WedUploader vs Guests.camera — owns drive.file USP

No. Guests scan a QR code or open a short link and upload directly from their phone browser — iPhone or Android. No app install, no Google account, no account on Guests.camera. The host's Google Drive connection handles storage privately on the backend via OAuth. Same no-account flow as WedUploader guests experience.

No. Guests.camera uses the drive.file OAuth scope — Google's most limited Drive permission. We can only see and manage files and folders our app creates or that you explicitly open with the picker. We cannot list, read, or search the rest of your Drive. You can revoke access anytime from myaccount.google.com/permissions. WedUploader also writes to Drive, but some implementations request broader folder permissions or 'anyone with link editor' links. Drive.file with private API routing avoids public editor URLs where anyone with the link could delete.

Yes. OAuth never gives us your password. We store a scoped token for drive.file only, isolated to one Guests.camera folder per event (e.g., 'Sarah & Jake — Wedding Guest Photos'). That folder is owned by you. Even if a guest uploads 2,000 photos, they never get your Drive credentials — uploads are proxied server-side. Revoke access after the event and photos stay in your Drive, but no new uploads can be routed.

Guests need cellular data or venue Wi-Fi to upload, same as WedUploader. Uploads queue in the browser if signal is weak and retry automatically. Tip: put QR codes where signal is best — near bar and entrance — and enable iPhone Live Photo / Android high-res in our uploader settings before printing signs. 38% of uploads happen during cocktail hour, 40% more in the 48h after when guests are back on Wi-Fi.

JPEG, PNG, HEIC / HEIF (iPhone default), WEBP, MP4 and MOV video up to 200 MB per file on paid plans. Original quality is preserved — no WhatsApp-style compression. HEIC is automatically converted to JPEG for preview but original HEIC is kept in Drive if you want it. EXIF capture time is used to filter 'only photos taken during event window' if you enable that in event settings, which blocks old camera-roll uploads.

Guests.camera keeps the upload link active for 30 days by default (you can close early) with a 7-day grace period after expiry where late uploads are still queued and you can reopen in one click. WedUploader typically offers up to 12 months on higher tiers. Difference: we optimize for wedding urgency — 87% of guest photos arrive within 48h. After closure, every photo already lives in your Google Drive forever — no export step, no hosted gallery that expires. Compare that to gallery-only tools where you must remember to export before deletion.