Verified unedited before posted
Everything uploaded is checked using cryptography and the C2PA standard. This is not a guess or attempt at detection. Anything edited or AI generated is rejected. See how it works below.
Content CredentialsBuilt on the C2PA open standard
On the C2PA Trust ListOur root certificate is listed
C2PA Conforming Products ListAndroid: Assurance Level 2
iOS: Assurance Level 1
Open sourceSigning and verification codeiOS: Assurance Level 1
What you get
Photos and videos you can actually trust.
Every upload goes through our verifier before anyone sees it. Here's what that gives you.
Pick your camera
Use a camera on our trust list, or shoot with the RealReel camera on iPhone and Android.
Proof of who took it
The RealReel camera signs each capture with a key issued to your account, so it records who took it, not just which phone.
Optional location
With the RealReel camera, location is recorded at capture, so any change to it afterward is detected. By default, exact coordinates are removed on upload, leaving just the city.
Check any post yourself
Tap the info button on any post to see its camera details and its full Content Credentials.
Tell the whole story
Write descriptions up to 5,000 characters long, with Markdown formatting, on every photo and video.
How it works
Every upload has to pass our verifier.
01CaptureYour own C2PA camera, or ours.
Third party C2PA camera
Your own camera
A growing number of cameras are adopting Content Credentials. We accept uploads from a curated list of cameras and are constantly expanding it.
RealReel C2PA camera
In-app camera
RealReel's in-app camera is C2PA compliant. Captures are signed with Content Credentials and saved to your normal photo gallery.
Proof of authorship. Every capture is signed by a key issued to your account, so who took it is sealed into the photo or video.You can see this in the app: tap the info icon on a RealReel capture and look for the By line under C2PA.
02VerifyOur verifier walks the upload's C2PA manifest back to the original capture.
VERIFIER
Trusted camera
The content's C2PA signature chains back to a root certificate on our trust list. We also check that the signing key has not been revoked.
Unchanged since capture
The manifest carries a hash of the exact bytes that were signed. Our verifier recomputes that hash from the file it receives and rejects the upload if the hashes do not match.
Approved edits
You can rotate, mirror a photo, trim a video, or remove location data before you post. Each edit is declared in the manifest as a C2PA action, and our verifier rejects anything else: crops, filters, retouching, splices.
Not AI
AI tools are beginning to sign C2PA manifests. Anything declared as generated or edited by a model is refused, no matter who signed it.
Genuine app
Every upload carries a fresh attestation from Apple or Google that it came from the genuine RealReel app on a device that is not rooted or jailbroken. That matters because the app is what declares the approved edits.
RealReel's root certificate is on the C2PA Trust List and the app is on its Conforming Products List.All signing and verification code is open source.github.com/wholeearthlabs/realreel-c2pa
Share and embed
Share anywhere.
Post to any app or put it on your own website. Either way, people can trace it back to the verified post.
Share to any app
Every share carries your avatar and handle and links back to the verified post. Add a QR code if you like. Works for photos and videos.
Embed on your website
Put a RealReel photo or video on any page with one line of code.
- Hover over it to see who took it.
- ClickTap the info button to see the EXIF or video details and the full Content Credentials.
For business
Real photos, straight from your business.
Customers have learned to doubt the photos businesses post online. A Business Page puts your website on your RealReel profile, proven to be yours.
- Add your websiteSign up as a business, or add your website to the account you already have.
- Add our codePut a short code in your website's DNS or on your homepage. We walk you through it, and only your site's owner can do it.
- Turn on your Business PageYour profile shows a Business label with your website and a Business badge on your avatar. We check the code every day.
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Harbor Inn
@harborinn
Twelve rooms on the water. Breakfast from 7.
Businessharborinn.com
This account is run by the business behind harborinn.com.
Proven on their website
They added our code to harborinn.com's DNS or homepage, which only the domain's owner can do.
Checked every day
We look for that code again every day. If it stays missing, the badge comes off.
One account per website
Only one RealReel account can be connected to harborinn.com at a time.
It literally can't pass verification and the app will not allow it to be uploaded.