Guestpix is a solid QR photo-sharing gallery. the-boom is a whole party space. If you are comparing the two, the real question is what you want to keep from your event: a folder of pictures, or the music, the messages, the letters and the photos — alive in one place, for years. Here is an honest side-by-side, with Guestpix facts verified in July 2026.
Free up to 10 guests. Nothing to install.
Credit where it is due. Guestpix presents itself as the original QR code photo-sharing service, claims 150,000+ events across 100+ countries, and was founded by a couple, Carla and Warwick Groves, riding the QR wave of the COVID years. The guest experience is genuinely frictionless: no app, no registration — guests scan a QR code or open a private link and upload straight from their phone browser. Pricing is a one-time payment with no recurring charges or auto-renewal, there is a 14-day money-back guarantee on wedding plans, and at the end you can download the entire gallery as a single ZIP in original full resolution, not compressed thumbnails. All of this verified on their site in July 2026. If a pure photo and video gallery is all your event needs, Guestpix is a perfectly reasonable pick.
Scope. Guestpix is built around one job: collecting your guests' photos and videos. the-boom treats photos as one part of the celebration — alongside a collaborative playlist where guests add songs with dedications and vote for the best ones (searchable via iTunes, exportable to Spotify, YouTube or CSV), a private wall for photos, videos and messages with reactions, letters to the future that arrive as a time capsule, a souvenir poster with a QR code, and six visual ambiance presets to set the mood.
Pricing philosophy. Guestpix charges per event, before the party: the free demo caps at 50 photos with a 30-day upload window and no video, so a real event means a paid gallery. the-boom is free with every feature for up to 10 participants — many booms never need to pay anything — and one flat €29 payment per boom removes the participant limit forever.
What happens afterwards. A Guestpix gallery is hosted for 12 months from the event date, then renewal is optional at a discounted rate. A boom goes dormant instead of expiring: it keeps everything, sends anniversary reminders every year, and can even propose a reunion when it detects the group is ready for one.
| Feature | the-boom | Guestpix |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free up to 10 participants per boom; Pro €29 one-time per boom | One-time payment per event; wedding plans seen at €39 / €79 / €99 (EUR, currency geolocated) |
| Free plan | All features included, up to 10 participants | Demo plan: 50 photos max, 30-day upload window, video reserved for paid packages — invitation + RSVP included |
| Guest limit | Unlimited with Pro, for life | Unlimited on paid plans, with a fair-use cap of 1,000 guests per event |
| App to install | None — PWA, guests join with a first name | None — guests scan a QR or open a link and upload, no registration at all |
| Photos & videos | Private wall with photos, videos, messages and reactions | Photo & video gallery — its core specialty |
| Full-gallery ZIP export | — | Yes — one ZIP, original full resolution |
| Collaborative playlist | Votes, dedications, iTunes search; exports to Spotify, YouTube or CSV | — |
| Time capsule letters | Yes — letters to the future, delivered later | — |
| Souvenir poster with QR | Yes | — |
| After the event | Dormant mode, anniversary reminders, auto-reunion when the group shows 3 signals | Gallery hosted 12 months from the event date; optional renewal at a discounted rate |
| Digital invitation + RSVP | — | Yes, even on the free plan |
| Refunds | The free tier is the trial | 14-day money-back guarantee on wedding plans |
| Track record | Newer product | 150,000+ events in 100+ countries (self-reported) |
| Languages | 7 (French, English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese) | Not verified |
| GDPR | Yes | Not verified |
"—" means the feature is not offered, or was not something we could verify on the public pages we reviewed. Guestpix facts verified in July 2026 on guestpix.com; prices and plans can change at any time — always check their site before deciding.
Both products reject subscriptions, which is refreshing. Verified in July 2026, browsing from Europe (Guestpix geolocates its currency, so the site showed EUR): the Classic wedding plan was €39 with a 3-month upload window, Signature €79 with 12 months of upload and custom theming, and a top tier at €99 — we have seen that third plan presented differently across their pricing pages, so check the current structure on their site. All plans are one-time, host the gallery for 12 months from the event date, and include unlimited guests and uploads within a 1,000-guest fair-use cap.
the-boom is free up to 10 participants per boom, with every feature. When your party is bigger, Pro is €29, paid once per boom — unlimited participants, kept for life. No hosting window to renew, no upload deadline to beat. For a small birthday or a team farewell, you will likely never pay at all; for a wedding, €29 once compares favourably with a per-event gallery — and the boom is still there on your tenth anniversary.
Pick Guestpix if you want a mature, single-purpose photo and video gallery with the lowest possible guest friction — no name, no sign-in, just scan and upload — and a full-resolution ZIP of everything at the end. It is very good at exactly that.
Pick the-boom if the photos are only half the story: you want the group to build the soundtrack together before the party, react to each other's photos and messages during it, write letters their future selves will open, and keep the whole thing alive — dormant, then back every year — instead of racing a 12-month hosting clock. And if your group is 10 people or fewer, it costs nothing.
Yes. the-boom is free for up to 10 participants per boom, with every feature included: collaborative playlist with votes and dedications, private photo and video wall, letters to the future, souvenir poster with QR code. Beyond 10 guests, the Pro plan is a single one-time payment of €29 per boom and unlocks unlimited participants for life — no subscription, no renewal.
As verified in July 2026 (browsing from Europe, where the site displays prices in EUR), Guestpix wedding plans were Classic at €39, Signature at €79, and a top tier at €99 — all one-time payments, with the gallery hosted for 12 months from the event date and a 14-day money-back guarantee. The free demo plan caps at 50 photos with a 30-day upload window, and video upload is reserved for paid packages. Prices can change at any time — always check guestpix.com for current plans.
No, on both. Guestpix guests scan a QR code or open a private link and upload straight from their phone browser, with no registration at all. the-boom is a progressive web app (PWA): guests open the link and join with their first name — nothing to install either.
Guestpix hosts your gallery for 12 months from the event date, with an optional renewal at a discounted rate beyond that, and lets you download everything as a single full-resolution ZIP. the-boom takes the opposite approach: after the event, your boom goes dormant and stays — it wakes up with anniversary reminders each year, and can even suggest a reunion when the group shows signs of wanting one.
If all you need is a proven, dead-simple photo and video gallery — guests upload with zero friction, you get a full-resolution ZIP at the end — Guestpix does that very well, and it has the track record to show for it. the-boom is the better fit when you want the party itself, not just its pictures: collaborative music with votes and dedications, a message wall, time capsule letters, and a memory that stays alive long after the last dance.
Playlist, photo wall, time capsules — all in one boom.