Gathmo vs QuickPix
Both products hand your guests 1 album from a scanned code, and neither asks them for an app or an account. Gathmo is the better choice if guests should be able to leave a spoken message, if approved photos should appear on a screen at the venue, or if the hosts want to approve something before the room sees it. QuickPix is the better choice if the budget decides: their paid tier starts at £9 for one event, and their free tier gives 7 guests and 50 photos with original-quality downloads and printable sign templates included — things most of this market puts behind a payment.
QuickPix plans, limits and wording verified on quickpix.app — the pricing page, the business pricing page, the image guidelines and the wedding page — on 21 August 2026. Prices are theirs, in pounds sterling; their Spanish and French pricing pages show the same figures, and they publish no other currency.
The cheapest way in, against the things that happen on the night
QuickPix is a QR photo album priced to undercut. £9 buys one event with 500 photos and videos, unlimited guests and a six-month upload window; £25 raises that to 1,500 and £49 to unlimited, with a year of album storage. The free tier is unusually generous for a trial — 7 guests, 50 photos, 30 days — and it still includes original-quality downloads, the full album download and printable QR sign templates. There is also a separate monthly product for photographers and venues. What their site does not describe is voice messages, a live screen at the venue, or a step that holds a photo back until a host approves it.
Gathmo is built around what happens during the evening. Guests scan a code and add photos, video and a spoken message to one album, and they watch it fill as other people contribute. Every paid plan lets the hosts approve what reaches the screen at the venue, the top plan streams the event to guests who could not travel, and everything downloads as a ZIP at original quality when the album closes.
Gathmo vs QuickPix, feature by feature
| What you can do | Gathmo | QuickPix |
|---|---|---|
| What lands in the album | ||
| What guests can send | Photos, video and voiceAll three in one album, on one timeline | Photos and videoBoth on the paid plans; their FAQ says the free plan is photo-only |
| How much guests can send | Unlimited with every paid planPhotos, videos and voice notes; the plan sets the storage, from 50 GB | 500, 1,500 or unlimitedBy plan, with unlimited guests on all three; the free tier stops at 7 guests and 50 photos |
| Voice messages | Every plan, including freeRecorded in the browser, beside the photos | Not listedEvery feature description on their site says photos and videos |
| The day itself, and after | ||
| On a screen at the venue | From CelebrateApproved photos and messages on a screen | Not listedTheir site suggests projecting the QR code, which is a different thing from showing the album |
| Approving what appears | Every paid planThe hosts approve each item before it reaches the screen | Afterwards, not before, on every planThe dashboard offers to review and remove uploads, and the gallery can be hidden entirely; holding a photo for approval first is not described |
| The album afterwards | 90 days to a yearThe plan decides; the album is live that whole time | 30 days free, 1 year paidAnd the upload window closes separately: 1 week free, 6 months, or a year on Premium |
| Guests who cannot come | Live stream, on GrandThey watch as it happens and send a voice note back | They can upload, on every planThe link works from anywhere, and for months afterwards, but there is nothing live to watch |
| App for guests | Not neededOpens in the phone browser after a scan | Not neededTheir words: guests upload without creating an account |
| What you get and pay | ||
| Keeping the originals | YesEverything downloads as a ZIP at original quality, from Essential | Yes, on every plan including freeOriginal quality and a full album download, though their guidelines add that they may apply a watermark |
| What it needs from you | A table and a printed codeFour sign templates and a 300-dpi PDF | A table and a printed codeQR card templates are included on every plan, free ones too |
| 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 | Free for 7 guests50 photos and 30 days, no card; then £9, £25 or £49 once per event |
More on these features: Live photo wall · Audio guestbook
“Not listed” means we read their pricing page, their business pricing page, their image guidelines and their wedding page on 21 August 2026 and found nothing describing it — not that the product cannot do it. Two rows go to QuickPix, and the price row is not close. One thing worth knowing while reading their site: a few of their own pages disagree with each other about what the free plan includes, so we have quoted the pricing page's FAQ where they differ and left it at that.
Try it on your own event
Where QuickPix is ahead
Two, and the second one is a fairness point most comparison pages would quietly skip.
£9, and it goes down from there
Nine pounds for one event with 500 photos and videos, unlimited guests and six months to upload, undercuts most of this market including us. If what you want is a place for guests to put pictures and nothing more, they will do it for less money than we will, and there is no argument to make about that.
Their free tier gives away what others charge for
Seven guests and fifty photos is small, but it comes with original-quality photos, the full album download and printable QR card templates. Most products in this category hold the download hostage until you pay — it is the standard way to convert a trial. QuickPix does not, and a host running a small dinner can finish end to end and keep the files without spending anything.
Where the two differ
The voices
Gathmo records a spoken message in the browser on every plan, including the free one, and puts it on the same timeline as the photos — the toast nobody filmed, the message from someone who could not come.
Nothing on their pricing page, their wedding page or their guidelines describes recording a voice message; every feature line says photos and videos. One blog article suggests otherwise in passing, and nothing else on the site supports it, so we treat it as not listed rather than as a feature.
What the room sees
From Celebrate, approved photos and messages appear on a screen at the venue while the party is happening, and the hosts decide what goes up before it does.
Their site talks about projecting the QR code so guests can find it, which is signage rather than a slideshow; no live view of the album is described anywhere. For controlling what appears, they describe reviewing and removing uploads and hiding the gallery — useful, but it happens after something has already been seen.
How long the door stays open
A Gathmo album is live for 90 days, six months or a year depending on the plan, and guests can add to it for that whole time.
QuickPix separates two clocks and it is worth reading carefully: the upload window (one week free, six months, or a year on Premium) and the album storage (30 days free, one year paid). On the paid plans that is a longer runway than ours for late contributions, which is a real advantage for the guest who forgets for a month.
Verified on quickpix.app's pricing, business pricing, image guidelines and wedding pages on 21 August 2026. Two things to be straight about. Several of their own pages contradict each other — most importantly on whether the free plan includes video, where the plan card and the FAQ on the same page disagree. We have quoted the FAQ and made nothing of it, because a site that has grown fast is not a site that is misleading anyone. And their pages carry customer counts and ratings with no method or source stated; none of those appear here. On price and on what their free tier includes, they are ahead of us and we have said so twice. Tell us if anything is out of date.
Reviewed by Martin Freiwald, founder of Gathmo
Questions people ask before switching
Is QuickPix cheaper than Gathmo?
For a plain photo album, usually yes. Their paid tier starts at £9 for one event with 500 photos and videos and unlimited guests. What that price does not include is voice messages, a screen at the venue or an approval step, because their site does not list those. If you do not need them, the cheaper product is the right product.
Does QuickPix do voice messages?
Not as far as their site says. Every feature description on their pricing, wedding and guidelines pages refers to photos and videos. A single blog article implies they combine an audio guestbook with the album, and nothing else on their site supports it, so we record it as not listed rather than claiming either way. Gathmo records voice in the browser on every plan, including the free one.
What does the QuickPix free plan include?
Up to 7 guests, 50 photos and 30 days of album access, with no card — and, unusually, original-quality photos, the full album download and printable QR card templates. Their plan card also lists video uploads, while the FAQ on the same page says the free plan is photo-only; we would plan around the FAQ.
How long can guests keep uploading?
QuickPix runs two separate clocks: an upload window of one week on free, six months on Starter and Standard, or a year on Premium; and album storage of 30 days free or a year paid. On the paid plans that upload window is longer than ours, which matters for the guest who remembers a month later.
Do guests need an app or an account for either?
No, for both. Their words are that guests upload without creating an account, and only the host signs up. Gathmo is the same: scan a code, upload in the browser, nothing to install. If that was your worry about older guests, neither product causes it.
Can I try both before deciding?
Yes, and we would suggest it. Both free tiers work without a card and both are small, so run them side by side at a dinner or a birthday first. You will learn more in one evening than from any comparison table.
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
Both charge once per event rather than by subscription, which makes this the most direct price comparison on the site. QuickPix publishes £9, £25 and £49 in pounds, the same figures on their English, Spanish and French pages, separated by how many photos and videos the event may hold: 500, 1,500, unlimited. Their free tier takes 7 guests and 50 photos for 30 days and still lets you download everything at original quality. Gathmo's free tier takes 20 photos, videos or voice notes with no guest limit, and our paid plans appear in your own currency in the table on this page — we set them per currency rather than converting, so there is no single figure to print here that would be true for everyone reading. What the money buys differs more than the amount does: their plans buy capacity, ours buy capacity plus the voice recording, the screen at the venue, the approval step and the live stream. If none of those matter to your evening, theirs is the cheaper answer and we would rather say so here than have you discover it after paying us.
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
Choosing between them
Ask whether anything happens on a screen
That is the cleanest dividing line. If nothing is being shown to the room and nobody needs to approve anything, most of what we charge for is not being used, and £9 is a sensible price for the rest.
Ask whether you want to hear people
A spoken message is the thing photos cannot do. If you want it, we record it on every plan including the free one; their site does not list it at all.
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 yourself, record something and hear how it comes back.
Try both free tiers on the same evening
Both of us give you something workable without a card, and they are small enough to run side by side at a dinner before you commit for the wedding. That is a better test than any comparison table, including this one.
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Start your album, free
Set up the event, print the code, and hear what comes back. No card to start.