Most couples go looking for a wedding photo sharing app the week after the wedding, when the group chat has forty blurry photos and the best ones are still on phones nobody will ever ask about. The better time to decide is before the invitations go out, because the answer shapes what you print and what you tell guests.
A good one does three things. It gets photos out of guests' phones without asking them to install anything, because the guests you most want shots from are the ones least likely to download an app at a reception. It keeps the gallery worth looking at, so the album the morning after is the wedding rather than everyone's camera roll. And it puts the originals somewhere you own, at full size, with no download window closing on you.
Papped is built around those three. The QR code opens a camera in the browser, each guest gets a limited roll so they frame shots instead of spraying them, and every screened photo saves straight to your own Google Drive while the reception is still going.
Whose Drive keeps the photos. Every photo lands in a folder in one Google Drive, so pick the account that will keep them: most couples use one partner's and share the folder with the other on day one. For a big wedding, check the free space in that account first, and on Pap Pro add a second Drive as a backup so a full one never stops the night.
How many guests, and when to pay. The plan follows the guest count, the price is on the form before you pay, and it is one payment with no subscription. Weddings up to 5 guests are free with 5 shots each, which makes a small free event at the rehearsal dinner the easiest way to try it before you commit.
Who runs it on the day. You will be busy getting married, so from Pap Plus a sibling or your planner can join as a co-organizer, keep an eye on the gallery and handle approvals. A welcome photo of the two of you on the screen guests see first is free on every plan; a monogram watermark, your own stickers and video clips come with the paid plans.
What to print for a wedding QR code, and where to put it
Guests scan a card, type their name and the camera opens. That is the whole instruction. There is no app store, no password and no account, which matters at a wedding more than anywhere: the guest list runs from teenagers to grandparents, and the camera works the same on an iPhone or an Android phone.
Each guest gets a roll with a visible counter, so a shot feels like it counts. They can switch filters, flip to the front camera for the photo booth you did not book, and on paid plans record short clips with sound during the speeches. A photo they took earlier in the day can be added from their camera roll, and it spends a shot from the same roll.
If a phone forgets them between scans, which some phones do, they type the same name and carry on with the roll they had. Their photos stay theirs: each guest decides whether other guests can download their shots, and a photo can only be deleted from the phone that took it, or by you.
What your guests see, and the two controls they have
Every photo is screened as it arrives and appears in a shared gallery the whole room can open from the same code. Watching it fill up is half the fun: guests see the shots from the table across the room and go looking for better ones. If you would rather see everything first, switch on approval and nothing appears until you say so.
When the event ends the camera closes, so a card left in a handbag cannot add photos next month. Guests keep the gallery for 30 days to browse and save what they are allowed to. Your Drive folder is permanent, full size and already named after the wedding, so there is nothing to export and no deadline to beat.
For a wedding that runs across several days, such as a mehendi, a sangeet and the ceremony, one event can span the whole week: set the start to the first function and the end to the last, and every photo lands in one folder with one code on every table. If different sides of the family host different days, run one event per function instead, so each gets its own folder and gallery.
Indian wedding guest photos, across every function
Launch the event a few days out and test it with the wedding party: scan the code on two or three phones, take a photo each, and check it appears in the gallery and in your Drive folder. It takes five minutes and it is the best way to answer the question every couple has, which is whether it will actually work on the day.
Print the code where people will be sitting or waiting, not only at the door, and give it one line of instruction. Ask whoever is hosting to mention it once, after the first dance or before the speeches. A single announcement from the microphone gets more guests shooting than any number of signs.
From launch the camera works, so early scans spend real shots. After the end time you set, guests still uploading get a grace period, 24 hours by default, which you can shorten in Settings. Drop the join link in the family group chat on the morning for anyone who cannot scan. If you need a quiet moment during the vows, pause the camera from the dashboard and resume it at the reception; nobody loses their roll.
Ending an event, and what happens to the photos