Wedding photos
What is the best app for collecting wedding photos?
The best app for collecting wedding photos is one your guests do not have to install. Collection fails on friction, not on features: every install, sign-up, or password costs you uploads, and it costs you the older guests first. Gathmo works from a QR code in the browser, so a guest goes from scanning to uploading in about 3 taps with no account. You get one private album holding photos, short videos, and voice messages, and nothing appears until you approve it. Start free with 60 items and 30 days of retention. Paid plans start at $49 for one event, with unlimited items, ZIP download of the originals, and no watermark.
Why guest apps lose photos
An app install is 4 steps before a single photo moves: open the store, find the listing, wait for the download, then grant photo-library permission. At a reception, on venue wifi, that is where most guests stop. The ones who do not stop are the ones already comfortable installing things, which is exactly the half of your guest list that would have sent you photos anyway.
Sign-up is the second leak. A guest asked for an email address at 11pm has to decide whether they want a relationship with a company they had not heard of an hour ago. Many decide no.
Browser capture removes both. The QR code opens a page, the page opens the camera roll, and the upload finishes. Nothing is installed and nothing is remembered.
What to check before you pick one
Ask what happens to a video. Photos are easy; a 90-second clip from an iPhone is 200 MB and is where cheap tools fail. Gathmo accepts 30-second videos on the free plan and up to 15 minutes on Grand.
Ask where the originals go. A tool that only gives you compressed copies has quietly deleted your wedding. Look for original-file download, and on Gathmo that is the ZIP export on any paid plan.
Ask who approves. Guest uploads are unfiltered by definition. Host moderation is the difference between a shared album and a shared album you can show to your parents.
Common follow-ups
How many guests can upload?
Unlimited, on every Gathmo plan including free. What the plan limits is the number of items and the retention window, not the number of people.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free plan holds 60 items for 30 days with 5 GB of storage and carries a watermark. Paid plans remove both limits.
Can guests upload after the wedding?
Yes, for as long as the album is open. The QR code and the link keep working until the retention window ends.
Where to go next
- Wedding photo sharingThe main wedding page: one QR-code scan, photos, video and voice messages, and what the album does after the day.
- Pricing and plan limitsWhat each plan costs and where its item cap, retention window and video length sit. One payment per event, no subscription.
- Gathmo compared with GuestPixGuestPix takes unlimited photos and video and runs a venue slideshow. It has no voice messages. That is the difference.
Related questions
- What is the best way to collect wedding photos from guests?Print a QR code, put it on every table, and ask once during the speeches. That combination collects more guest photos than any app, group chat, or hashtag.
- What is the app that collects wedding photos from guests?Guest photo collection apps work from a QR code on the table. Gathmo collects photos, video, and voice messages in one private album with no guest install.
- What is the best way for wedding guests to share photos?