Carousel by Dropbox
Dropbox separated everyone's camera roll into a polished photo timeline, then folded the useful parts back into its main app after less than two years.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released mobile photo-browsing, backup and sharing application operated by Dropbox.
Carousel organised cloud and phone photos into one chronological gallery with private sharing conversations.
Existence timeline
Dropbox releases a dedicated photo timeline app.
Conversations and automatic backup shape the service.
Dropbox promotes a unified lifetime photo collection.
The company promises to retain selected features.
Users prepare photos and conversations for transition.
The standalone timeline leaves app stores and service.
Why it ended
Dropbox closed Carousel on 31 March 2016 and moved selected photo features into its core product.
Last confirmed trace
Migrated Dropbox photos, launch materials, screenshots and the company's farewell post preserve the app.
What it left behind
Carousel shows how a standalone consumer app can disappear while its underlying feature set returns to a parent service.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.