A/SIDE is a private social app for sharing photos, videos and everyday updates with people you know. It has no ads, AI-generated recommendations or algorithmic feed: posts appear newest first and are visible only to accepted connections. Users join with an email address, then connect by sharing invite links and accepting requests; there are no public profiles or public member directory. Lists let people organize connections, filter their feeds and choose which groups can see a post. The app also offers voice captions on photo posts, drafts, and an iPhone home-screen widget.
New direct and group messages, including photos sent in chats, are end-to-end encrypted. Feed posts are not: A/SIDE stores them and shares them with the audience selected by the user. Some older conversations may also contain messages that were never encrypted, and those messages are not protected retroactively. The company says it does not train AI on user content, publishes its app and server code, and runs its core infrastructure with an independent provider, though some supporting services use other providers. The free plan gives access to the latest 30 days of feed and message history; older content is not automatically deleted. Annual plans costing $20 for one person or $60 for up to six people unlock the full history.
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