There are many wedding photo sharing apps that let you collect photos taken by your guests. They work by providing a QR code that your guests can scan, which brings them to a website where they can upload their photos. Since no app download is required, it’s a convenient way for your guests to contribute photos of your wedding from different perspectives.
However, there are several shortcomings to this approach:
- It’s a challenge to get your guests to contribute photos, because they are busy interacting with you and the other guests, or they feel like it’s a hassle. You also need to think about technical support. While the process can seem simple, not everyone is tech savvy—especially people who didn’t grow up with smartphones.
- We believe it’s more important for your guests to be present in the moment, than to record your wedding. After all, you’re inviting them because they are important people in your lives, not because of their photo taking skills.
- Most importantly, you’ve already hired someone to do this very job for you—your wedding photographer! And you’re getting curated and high quality photos—unlike the photos from your guests, which will vary in quality.
In our opinion, the better approach is quite different from what these wedding photo sharing apps do. Instead of getting photos from your guests, you should be giving them the photos from your wedding photographer, in real-time.
That way, your guests can enjoy your wedding without worrying about taking photos. The person best qualified to take photos of your wedding (the wedding photographer) can share the beautiful moments they capture with everyone. It adds to the experience of your wedding and lets everyone share in your joy.
As wedding photographers ourselves, we believe in this approach so much that we built Honcho to allow other photographers to do the same thing.
In this article, we’ll explain how Honcho helps wedding photographers instantly share photos with your guests, via face recognition. Or you can sign up for an account and see for yourself.
If you still want to collect photos from your guests, we recommend the best wedding photo sharing apps to help you do that.
You can also find our complementary wedding photography checklist.
Honcho
Instead of collecting photos from your guests, Honcho lets your wedding photographer instantly share their beautiful and professionally taken photos in an online gallery. After all, everyone is most excited to see the photos during the wedding, not the usual days or weeks after it’s over.
Honcho does this by helping wedding photographers upload their photos from camera to cloud, while they shoot. They just have to connect their camera to their smartphone, with the Honcho app installed. The photos are automatically transferred to the app and uploaded to the cloud, and they can be viewed in an online gallery.
You can share the online gallery with a link or QR code. Many of our clients will print the QR code and place it around the venue, or show it on a screen. The online gallery runs in any browser, and you don’t have to download any app to access it.
At the online gallery, guests can see all of your wedding photos to share in your joy. Or they can find just their own photos with face recognition, without having to browse through the whole gallery. All they have to do is upload a selfie, and Honcho will automatically find their photos by matching them with the selfie.
Honcho gives you full control over privacy. It lets you password protect the online gallery, so that only selected people have access to it.
Alternatively, you can blur all of the photos in the gallery. Only photos that are found with face recognition are unblurred, which means you can only see your own photos and no one else’s. Hence, you can freely share the online gallery, while maintaining everyone’s privacy.
Finally, Honcho makes it easy for you to display a live slideshow of the wedding photos on any screen. We’ve done thousands of events and weddings, and it’s the most powerful way to add excitement to your wedding. There’s just something magical about seeing photos of yourself on a large screen.
With Honcho, wedding photography becomes more than just documenting your big day. It’s a meaningful experience that adds to your wedding, by letting everyone engage with the photos while the wedding is still ongoing.
Wedibox
If you’re still looking to collect photos from your guests, there are many wedding photo sharing apps that can help you do that.
All of them work in the same way, by providing a QR code for your guests to scan, in order to upload their photos to a shared album.
The first option on our list is Wedibox. It’s a user-friendly digital guestbook and media-sharing platform for weddings. It allows guests to scan a QR code and upload photos, videos, audio messages, and written notes without the need to download an app.
You can create a personalized event page (with RSVP collection), complete with design templates and custom QR code cards, making it easy to encourage guest participation. This platform is particularly well-suited for weddings, milestone celebrations, and other social gatherings where simplicity and accessibility are key.
One of its standout features is its seamless upload process, which supports unlimited high-resolution media submissions. Guests simply scan the QR code and begin contributing to the digital album.
The photo sharing app also offers real-time live slideshow functionality, multi-album organization, and an interactive guestbook where guests can leave comments, reactions, or audio clips. After the event, you can easily download all the collected content in a ZIP file, ensuring that nothing is lost. The event pages are highly customizable, allowing you to match the platform’s look and feel with your wedding theme.
Wedibox has been praised in wedding forums and online communities for its ease of use and ability to capture spontaneous moments that couples may otherwise miss. Many users appreciate how it simplifies the process of gathering candid photos from guests, especially when distributed through printed QR code cards on tables or signage.
However, while customization options are broad, couples seeking extension branding or advanced editing tools might find it somewhat limited.
Overall, Wedibox offers a highly accessible, modern solution for digital memory-keeping at weddings.
Guestpix
Like Wedibox, Guestpix also lets your guests upload unlimited photos, videos and guestbook messages. On top of that, their packages come with 12 months of uploads, so you can continue collecting photos and videos after your wedding.
You can create a live photo and video slideshow to showcase your wedding from multiple perspectives. As mentioned before, we’re big fans of live slideshows because they are so effective in creating energy and starting conversations.
A unique suggestion they provide is to play a game of I spy with your guests. Essentially, you can print a list of items for your guests to photograph—Guestpix provides a Canva template for that. Then, you can reward the best photo entry with a prize. It’s a fun activity to add to your wedding, which helps to engage your guests.
Guestlense
Next on the list is Guestlense, which also offers unlimited uploads of full-resolution photos and videos. It provides a 3-month upload period, so that your guests can continue contributing photos even after your wedding is over. In addition, it also has a generous 12-month access period—your photos and videos are available for download for a full year.
Guestlense comes with 7+ pre-made site layouts, which gives you control over how your gallery looks without weighing you down with too many customisation options. Like Wedibox, they offer QR code templates in Canva—but they make it even more convenient by offering a plan where they print and ship the QR cards for you.
GuestLense offers a clean, intuitive solution for collecting candid photos with essential features like QR code uploads, customizable galleries, and flexible access periods. It’s a strong choice if you want a hassle-free way to collect guest memories.
Lense
Lense positions itself as the disposable camera app for weddings, which is an interesting approach. It recreates the experience of physical disposable cameras, and we all know how fun they are to use.
You can set a limit to the number of photos each guest can take. After all, disposable cameras don’t come with unlimited photos, and this encourages guests to be more selective in their shots. Like a real disposable camera, guests are not able to see the photos instantly—they will only be revealed after some time. You can apply filters to the photos to replicate the disposable camera aesthetic.
User feedback on Lense has been largely positive. The app holds an average rating of 4.8 stars, with users frequently highlighting its ease of use, strong guest engagement, and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional film cameras. Many appreciate its blend of nostalgic charm and digital convenience.
That said, a few limitations have been noted. Some guests have experienced inconsistencies with the “no-download” promise—particularly on Android devices, where app installation may be required to take photos. Additionally, minor technical issues, such as slower uploads or mobile billing-related payment friction, have been reported during high-traffic events.
Overall, Lense delivers a distinctive photography experience, combining the appeal of disposable cameras with the benefits of digital sharing. While you should be aware of potential technical limitations under heavy use, Lense remains a compelling option for those looking to offer guests a fun, nostalgic photo experience with a modern twist.
Kululu
Like the other photo sharing apps, Kululu lets you create a private wedding album that your guests can contribute to by scanning a QR code. They can upload photos and videos with captions, as well as text posts. Depending on the plan, guests can continue uploading for 7 or 30 days from the wedding.
You can stream the uploads in real-time with a live slideshow, which can be displayed on any screen. It’s an amazing way to create excitement and encourage other guests to contribute to the album. Customization options include personalized album themes and QR code templates.
Kululu is an intuitive and effective solution for capturing guest contributions at weddings, offering live photo walls, easy uploads, and solid customization at accessible price points.
GuestCam
GuestCam works in a similar way with the rest of the wedding photo sharing apps on this list. With a QR code, your guests can upload photos, videos and voice recordings. You can create up to 30 galleries to organise the uploads, which is useful for events on different dates—such as the engagement party, bridal shower and wedding day.
With live slideshows, customizable Canva QR templates, unlimited photo and video uploads, and co-host collaboration tools, GuestCam provides a comprehensive set of features.
The feature that sets GuestCam apart is face recognition. Just like Honcho, guests can upload a selfie to find all of the photos that they appear in. That way, they can easily find their photos without having to scroll through the whole gallery.
WedUploader
WedUploader is a simple photo sharing app with just one feature—providing a QR code for your guests to upload their photos to a shared album. However, it doesn’t actually store your files. Instead, you have to connect it to your Google Drive, and all of the photos and videos are uploaded and stored there.
The app supports unlimited uploads in full resolution, from unlimited guests, and allows you to generate unique QR codes and URLs for each album.
It’s a good option if you’re looking for an affordable option (with a one-time $39 payment) and you don’t need any of the extra features, like live slideshows.
WedShoots
WedShoots is a free photo sharing app designed to gather wedding photos and videos in one private shared album. You can create an album, distribute a QR code or shareable code, and let your guests upload media, comment, and like images—without needing to download an app or sign up for an account.
WedShoots emphasizes simplicity and interactivity, with high-resolution photo uploads, real-time live feeds, Instagram-style filters, and social engagement options. You and your guests can download the full album at any time.
That said, its core features are functional but basic—advanced customization and branding are limited. WedShoots is great if you’re looking for a free and simple option.
Wedtrove
With WedTrove, guests can instantly upload high-resolution photos and videos simply by scanning a QR code or tapping a link—no app downloads or accounts required. Behind the scenes, you get a personalized, beautifully organized gallery. With a wide selection of print-ready templates for wedding signage, WedTrove is designed for couples seeking a polished yet user-friendly solution.
WedTrove offers unlimited guest access, unlimited galleries, and full-resolution uploads with real-time display—perfect for live wedding slideshows. The platform is known for its quick and easy setup process, along with a variety of template themes to suit any wedding style. Additionally, it provides cloud storage for up to one year, giving you plenty of time to download and preserve your memories.
We appreciate WedTrove’s simplicity and functionality, particularly its unlimited galleries and fast, concurrent uploads, which offer excellent value compared to many competitors. However, the platform does lack more advanced features such as facial recognition and permanent storage options.
WedTrove is an ideal choice if you’re seeking an effortless, elegant way to collect guest photos and videos. If you want advanced tools like facial recognition, you’d want to explore the other platforms in this article.
Chivent
When it comes to capturing special moments from your guests, Chivent keeps things refreshingly simple. It lets guests instantly upload photos, videos, and personal notes—all without downloading an app or creating an account. Whether you’re hosting a laid-back backyard wedding or a grand celebration, Chivent makes it easy to gather authentic, meaningful content from everyone attending.
Chivent focuses on simplicity and flexibility: you can set up an event album in minutes, customize its design, and share QR codes for instant uploads. Guests can contribute multimedia content and messages directly to the album in real time. The platform supports full-resolution uploads and offers unlimited guest access. Additionally, Chivent allows the inclusion of notes and custom hashtags to organize content across multi-day celebrations.
We appreciate Chivent’s well-structured and affordable pricing. The basic Premium Pass starts at just $16.99 per event, offering 10GB of storage with a 90-day archival period. We find this plan particularly suitable for smaller, more intimate weddings.
Chivent is an excellent choice for those seeking a straightforward, cost-effective photo sharing app for gathering guest media and messages at weddings. Its ease of setup, QR-based uploads, full-resolution storage, and affordability make it highly appealing—especially for smaller budgets or multi-language crowds. The addition of AI-powered smart tagging is a standout feature, making it easy to organize and locate files later on.
Joy
Joy is an all-in-one wedding planning platform that combines a wedding website builder, guest management tools, and photo sharing in a single app. It’s designed for couples looking for a centralized space to manage RSVPs, schedules, registries, and more—while also collecting photos from guests through the Joy app or website.
While its main strength lies in wedding planning, Joy also offers a private photo-sharing space where guests can upload and browse images. You can invite guests to share photos throughout the celebration, with everything neatly organized in your Joy account. However, it requires guests to create an account or use the Joy app, making it less instant compared to QR-based platforms.
Joy stands out for couples seeking a streamlined, all-in-one wedding solution. Its photo-sharing feature is a nice bonus for those already using the platform for planning. However, it lacks the specialized features found in dedicated photo-sharing apps—such as live slideshows, instant QR uploads, or AI-powered organization. That said, its photo-sharing tool is completely free, which makes it an appealing option if you’re on a budget.
Conclusion
Conventionally, wedding photo sharing apps work by letting you collect photos and videos from your guests. While it’s great to see your wedding from multiple perspectives, it’s often a challenge to get your guests to participate. The photos you collect will vary in quality, because not everyone is good at taking photos.
If your goal is to create a memorable experience for you and your guests, the better approach is to share the photos from your wedding photographer in real-time. After all, everyone loves seeing gorgeous photos capturing the best moments.
Honcho lets your wedding photographer instantly share their photos, while they shoot. It comes with face recognition, making it easy for your guests to find their own photos. With the live slideshow feature, you can showcase the photos on any screen to create excitement.
Remember, your wedding photos are important not just to you. They are important to your guests too. Your wedding is a special occasion for them, and they might have taken photos with people they have not seen in a while. With Honcho, you give everyone the greatest gift—photos of a special event that everyone was a part of.
Make a difference to your wedding by signing up for Honcho or telling your photographer about it. Your photographer would love to hear about a game-changing app like Honcho—just ask the thousands of photographers already using it.
