The defining characteristic of Snapchat — disappearing photos – has (inevitably) led to a swathe of third party apps that allow Snapchat users to save Snaps, rather than being forced to watch them fade away.
Although speedy Snapchat users can screengrab a Snap within the app its interface does tell the sender that their Snap has been saved. However third party hacks allow people to save Snaps without the sender being notified, and thus undermine the intimate sharing proposition that’s core to the whole service.
So, with that in mind, it’s interesting to note that some third party Snapchat photo-saver apps built for the Android platform have been taken down from Google’s Play Store. Call it the mystery of the suddenly disappearing Android Snapchat hacks.
According to an eagle-eyed tipster, Mountain View appears to have recently spring-cleaned a swathe of Snapchat hacks from its Play Store. ”I noticed yesterday that almost all of the third party Snapchat apps were pulled from the app store. There used to be dozens of them, and today there are 2 or 3 left,” said the tipster.
One of the disappearing apps, Snapcapture for Snapchat posted an apology to users who had paid for its app on Facebook — along with a link where people can circumvent Play’s ban and download a build from its own servers.
The developer of the app, innovationZ, has set its email to auto respond with the following message:
Dear customer,
Google removed our application “SnapCapture for Snapchat” from the Play Store due to violation of the developer agreement. We are truly sorry to announce that we decided to stop any distribution and sale of “SnapCapture for Snapchat”.
Customers who already paid for the service can still access it by in
Stay tuned and like us on Facebook where we keep you updated!stalling this update:http://innovationz.de/SnapCaptureNoRoot_support.apk
https://www.facebook.com/snapcaptureappBest regardsinnovationZ
Another third party app the tipster spotted as being pulled from Google Play is SuperSnap for Snapchat.
Source: TechCrunch
