Quick answer: most guest photo apps cost a one-time $39 to $99 per event, and guests need no app — they scan a QR code and upload from the browser. Guestpix, Wedibox and GuestCam are $49 for unlimited photos and videos, kept about a year. Kululu is $39 for 500 uploads kept 3 months, or $99 for unlimited kept a year. WedUploader is free and saves into your own Google Drive. POV is a disposable-camera app priced by guest count. QuikRSVP is $49 for every photo plus videos up to 60 seconds, kept 2 years — and if your RSVPs are already on QuikRSVP, a free album showing the 30 most recent photos comes with every form.
We make one of these apps, so read this the way you'd read any comparison written by a competitor: we've tried to be fair, we say plainly where others are better, and every figure below about another app comes from that app's own pricing or help pages as of October 2026. Prices in this category change often — check before you buy.
What We'll Compare
Wedding Photo Sharing Apps: Side-by-Side
| App | Free tier | Paid (one-time) | Uploads when paid | Video | Kept for (paid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuikRSVP | With any RSVP form: every photo accepted, 30 most recent shown | $49 | Every photo (up to 2,000 per album) | Yes, up to 60 s each | 2 years, then $10/yr |
| Kululu | 100 uploads, 24-hour window, kept 7 days | $39 Plus / $99 Pro | 500 / unlimited | Yes (counts as uploads) | 3 months / 1 year |
| Guestpix | 50 photos, 30-day window | $49 / $89 | Unlimited | Yes | 12 months |
| Wedibox | 50 uploads | $49 / $79 | Unlimited | Yes | 1 year / 2 years |
| GuestCam | No free plan | $49 / $97 | Unlimited (fair use) | Yes | 12 / 14 months |
| WedUploader | Free — saves to your own Google Drive | $39 (adds gallery, slideshow, moderation) | Unlimited (your Drive's space) | Yes | As long as you keep your Drive |
| POV | Up to 10 guests | By guest count, $4.99–$89.99 | Shots per guest set by you | — | — |
| Google Photos | Free shared album | — | Up to 20,000 per album | Yes | Your Google account |
Prices in USD from each app's own pricing page, checked October 2026. "—" means we couldn't confirm it on the vendor's own site. Plans change; check before you buy.
See it before you decide: open the live sample album exactly as a guest would, or start a free RSVP form — the photo album comes with it.
What "Free" Really Means
Almost every app here has a free tier, and they're built in three different ways. Knowing which one you're on matters more than the headline number.
- A cap on uploads. Kululu (100), Guestpix (50) and Wedibox (50) stop accepting photos at the limit. At a real wedding that limit is usually reached during the reception, and the guests who arrive later can't add theirs.
- A short window. Kululu's free plan accepts uploads for 24 hours and keeps photos 7 days; Guestpix's free window is 30 days. Photos that arrive the morning after — when most people actually go through their camera roll — can miss it.
- A cap on what's shown, not what's sent. This is how QuikRSVP's free album works: it accepts every photo, shows the 30 most recent, and keeps the rest saved but hidden until you decide. No guest is ever turned away at the party; the limit only affects what you keep.
Two free options sit outside this. WedUploader's basic plan sends uploads straight into your own Google Drive, so the only limit is your Drive's space. Google Photos shared albums are free and hold up to 20,000 items — a good fit if your family already shares on Google Photos, though it has none of the wedding-specific pieces like a printable table card or an approval queue.
One QuikRSVP-specific note: the free album comes with an RSVP form. If you're not using QuikRSVP for RSVPs, an album on its own is the $49 Full Album.
What Paying Unlocks — Including Video
Across the category, the first paid tier sits at $39 to $49 and is a one-time payment per event, not a subscription. What you're buying is usually the same three things: no upload cap, full-resolution files with a "download everything" button, and video.
Video is now standard on paid plans. Kululu, Guestpix, Wedibox, GuestCam and WedUploader all take guests' videos. QuikRSVP's Full Album takes videos up to 60 seconds each, played right in the album and downloadable one by one. If you expect guests to send long clips of speeches or a whole first dance, an app without a length limit will suit you better — QuikRSVP is built for the short clips people actually film from the dance floor.
Where the paid tiers differ is in the edges: Kululu's $39 Plus caps uploads at 500 and keeps photos 3 months, and its unlimited plan is $99. GuestCam reviews events that go far beyond normal use. POV, as a disposable-camera app, prices by how many guests you invite rather than by features, and you choose how many shots each guest gets — the limit is the point of the format.
How Long Your Photos Are Kept
This is the line people skip and regret. Most paid tiers keep your album online for about 12 months. That sounds generous until you notice it ends right around your first anniversary — the moment many couples want to look back.
- Kululu: 7 days free, 3 months on Plus, 1 year on Pro.
- Guestpix, GuestCam: about 12 months (GuestCam's larger plan 14).
- Wedibox: 1 year, or 2 years on its $79 plan.
- QuikRSVP: 2 years on the $49 Full Album, with a $10-a-year renewal after that, and an email 30 days before anything is deleted.
- WedUploader: no expiry of its own — the photos live in your Google Drive.
Whichever you pick, do one thing the day after the wedding: download the whole album. Every paid plan above includes a download, and a copy on your own drive is the only "forever" you fully control.
App by App
QuikRSVP
Our own. The album is part of a wedding RSVP platform, so if your RSVPs are here, the album is already there — a free album comes with every form, plus an option to let only people on your RSVP list into the album. Guests add photos from the browser with just their name — up to 200 each — and you can review them before they appear. Full Album ($49) keeps every photo at full size, adds a download of the whole album and videos up to 60 seconds, and keeps it 2 years. The album page works in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hebrew and Arabic. Not the best pick if you want long videos, a live slideshow on a screen at the venue, or face-recognition delivery — we don't do those.
Want to see it as a guest would? Scan this with your phone, or open the live sample album. It's a real album — photos you add there stay on your own phone.
Kululu
Three clear tiers and unlimited guests on all of them. The free plan is fine for a small gathering if you collect everything within 24 hours. Plus ($39) is the cheapest paid option on this list, with a 500-upload cap and 3 months of storage. Pro ($99) is the one to look at for a big wedding: unlimited uploads, moderation, branding and a year of storage.
Guestpix
Unlimited photos and videos on every paid plan from $49, up to 1,000 guests per event, and 12 months of hosting (24 on its multi-gallery bundle). The higher tiers mainly add design and a longer upload window rather than more storage.
Wedibox
$49 for unlimited uploads with a 6-month upload window and a year of storage, or $79 for a year to upload and two years of storage — one of the few apps besides QuikRSVP offering two years.
GuestCam
No free plan, but no per-guest fees either: $49 or $97 for unlimited photos and video in original quality with a ZIP download, kept 12 or 14 months.
WedUploader
The interesting outlier. Its basic plan is free because the photos go into your Google Drive rather than its servers — unlimited, in original quality, with no expiry beyond your own Drive. The $39 upgrade adds a gallery, slideshow and moderation. Worth it if you live in Google Drive already; you're limited by your Drive's free 15 GB unless you pay Google for more.
POV
A different idea: a shared disposable camera. Guests take photos inside the experience and you choose how many shots each guest gets. It's priced by guest count ($4.99 for 25 guests up to $89.99 for 250). Charming for a party; not built for collecting the photos already sitting in everyone's camera roll.
Google Photos
Free and familiar, with room for 20,000 photos and videos in a shared album. Best when your guests already use Google Photos. It isn't a wedding product, so there's no table-card design, approval queue or guest-name credit on each photo.
How to Choose
You want a game, not an archive: POV's disposable camera.
You want the photos to live in your own storage: WedUploader's free plan with Google Drive.
You want the lowest price for a small event: Kululu Plus at $39, as long as 500 uploads and 3 months of storage cover you.
You want unlimited photos and videos for about a year: Guestpix, Wedibox or GuestCam at $49.
You want every guest's photos, kept past your first anniversary, and you're running your RSVPs with us — or haven't picked an RSVP tool yet: QuikRSVP. Start with the free album that comes with your RSVP form, and upgrade to Full Album ($49) once you see how many photos arrive — the hidden ones are saved, not lost, until uploads close.
And whichever you choose: put the QR code on every table, not just one sign by the door, and send guests one short message with the link the day after. That second step brings in more photos than any feature on this page. Our guide to collecting photos from wedding guests covers the wording and timing.
Why Couples Choose QuikRSVP
The comparison above is meant to be fair. Here is the case for us — five things a standalone photo app can't easily match.
- No guest is turned away. Free tiers elsewhere stop accepting photos at 50 or 100. Ours accepts every photo your guests send, from the first dance to the next morning, and you decide later what to keep.
- Your guest list is already here. Because your RSVPs live in QuikRSVP, you can open the album only to people who RSVP'd, and schedule a thank-you for the day after the wedding — by WhatsApp, email or text, to the guests who came — with a button straight to the album. A photo app that doesn't have your guest list can't send that message for you. (It uses ordinary message credits, like any other message.)
- Two years, not one. Full Album keeps every photo for 2 years — well past your first anniversary — renewable for $10 a year, and we email you 30 days before anything would be deleted.
- One price, video included. $49 once: every photo at full size, a download of the whole album, and guests' videos up to 60 seconds. No subscription, no per-guest fee.
- In your guests' language. The album page works in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hebrew and Arabic, with real right-to-left layout for Hebrew and Arabic.
Start in two minutes
Already using QuikRSVP for your RSVPs? Your album is waiting in your event's Guest Photos tab — switch it on and print the table cards.
Still planning your RSVPs? Create a free RSVP form and the photo album comes with it.
Just want the album? Get one on its own for $49, no RSVP form needed.
Or open the live sample album first.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best app for collecting wedding photos from guests?
It depends on what you need to keep and for how long. Most QR-code photo apps charge one time per event, usually $39 to $99, and the differences are how many uploads the free tier allows, whether video is included, and how long photos stay online. Guestpix, Wedibox and GuestCam are $49 with unlimited uploads. Kululu Plus is $39 but caps uploads at 500 and keeps photos 3 months. WedUploader saves to your own Google Drive for free. QuikRSVP's Full Album is $49 with photos and 60-second videos kept 2 years, and a free album is included with every QuikRSVP RSVP form.
Do guests need to download an app to share wedding photos?
With most current QR-code photo albums, no. Guests scan a QR code on the table and upload from the phone's browser. QuikRSVP, Kululu, Guestpix, Wedibox, GuestCam and WedUploader all work this way. Disposable-camera apps such as POV are different: guests take the photos live inside the camera experience rather than uploading from their camera roll.
Is there a free wedding photo sharing app?
Yes, with limits. Kululu's free plan allows 100 uploads, a 24-hour upload window and keeps photos 7 days. Guestpix and Wedibox allow 50 photos free. WedUploader's basic plan is free and saves to your own Google Drive. Google Photos shared albums are free and hold up to 20,000 items. QuikRSVP includes a free album with every RSVP form: it accepts every photo guests send and shows the 30 most recent, and $49 keeps them all.
Which wedding photo apps support video?
Most paid tiers include video: Kululu, Guestpix, Wedibox, GuestCam and WedUploader all take guests' videos. QuikRSVP's Full Album takes videos up to 60 seconds each; its free album is photos only. Some apps sell video as an add-on rather than including it.
How long do wedding photo apps keep your photos?
Paid tiers usually keep photos about 12 months. Kululu keeps them 7 days on free, 3 months on Plus and 1 year on Pro. Guestpix, GuestCam and Wedibox's first paid tier keep them about a year. QuikRSVP keeps a Full Album 2 years and lets you renew for $10 a year. WedUploader saves to your own Google Drive, so the photos stay as long as you keep them there. Whatever you choose, download the full album once the uploads have finished.
