The best baby shower photo app — how to choose

The one your guests will actually open — which rules out anything they have to download or log in to first — and, because these are a baby's photos, one that keeps the gallery private. Eventphoto.io is a web page: the QR code on the tables opens an upload page on the phone, the guest types a name once, picks photos, and everything ends up in one gallery that is never indexed and opens only with the code.

The baby shower photo apps most often compared are Eventphoto.io, Fotify, GuestPix, Google Photos and Dots Memories. They differ on two things that decide it: whether guests need an app or account — Eventphoto.io, Fotify and GuestPix all work in the browser from a QR code, while Google Photos needs every contributor to have a Google account — and how they price, since GuestPix and Dots Memories charge by guest count while Eventphoto.io is a flat $19.99 (£15.99 in the UK) one-time per event with no cap on guests.

Eventphoto.io's free plan gives each guest 20 photos for 14 days with no card, and the one-time $19.99 (£15.99 in the UK) adds unlimited photos and videos per guest, and 12 months of storage. Where the others lead: GuestPix and Fotify bundle invitations and RSVP tracking, and Dots Memories leans toward a keepsake package. Pricing was verified September 2026 — confirm current details before deciding.

You don't — the guests do. Put the QR code on the tables and say one sentence about it when everyone sits down; each guest scans it, the upload page opens in their browser, and their photos flow into one private gallery without the guest of honor touching a thing. She just opens the gallery afterwards and finds the whole day already collected.

No, nothing is public. The gallery is never indexed by search engines and opens only for someone with the code or link — there is no public feed and no profile. On either plan only the private host page manages the event and downloads everything, so you decide who ever sees the photos.

Yes. Anyone you send the code or link to opens the same gallery from wherever they are, so the relatives who couldn't make it scroll through the day with everyone else. Download the whole gallery as a single ZIP from your private host page to keep a copy — on a free event do that within the 14-day window, because a free event is deleted with its media when it expires.

You can run a whole shower on the free plan here: 20 photos per guest, 14 days of storage, no card, and no cap on how many guests upload — plenty for an afternoon with a close circle of family and friends. Paying is a one-time $19.99 (£15.99 in the UK) for that one event — unlimited photos and videos per guest, 12 months of storage, photo search — and nothing renews afterwards.

On the paid plan, yes — that covers the gift-opening, the first-reaction moments and any toast. The free plan takes photos only, so if you want the moving moments kept, that is the reason to upgrade.

14 days on the free plan, 12 months on the paid one. From your private host page you can request the whole gallery as one ZIP at any point — the download link arrives by email, usually within minutes — so once the mom-to-be has that archive on her own drive the clock stops mattering. A free event is deleted with its media when it expires, so do the download in that first week.

For a shower that finishes the job, the free plan here: 20 photos per guest, 14 days, no card, and the bulk download included — which most free tiers hold back. Google Photos is the free DIY option, but everyone adding photos needs a Google account, and it is not a private, per-event gallery.

Both work without an app. GuestPix has a generous free trial (50 photos, a 30-day upload window) and one-time tiers around $39–$89 by guest count, with video on its Medium tier and up; Eventphoto.io gives every guest 20 photos free for 14 days and a flat $19.99 (£15.99 in the UK) one-time adds unlimited photos and videos. Compare current pricing before deciding.

It works without an app, and its paid tiers lean into a live photo wall on the big screen. Fotify's free tier caps at 50 photos and 7 days with no bulk download, and paid runs €29.99–€79.99 one-time by tier; Eventphoto.io's free plan gives 20 photos per guest for 14 days and includes the download.

Dots Memories has no free tier. It is a one-time payment tiered by guest count (roughly €24.90 for up to 50 guests, up to €139.99 for up to 350), which includes 12 months of storage and video on every tier. That can suit a shower willing to pay up front, but there is no free way to try it first — whereas here you can pilot the whole flow before spending anything.

No, on either plan. They point a phone camera at the code on the table, the upload page opens in the browser, they type a name once and send photos. No app store, no download, no login — which is why the great-aunt who has never installed anything still ends up sending four pictures.

Yes, and that is the whole point of skipping the app. Scanning a QR code with the phone camera is the one thing every generation at the shower already knows how to do; the upload page opens by itself, they type a name once and pick photos. On the free plan that is 20 photos each for 14 days at no cost.