Guests take hundreds of photos you never see. A guest photo collection service pulls them into one album, usually from a QR code on the tables. Below: ten services side by side, what each costs at your guest count, the free routes, and the limits that decide it.
For most weddings the best guest photo collection service is a no-app QR album paid once: guests scan, upload in the browser and never sign in. Pix Wedding starts at $44 and GuestPix, Eventoly and the Wedibox Wedding plan at $49, all with unlimited uploads; Kululu starts at $39 but caps Plus at 500. Free albums suit small, single-platform crowds.
The six things that decide which service fits: how guests get in, what the free tier allows, the price, the upload cap, how long the album stays open and whether there is a live slideshow. Every row comes from the vendor's own page, checked October 25 to November 3, 2026.
No app or account for guests, unlimited photos and videos on every paid plan, and up to 12 months to upload, paid once from $44.
| Service | How guests upload | Free start | Price | Uploads on paid plans | Upload window and storage | Live slideshow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pix WeddingOur pick | QR code or link, phone browser, no app or account | 20 guest uploads, no card | $44, $54 or $84, paid once | Unlimited photos, videos and guests | Upload 3, 6 or 12 months; online 6, 12 or 24 months, plus ZIP | Standard ($54) and Pro ($84) |
| GuestPix | QR code or private link, no app | 50 photos, 30-day window, no card | $49, $89 or $119, paid once | Unlimited on every package | Upload 3, 12 or 24 months; hosted 12 months, Bundle 24 | Every package |
| Kululu | QR code or link, no app or registration | 100 uploads, 24-hour window, kept 7 days | $39 Plus or $99 Pro, paid once, excluding taxes | 500 on Plus; Pro unlimited up to 10,000 (fair use) | Upload 1 month (Plus) or 3 months (Pro); online 3 months or 1 year | Every plan, Free included |
| Wedibox | QR code, no app or login | 50 guest uploads, no card | $29 Embed, $49 Wedding or $79 All-In-One, paid once | Unlimited on every paid plan | Upload 3, 6 or 12 months; stored 1 or 2 years | Wedding and All-In-One |
| Eventoly | QR code, no app | Free trial, no card: 20 photos and videos, 1 album, kept 1 month | $49, $59 or $89, paid once | Unlimited photos and videos on every paid plan | Upload 3, 6 or 12 months; stored 6, 12 or 24 months, plus ZIP | Standard ($59) and Pro ($89) |
| WedUploader | Link or QR in the browser, no guest login | Free albums that save into your own Google Drive | $0, or a one-time Premium packagePremium was listed at $39 in early October 2026; on October 27 the pricing page showed no figure, so confirm it at checkout. | Limited only by your Drive storage | No expiry; files live in your Google Drive | Real-time photo wall on Premium |
| POV | Its app, or an App Clip on iPhone | Up to 10 guests | Priced in guest-count steps (25 up to 251+) | Not stated on its pricing page | Storage not stated | Not stated on its pricing page |
| WedShoots | Every guest installs the app and types an album code | Free | $0 | Not stated | Not stated; full-resolution album download | Not listed |
| Google Photos | Guests sign in to a Google account to add photos | 15 GB per Google account, shared with Gmail and Drive | $0, then Google One storage | 20,000 photos or videos per album | No deadline | No live wall |
| iCloud Shared Albums | Version 27: guests can join and add without an Apple device | Your iCloud storage | $0, then iCloud+ storage | No item limit on albums made in version 27; 5,000 on older albums | No deadline | No live wall |
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Prices in USD, checked October 25 to November 3, 2026. Sources: GuestPix, Kululu, Wedibox, Eventoly, WedUploader, POV, WedShoots, Google Photos, Apple. Rose cells flag a cap, a short window or an install. Every plan of each app is on wedding photo sharing apps compared.
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"Guest photo collection service" covers very different products. The type decides more than the brand: whether guests install anything, where the files live and whether the album expires.
Guests scan a QR code and upload in the phone browser; the service hosts the gallery for a set time. You pay once, roughly $29 to $119, and download a ZIP before storage ends.
Guests upload through a link and every file lands in your own Google Drive. Nothing expires, but the files count toward your Drive storage and the album is tied to your personal Google account.
A camera-roll game: guests shoot inside the app (or an App Clip on iPhone) and the photos show up later. Fun for small groups, priced in guest-count steps, and it skips the photos guests already took on their own camera.
Free, but every guest downloads the app and types your album code. Expect the older guests and the half-interested ones to skip it.
No cost if the photos fit your storage. Google Photos asks contributors to sign in; iCloud albums made in version 27 or later let guests without an Apple device join and add.
Sold to wedding planners rather than couples. The planner runs a branded album and hands the couple a ZIP or a view link. You only meet one if your planner offers it.
This is the hosted QR type in action: a guest scans the table card, uploads from the phone browser with no app or account, and the photo lands in the album seconds later. Names below are an example.
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The steps are the same on every hosted service. Where they differ is step 3 (what guests must do) and step 5 (how long you get).
Names, date and a cover photo. On most hosted services this takes a few minutes and the free tier lets you test it.
Put it on the welcome sign, the table cards and the program. One code, every surface, tested on two phones before printing.
The camera opens the album page in the browser. On no-app services there is no install and no account, so a guest uploads in seconds.
A live slideshow on a screen at the reception shows uploads as they land, which reminds everyone else to add theirs.
Leave the window open for the weeks after, send one reminder, then download the full ZIP before storage runs out.
On a no-app service the phone camera reads the code and opens the upload page in the browser. That one difference is why these services collect more than an album that needs a sign-in. Design the sign for free with the QR sticker designer.
Flat one-time prices get cheaper per guest as the list grows; capped plans and free albums go the other way. Per-guest figures are simple division of the starting price, so plug in your own count.
A $44 one-time plan with unlimited guests, divided by guest count.
| Guests | Pix Wedding | GuestPix | Kululu | Free albums |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 guests | $44 (about $0.88 a guest) | $49 Classic | $39 Plus: 500 uploads is about 10 a guest | Google Photos or WedUploader at $0 if storage holds |
| 100 guests | $44 (about $0.44 a guest) | $49 Classic | $39 Plus: about 5 uploads a guest | Free albums still work; more guests skip a sign-in |
| 150 guests | $44 (about $0.29 a guest) | $49 Classic | $99 Pro, the plan Kululu suggests for 150+ | Videos start to fill a 15 GB account |
| 250 guests | $44 (about $0.18 a guest) | $49 Classic | $99 Pro, up to 10,000 uploads | Storage upgrade likely on Google or iCloud |
Wedibox Wedding and Eventoly also start at $49 with no guest limit, and Wedibox Embed costs $29 if you already have a wedding website. Kululu suggests Plus for up to 100 guests and Pro for 150 or more. A $44 Pix Wedding plan has a 3-month upload window; the live slideshow needs Standard at $54.
Start with 20 guest uploads free and no card. Paid plans cost $44, $54 or $84 once; pick by the upload window and storage you need.
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Ask these of any service before you print the QR code. The first three decide how many photos you end up with.
Every extra step (install, sign-in, album code) loses some guests. A browser upload from a QR scan loses the fewest.
Caps like 500 uploads sound big until short videos count toward them. Divide the cap by your guest count.
Many of the best photos arrive in the days after, once guests sit down with their camera roll. A 24-hour window misses them.
Hosted albums expire. Check the storage period and that a full ZIP download is included.
Some free tiers store standard quality only. Originals matter if you want prints or an album.
The first dance, the speeches and the send-off live on guest phones as video.
Look for link-only access and host controls. If you need to approve every photo first, check which plan has moderation.
Flat one-time prices stay the same at 80 or 280 guests. Guest-count pricing grows with the list.
A free shared album can work if everyone is on the same phone platform. For a mixed crowd, a free tier on a no-app service (Kululu Free, GuestPix free start, Wedibox free, Pix Wedding free) lets you test before paying.
A one-time hosted QR album around $39 to $59 fits most weddings here. Check the cap: at 120 guests, 500 uploads is about 4 each.
Pick unlimited uploads and a long upload window. Flat-priced services (Pix Wedding, GuestPix, Wedibox, Eventoly) cost the same at 300 guests as at 150.
GuestPix (often searched as "guest pix") and Kululu are both no-app QR services paid once. They split on the cap and on how long the album stays up.
Pick GuestPix for unlimited uploads at $49 and a full year of hosting.
Pick Kululu for the cheaper paid start, a slideshow on every plan, or photo approval on Pro ($99).
Sources: GuestPix wedding pricing and Kululu pricing, checked October 25, 2026, with the GuestPix upload windows checked again November 3, 2026. Full reviews: Pix Wedding vs GuestPix and Pix Wedding vs Kululu.
A September 2026 walk through 13 guest photo sharing services, GuestPix, Kululu, WedUploader, Wedibox, POV and Pix Wedding among them. It looks at browser uploads, QR codes, host review, storage limits and getting original files back.
The channel is run by WeddingPhoto, one of the services in its own list, so use the video for the tour and the table above for the numbers.
Video by WeddingPhoto on YouTube.
A shared album for wedding guests costs nothing if the photos fit your storage. The catch is usually a sign-in, an install or a limit on older albums. Apple changed the rules for albums made in version 27, so the version you create it in matters.
| Option | What guests need | Limit | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Photos shared album | Guests sign in to a Google account to add | 20,000 photos or videos per album; 15 GB free per account | Not stated for guest uploads |
| iCloud Shared Album (made in version 27 or later) | Guests can join and add without an Apple Account or device | No item limit, only your iCloud storage | Originals at full resolution, counted toward iCloud storage |
| iCloud Shared Album (version 26 or earlier) | Apple users add; a public website link lets others view | 5,000 items per album, with hourly and daily caps | Photos cut to 2048 px on the long edge (panoramas up to 5400 px), video up to 720p |
| WedUploader free albums | A link or QR in the browser, no guest login | Your Google Drive storage | Original files in your Drive |
| WedShoots | Every guest installs the app and types a code | Not stated | Full-resolution album download |
Sources: Google Photos albums, Google storage, Apple Shared Albums, Apple shared album limits, WedUploader, checked October 27, 2026.
A dozen phones, a dozen platforms. Free albums work best when everyone is on the same one.
Two low-tech routes skip the album. A wedding hashtag only finds what guests post publicly: a tagged post from a private account stays off the public hashtag page, per Instagram Help, and you can only save the copy the app posted. Disposable cameras on the tables give you film to develop instead of files, and only as many shots as each camera holds. Wedding hashtag vs QR code sets the two side by side.
Three more routes show up in other guides. A Dropbox file request takes uploads from guests with no Dropbox account, but every file fills your own Dropbox storage and uploads fail once it is full, per Dropbox Help. Texting photos to one phone number works from any phone, but someone has to save each message by hand and picture messages often arrive compressed. A photo station at the venue only collects from the guests who walk up to it.
Step-by-step setups for each free route are in the guide on how to collect photos from wedding guests.
Some collection services are not sold to couples at all. They go to planners, who run the album under their own brand and hand you the photos after.
Source: picolation.com, checked October 27, 2026.
If your planner already includes one, yes: it costs you no setup time. If not, a couple-run service gives you the same QR flow and you keep control of the album and the deadline.
Eversnap was an early wedding photo collection app. Its old domains no longer run a wedding photo app, so pick from the current services in the table above.
None of these depend on which service you pick. All of them decide how full the album gets.
A one-day window closes before most guests get home and scroll their camera roll. Check the window, not only the price.
On a capped plan every clip is an upload. A dozen phones filming the first dance uses a dozen uploads in one song.
An app install or account sign-in at a reception table is where many guests give up. Test the flow on a phone that has never seen the service.
A single sign by the door gets scanned once. Put the code on every table and in the program, and have someone mention it once during the reception.
Hosted albums end. Put the storage end date in your calendar and download the ZIP well before it.
An upload link on a public social post lets anyone in. Share it on the cards, the wedding website and the guest chat instead.
Guests not uploading after the day? The fixes are on why guests are not uploading to your wedding QR code, and the printing side is on QR code for wedding pictures.
Whichever service you pick, the goal is the same: the aisle, the conga line and the morning after, from every guest phone, in one place.
Sweet as. Small ceremony, 50 people, everyone uploaded. The voice messages from our grandparents are something else. Listened to them on repeat the whole flight home
My nan is 84 and she uploaded 27 photos. Twenty seven. That's all the review you need
The album is gorgeous and we use it all the time. The only thing keeping this from 5 stars is i had a question about downloading and it took 2 days to hear back from support. Once they replied it was helpful, just wish it was faster during wedding week. Product itself is excellent
Every price and limit on this page comes from each vendor's own pricing or help pages, checked October 25 to November 3, 2026. GuestPix and Kululu were read on October 25; Wedibox, Eventoly, WedUploader, POV, Picolation and the Apple and Google help pages on October 27; WedShoots comes from its UK page in October 2026. The GuestPix upload windows and the Wedibox plans were checked again on November 3, 2026.
Where a vendor does not publish something, such as an upload cap or a storage period, the table says "not stated" instead of guessing. Pix Wedding figures come from its own plan list. There are no affiliate links on this page.
A wedding photo sharing service is built for one event with many guests: a QR code, a browser upload with no account, a set upload window, a live slideshow and a ZIP at the end. A shared album from Google or Apple is built for friends who already use the same platform.
For a small, single-platform crowd a shared album is enough. For a mixed guest list, the no-app services collect more because nobody has to sign in.
Eversnap was one of the first wedding photo collection apps. When you weigh a replacement, check three things: how guests get in (an app or a browser QR scan), how long the upload window stays open and how long the album is kept. The comparison table lists all three for every service.
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Prices, upload windows and what guests have to do for each service on this page, checked October 25 to November 3, 2026.
It is a service that gathers the photos and videos guests take on their own phones into one album. Most work with a QR code: guests scan it, upload in the phone browser, and the couple downloads everything later. Some save to your Google Drive, some are free shared albums, and some are apps every guest installs.
Hosted QR services cost about $29 to $119 once (checked October 25 to November 3, 2026): Wedibox Embed $29 for a gallery inside a wedding website you already have, Kululu Plus $39, Pix Wedding $44, GuestPix, Eventoly and Wedibox Wedding from $49, GuestPix up to $119. Free routes are WedUploader into your Google Drive, Google Photos, iCloud Shared Albums and WedShoots. POV prices by guest count.
Not with Pix Wedding, GuestPix, Kululu, Wedibox, Eventoly or WedUploader: guests scan a QR code and upload in the browser. WedShoots needs every guest to install its app, POV uses its app or an App Clip on iPhone, and Google Photos asks contributors to sign in to a Google account.
Yes. WedUploader saves uploads into your own Google Drive for free, Google Photos albums hold up to 20,000 items within your storage, and iCloud Shared Albums made in version 27 or later let guests join without an Apple device. Paid services add longer windows, no sign-in for guests and a live slideshow.
Kululu is cheaper to start ($39 Plus) and has a slideshow on every plan, but Plus stops at 500 uploads and stays online 3 months. GuestPix starts at $49 with unlimited uploads and 12 months of hosting; guests can upload for 3 months on Classic, 12 on Signature ($89) and 24 on the Signature Bundle ($119). For 150 guests or more, Kululu points you to Pro at $99.
Picolation is a white-label guest photo album sold to wedding planners, not to couples. Guests scan a QR code and upload with no app, and the planner hands the couple a ZIP of originals. It publishes no rate card (first wedding free, then pricing by conversation), so it is worth it if your planner already offers it.
