Gathmo vs Easy Wedding Album
Gathmo is the better choice if you want the hosts to approve what reaches the screen, a live stream so someone who cannot travel can watch and send a voice note back, or 1 album that also works for a birthday or a company party. Easy Wedding Album is the better choice if price decides it: $29 once, with photos, video, voice messages up to 2 minutes, a live slideshow and 12 months of storage all in that one figure, no tiers to read and no upgrade to buy. This is the closest comparison on this site, and the price row goes to them. Both hand your guests one album from a scanned code, both take photo, video and voice, and both let guests send without an account or an app.
Easy Wedding Album's features and price verified on easyweddingalbum.com, its audio-guestbook page, its step-by-step guide and its terms, 21 August 2026. The price is theirs, in US dollars, as stated in their own structured data.
One flat price against a plan that fits the event
Easy Wedding Album does one thing and prices it in one number. $29, once, and every feature is in it: unlimited guests, unlimited photos and videos, voice messages of up to two minutes exported as MP3, a live slideshow at the reception, original-quality downloads and 12 months of storage. There is no upgrade, which also means there is nothing to work out. It is built for weddings and says so on every page.
Gathmo prices the event rather than the product. The free tier takes 20 items so you can walk the guest path before paying; each paid plan adds unlimited photos, video and voice with the storage, clip length, screen and album lifetime that fit the size of the day. Every paid plan lets the hosts approve what appears on the screen, the top plan streams the event live to guests who could not travel, and the same album works for a birthday or a company party.
Gathmo vs Easy Wedding Album, feature by feature
| What you can do | Gathmo | Easy Wedding Album |
|---|---|---|
| What lands in the album | ||
| What guests can send | Photos, video and voiceAll three in one album, on one timeline | Photos, video and voiceAll three as well, in the one price |
| How much guests can send | Unlimited with every paid planPhotos, videos and voice notes; the plan sets the storage, from 50 GB | UnlimitedUnlimited guests, photos and videos; no storage size is stated either way |
| Voice messages | Every plan, including freeRecorded in the browser, beside the photos | In the one priceUp to 2 minutes each, unlimited per guest, downloaded as MP3 |
| The day itself, and after | ||
| On a screen at the venue | From CelebrateApproved photos and messages on a screen | In the one priceA live slideshow, with no tier to reach first |
| Approving what appears | Every paid planThe hosts approve each item before it reaches the screen | Not listedNothing on their site describes approving or hiding an upload before it is shown |
| The album afterwards | 90 days to a yearThe plan decides; the album is live that whole time | 12 monthsIn the one price, with full-quality downloads throughout |
| Guests who cannot come | Live stream, on GrandThey watch as it happens and send a voice note back | Not listedThe link works from anywhere, but no live viewing is described |
| App for guests | Not neededOpens in the phone browser after a scan | Not neededScan and upload, no account either |
| What you get and pay | ||
| Keeping the originals | YesEverything downloads as a ZIP at original quality, from Essential | YesOriginal quality, no compression, downloadable at any time |
| What else it is for | Any eventWeddings, birthdays, company parties, on the same album | WeddingsBuilt and written for one occasion |
| Starting price | Free for 20 items20 photos, videos or voice notes at no cost; then a one-time price per event, shown in your own currency below | $29 once, and no free tierTheir list price is $59 and the site shows $29; everything is included at that figure, but there is nothing to try first |
More on these features: Live photo wall · Audio guestbook
“Not listed” means exactly that: we read their homepage, their step-by-step guide and their audio-guestbook page on 21 August 2026 and found nothing describing it. A feature absent from a marketing site is not proof it is absent from the product — if we have it wrong, tell us and this table changes. Three rows here go to them, and the price row is not close. Their price is quoted in US dollars because that is the currency in their own markup.
Try it on your own event
Where Easy Wedding Album is ahead
Two real ones, and the first is the reason most people will choose them.
One number, and nothing to decode
$29 buys every feature they have. The live slideshow is in it; with us the screen starts at Celebrate and the live stream at Grand. If you want the screen at the reception and nothing else, they are cheaper than we are and you do not have to read a plan table to find that out.
Twelve months, at the entry price
Their album stays online a year for the same $29. Our Essential plan keeps it 90 days, and only Grand reaches a year. If the album's lifetime matters more to you than approval or a live stream, that comparison is not close either.
Where the two differ
Who decides what goes on the screen
With Gathmo the hosts approve items before they reach the screen at the venue, on every paid plan. It matters for about four minutes on the night — the ones where something arrives that you would rather your grandmother did not see nine feet tall.
Their live slideshow is included and well described, but nothing on their site sets out an approval or hiding step before a photo is shown. We could not find one, so we do not claim they have none — we claim it is not stated.
The people who could not come
On Grand, Gathmo streams the event to guests who could not travel, and they can send a voice message back into the same album. The album is a place to be, not only a place to send to.
Their upload link works from anywhere in the world, which lets a distant guest contribute. What is not described anywhere is watching it happen. For a guest sitting up at 3am in another timezone, those are different things.
One occasion, or any of them
Gathmo is the same album for a wedding, a fortieth, a christening or a company summer party, and the plan is chosen by the size of the event rather than its name.
Easy Wedding Album is a wedding product and does not pretend otherwise — the name, the copy and the photo challenges are all built for one day. That focus is a strength for the day it is built for; it just means there is nothing to move to afterwards.
Verified on easyweddingalbum.com, its audio-guestbook page, its step-by-step guide and its terms on 21 August 2026. Two things worth saying plainly. First, our own competitor list had them recorded as having no voice recording; that was wrong, and their voice messages are included in the $29 — the correction is why this page treats voice as a tie rather than a win. Second, their site quotes participation rates and message counts from their own weddings; we have not repeated any of them here, because no method or sample is given, and we would not want ours repeated on that basis either. Tell us if anything above is out of date.
Reviewed by Martin Freiwald, founder of Gathmo
Questions people ask before switching
Is Easy Wedding Album cheaper than Gathmo?
For a wedding, usually yes. $29 once covers every feature they have, including the live slideshow and 12 months of storage. Our screen starts at Celebrate and our live stream at Grand, and our entry plan keeps the album 90 days. If price is the deciding question, that answer does not need qualifying.
Does Easy Wedding Album do voice messages?
Yes — up to two minutes each, unlimited per guest, downloadable as MP3, included in the $29. Our own competitor list had this recorded wrongly and we corrected it while writing this page. Gathmo also records voice in the browser on every plan including the free one, so this row is a tie.
What does Gathmo do that they do not?
Three things, as far as their site says: the hosts approve what reaches the screen before it appears, the top plan streams the event live to guests who could not travel, and the same album works for birthdays and company events rather than weddings only. We say 'as far as their site says' deliberately — we checked three of their pages and found no mention, which is not the same as knowing the product lacks it.
How long does each keep the album?
Easy Wedding Album: 12 months, in the base price. Gathmo: 90 days on Essential, six months on Celebrate and a year on Grand. On this row they are ahead at the entry price and level with us at the top.
Do guests need an app or an account for either?
No, for both. Guests scan a code with the phone camera and upload in the browser — no download, no sign-up, on either side. If that is your worry about older guests, neither product will cause it.
Can I use Gathmo for something other than a wedding?
Yes — birthdays, christenings, company parties, anything with guests and a table to put a code on. Easy Wedding Album is written for weddings, so this is less a comparison than a difference in scope.
Your guests get the whole album — and can download it.
- Photos, videos and voice messages, all on one page.
- Guests open the link and download whatever they want.
- Public, or behind a password — you decide.
How the two price it
Theirs is the simpler model and it is fair to say so. One payment of $29 — listed at $59 — covers every feature they offer, for one wedding, with the album online for 12 months. There is no tier, so there is no wrong choice to make and nothing to upgrade halfway through. Gathmo splits it, and the split only earns its keep if you use what it buys: the free tier takes 20 items so you can scan the code yourself and see what a guest sees before paying anything, and each paid plan sets the storage, the clip length, whether there is a screen at the venue, whether the event streams live and how long the album stays online. Our prices appear in your own currency in the table on this page, so we are not going to quote a figure here that your card would not be charged. The honest way to choose: if you want a wedding album with a slideshow and a year of storage for the least money, buy theirs. If you want the hosts to control the screen, or a live stream, or the same album for the next party too, that is what the tiers are for.
From $49. Pay once, per event.
No subscription for hosts. Free to start, upgrade only when you need more.
- 20 photos, videos & voice notes
- 5 GB storage included
- Unlimited guests — no app needed
- 30 days album
- Video up to 30 sec · voice 30 sec
- Gathmo badge on shared media
- No original-quality download
- Unlimited photos, videos & voice
- 50 GB storage included
- Download all originals (ZIP)
- No Gathmo badge on your media
- 90 days album
- Video up to 5 min · voice Unlimited
- Host moderation tools
- Everything in Essential
- 100 GB storage included
- Live photo wall at the venue
- 6 months album
- Video up to 10 min · voice Unlimited
- Priority support
- Everything in Celebrate
- 250 GB storage included
- Live stream for guests who can’t attend
- Voice messages transcribed for you
- Custom link — gathmo.com/c/your-name
- 1 year album
- Video up to 15 min · voice Unlimited
Trying both, or moving from one to the other
Work out whether you need the screen controlled
That is the question that actually separates the two. If a slideshow that shows whatever arrives is fine, their $29 does it. If someone should approve what goes up nine feet tall, that is ours.
Start a free Gathmo event
Name, date, done — about two minutes, no card. The free tier takes 20 photos, videos or voice notes, which is enough to scan the code and see the guest side for yourself before deciding.
Compare the two guest flows on your own phone
Both are a scan and an upload with no account, so the difference is not in the first ten seconds — it is in what happens to the photo afterwards. Look at where it appears, who sees it and who can take it down.
Pick by the plan, not by the sticker
If the screen and the live stream do not matter to you, they are cheaper and we would rather say so than have you find out afterwards. If they do, choose the plan that includes them and the comparison changes shape.
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Start your album, free
Set up the event, print the code, and hear what comes back. No card to start.