. We took extra care of data’s privacy.

When & where ?
Crossroad is free and available on iOS (from iOS 7.0) and Android (from Android 4.0) in english and french. Others languages are coming very soon !

About the founders
Crossroad has been created by 4 entrepreneurs passionate about photos and travel : Mathieu Spiry (MS degree in Management & Master in Computer Science), Aurélien Sibiril (Master in Computer Science + ME310 STANFORD), Mathieu Chabasse (Master in Computer Science + ME310 STANFORD) and Florent Hobein (Master in Computer Science + Master in IT management).

Easy as a text, classy as an invitation card!

Fête is a new mobile app that helps you and your friends send and receive “smart invitation cards.” The app provides a one-stop experience to discover and collaboratively plan social outings all through your mobile device.

Right now, over 10 billion digital invitations are sent out per year through Facebook, Evite, text message, and email. The problem is that less than 3 out of 10 people respond, causing very few invitations to actually materialize into real events. Fête aims to solve this problem.

To start, users create stylish invitation cards customized for their event. The card creator can choose to allow guests to suggest and vote for their favorite place and desired date without time-consuming back and forth conversation. With ratings, descriptions, and calendars readily available within the app, providing input is streamlined and simple.

Then, the invitation cards automatically and intelligently follow up with guests at the right time, with the appropriate message. Whether or not friends have the iPhone or Android app, everyone can interact with the cards over text message, through the app, and soon through their email and calendar. On average, the invitations generate a RSVP rate of over 80%. No more having to remind friends about the upcoming event or pestering them for a simple RSVP.