You searched for a wedding photo sharing app. A QR so guests can upload. A way to collect wedding photos from guests without WhatsApp.
What people mean is a private gallery. Guests scan a code. Pictures already on the phone go in. Often the gallery is open on the night, or soon after. No app to download. No guest account. Sometimes a live wall. Sometimes a shared album everyone can browse while dinner is still going. Convenience is the pitch.
Then the category forks.
One kind of tool is an upload gallery. Scan a QR. The browser opens. Guests pick from the camera roll, or shoot in the page, and the photos land in a shared album. Often that album is browsable live, or soon after the night. No download. No account. The pictures are in the room while the room is still in it.
Polajoy is the other kind. Short sealed 30-shot rolls on the phones already in pockets. Nobody sees the photos before unlock, including the couple. The couple picks one reveal. Then paper if they want it. It is not a no-download browser camera. It is not a live album.
The download is deliberate. Guests download the free Polajoy app on iPhone and Android. They type the join code for the event and join with an account. Two minutes once. Then it is just a camera.
Guests have accounts so after the wedding everyone who attended can be sent the photos. A page with no account has nobody to send the set to.
Each ordinary guest gets one 30-shot roll. Hard-stop at 0. No second roll. No paywall. If you nominate a photographer, the friend with the good eye, they can start another free 30-shot roll. Ordinary guests do not.
After each shot, about ten seconds to Accept or Void. Timeout or a screenshot voids it. A void does not spend a frame. After Accept they still see the photo on the sign screen. A short handwritten note is optional, up to 34 characters. Initials always go on the frame. It seals on Send, then it is gone until unlock.
Nobody sees the photos before unlock, including the couple. The couple chooses one reveal. It can be the end of the night, the next morning, a week later, or a time after the event ends. The shop opens after that reveal, and only if you want paper. Nothing auto-ships. Free downloads carry a small wordmark. £2.99 takes it off. Prints never have it.
The couple picks one of 12 film looks for everyone.
Setup is free. Pay only for the physical products you choose. Retroprints, a 12×12" layflat photo book, a wall frame with 16 or 25 apertures, thank-you cards.
If what you wanted was the app itself, there is a note on a wedding guest photo app without the morning-after chat. If the search was a wedding photo app with no download, there is a note on why we still ask for one. If the search was a live wall on the dancefloor, there is a note on a wedding photo wall from guest photos, without the live slideshow. If the search was the QR on the table card, there is a note on a wedding QR code for guest photos.
If you want the method, how a couple actually gathers the pictures, there is a note on how to collect wedding photos from guests. If the pictures were going to land in the group chat, there is a note on WhatsApp wedding photos. If the search was Google Photos, there is a note on Google Photos wedding albums. If the plan was a OneDrive folder, there is a note on OneDrive wedding photos. If the search was a shared album, there is a note on a shared wedding album, without the midnight scroll. If you wanted photos and a short note in one place, there is a note on a digital guest book that is actually photos.
The complete guide walks through looks, table cards, and the reveal. These notes are written by Richard Lovatt, with Kitty. The rest live with the other articles.
A wedding photo sharing app is not the photographer of the day. Keep them. The guest camera does not replace the hired photographer. Names we have written up live on the directory, including Romford, Tamworth, Lincoln, Nottingham, London, and Bristol.
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