weddingA shared wedding album is one gallery your guests add to themselves, by scanning a QR code at the venue or tapping a link you email them. Here is the setup, what to print, and how Google Photos and iCloud compare.
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Create the album one to two weeks before the wedding, print its QR code on table cards, and email the link to anyone who cannot make it. Guests scan or tap, and the album opens in their browser. With Pix Wedding nobody needs an app or an account.
Get it live before the first guest arrives, not the morning of.
Order table cards early so they are on the tables the morning of.
A code on the program covers the aisle and the vows from every row.
Toasts and the dance floor bring in most of the photos and videos.
Guests keep adding from home. Then you download and pick favorites.
Six steps with Pix Wedding. You do the first three at home, your guests do the rest on their phones.
Add your names and date. Pix builds a private gallery and an upload link in under a minute.
Pick one of 48 ready-made QR poster designs, or export the bare code for your own card.
Table cards, a welcome sign insert or a line on the program. PNG or PDF, ready to print.
The phone camera reads it and opens the album in the browser. No app, no account.
Guests pick from the camera roll or shoot something new, with their name on every upload.
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A QR code only works if guests see it. Put it in a few spots and add one line of instructions.
Example table card with our live demo QR. Copy the wording, or shorten it to fit your card.
One per table, next to the centerpiece. Most reception uploads start here.
A line at the bottom catches guests while they wait for the processional.
A small insert at the entrance so the album is live before anyone sits down.
If you print menus, a corner code puts it in front of every guest at dinner.
Two codes (gift table and bar cart) and one album with no sub-albums.
A card on every table plus the welcome sign, with ceremony and reception sub-albums (Standard and up).
Pix Wedding QR templates export as PNG or PDF with your names and date, or design your own in the free QR sticker designer.
Every scan drops straight into the same gallery, from the ceremony through the last dance, no app and no account for anyone in line at the bar.
Scan to join the album
No app, no account
UPLOADING
THE ALBUM
Example album
647 photos · 95 guests
Not directly, but you can email them the way in. Send the album link, and guests upload through the browser at full quality.
Send the album link or QR image in an email. Guests tap it and upload in the browser, full quality.
Gmail caps attachments at 25 MB and turns bigger files into a Drive link. One phone video can pass that. Google Help
None of the five options compared below, Pix included, gives an album its own email address to send photos to.
The five ways couples collect photos from guests, and where each one falls short.
Guests scan a QR code and upload from the browser in seconds, no app and no account for anyone.
| Platform | How guests join | Photo & video limit | Quality | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pix WeddingBest for guest uploads | Scan a QR code or tap an emailed link, upload in the browser | Unlimited photos and videos on paid plans | Original quality, no compression | 20 uploads free, then one-time $49 to $89 |
| Google Photos | Contributors sign in with a Google account | 20,000 items per shared album | Depends on each guest's backup setting | Free, uses your Google storage |
| iCloud Shared Album | Web join without an Apple Account on version 27 and later; older software needs one | No cap on version 27 and later (counts against your iCloud storage); 5,000 items on older software | Full resolution on version 27 and later; reduced on older software | Free, uses your iCloud storage |
| Amazon Photos Family Vault | A Prime member invites up to 5 people, each needs an Amazon account and the app | Built for a family, not a guest list | Full resolution photos | Included with Prime |
| WhatsApp group | Anyone with the invite link can post | A scrolling chat, not an album | Compressed unless sent as a document | Free |
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Limits checked 28 September 2026 against Google, Apple and Amazon documentation, linked in the platform cards below.
The short version for each, with the limit that matters at a wedding.
A walkthrough from the How to Hub channel of creating a shared album and inviting people to add photos.
Want every platform step by step? Our guide to a shared photo album everyone can add to covers them in full.
Start with 20 guest uploads free, no card. Every paid plan takes unlimited guests, photos and videos, at original quality.
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Start a free shared albumFour things that trip couples up most, and the quick fix for each.
| Problem | Likely cause | Quick fix |
|---|---|---|
| The QR code will not scan | Low light, glare on a glossy card, or a phone not in photo mode | Print on matte paper and add the album link in small type under the code |
| Uploads are not showing yet | Weak venue Wi-Fi or a patchy cell signal | Pix waits for signal and keeps uploading, so ask guests to keep the page open for a minute |
| A guest lost the link | They closed the browser tab | Text or email the link to the group the next morning |
| Older relatives are not uploading | They have not scanned a QR code before | Ask a bridesmaid or usher to show them once at the start of the reception |
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Uploads trickle in for a few days. Give it a week, then work through this list.
Pix Wedding keeps the album online for 6 months to 2 years depending on the plan, with a full ZIP download at any point.
A collaborative wedding album is a gallery guests add to, not just view. The couple owns it, everyone else contributes, and it still works a year later.
+14NewNewWatch a guest scan the QR code and add photos and videos straight from their phone browser, no app and no account needed.
WEDDING ALBUM
Example album
The toast, from three angles
All from guest phones
Create your album, download the QR code, and print it for the tables. Guests start adding photos the second they scan it. The first 20 uploads are free, no card.
From the best man
Scan to join the album
No app, no account
UPLOADING
THE ALBUM
Example album
647 photos · 95 guests
SCAN TO TRY
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From the maid of honor
Scan to join the album
No app, no account
UPLOADING
THE ALBUM
Example album
647 photos · 95 guests
SCAN TO TRY
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A shared wedding album is one online gallery that the couple and their guests all add photos and videos to, usually through a QR code or a link, so every angle of the day ends up in one place instead of scattered across camera rolls.
Create the album one to two weeks before the wedding, download its QR code, and print it on table cards, the welcome sign or the program. Guests scan it with their phone camera and the album opens in the browser, so they can upload straight away with no app and no account.
Not directly. Pix Wedding, Google Photos, iCloud Shared Album and Amazon Photos have no email address for an album. What works is emailing guests the album link: they tap it and upload in the browser. Emailing the photos themselves runs into attachment caps, Gmail stops at 25 MB.
With Pix Wedding, no. The QR code opens the upload page in the phone browser. Google Photos and Amazon Photos need each contributor to sign in. iCloud Shared Album lets web guests join without an Apple Account on version 27 and later; older software still needs one.
A collaborative wedding album is a gallery where more than one person can add content, not just view it. The couple owns and organizes it, while guests, the wedding party and often the photographer add their own photos and videos to the same collection.
Google Photos and iCloud Shared Album are free and use your own storage. Pix Wedding takes the first 20 guest uploads free with no card; one-time plans from $49 remove the cap and add the live reception slideshow and longer storage.
Google Photos caps a shared album at 20,000 items. iCloud has no fixed cap on version 27 and later, only your iCloud storage, while older software keeps the 5,000 item limit. Pix Wedding has no photo or video cap on its paid plans.
The album stays online for the plan's storage window, 6 months to 2 years on Pix Wedding, and guests can keep adding late photos during the upload window. Download everything as a ZIP at original quality whenever you are ready.
