POV app for weddings
POV gives each guest a disposable-style camera on their phone. You set the number of shots and when the photos reveal, and guests can also upload from their camera roll. Candid Cam is an upload page only: guests send photos and videos from their phone, and each one waits in your private review queue until you approve it.
Free to start. No card.
US$35 per wedding when you need more photos or videos. You pay once.
Compared
They solve the same problem in two ways. POV is built around its own disposable-style camera, and guests can also upload from their camera roll. Candid Cam is an upload page only: guests take photos with their phone’s own camera, then upload them. The two also set prices differently.
| What you compare | Candid Cam | POV app |
|---|---|---|
| What guests use | Candid CamAn upload page for the photos and videos already on their phones. Each video can be up to 20 seconds. | POV appA disposable-style camera on their phone. You choose how many photos each guest can take and when the photos reveal. Guests can also upload from their camera roll. |
| How guests join | Candid CamThey scan the QR code or open the link. The upload page opens in the phone browser, with no app and no account. | POV appThey scan the QR code or tap a link. POV opens as an App Clip on iPhone and as a web page on Android, so guests do not download the app. |
| Setting up | Candid CamYou create the album on the Candid Cam website and get the QR code at once. | POV appFor a personal event, you download the POV app for iOS or Android. |
| Price | Candid CamSet by uploads: Free for 50 photos; Social US$35 for 200 uploads, up to 60 of them videos; Plus US$69 for 500 uploads, up to 150 of them videos. | POV appSet by guest count: free up to 10 guests, $34.99 up to 100, $64.99 up to 175, $89.99 up to 250. |
| Checking photos | Candid CamEach upload waits in your private review queue. Guests see only what you approve. | POV appYou can review and delete guests’ photos at any time, and choose when photos reveal to guests. |
| Extras | Candid CamA privacy and consent notice before upload, one link for the shared album, and Download all. | POV appAn add-on package ($10 to $30) adds a live slideshow and custom branding. POV also makes printed photobooks. |
POV facts checked on 4 October 2026 on pov.camera, using its prices for personal events. Candid Cam prices are in US dollars; checkout shows your local currency.
How it differs
Nobody has to learn a new camera. Guests take photos and videos the way they always do, then scan the QR code and send them.
Guests pick photos and short videos from their camera roll. On paid plans, each video can be up to 20 seconds.
Every photo and video waits in your private review queue. Nothing reaches the shared album until you approve it.
Candid Cam is priced by photos and videos, not by guest count.
Thinking about real disposable cameras instead? Read about disposable camera alternatives and try the disposable camera cost calculator. Print your code with the free QR sign maker.
Honest fit
For many weddings, yes. POV turns photo taking into a game, with a shot limit and a reveal. Candid Cam suits couples who want guests to use their own camera app with no shot limit, and want to check each photo and video first.
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Yes, if you want the disposable-camera feel: a set number of shots per guest, photos that reveal later, and an optional printed photobook. If you would rather skip the shot limit and the reveal, and approve each photo and video before it reaches the album, Candid Cam fits better.
POV prices personal events by guest count: free up to 10 guests, $34.99 up to 100, $64.99 up to 175 and $89.99 up to 250, plus an optional add-on package for a live slideshow and branding (checked 4 October 2026). Candid Cam prices by photos and videos: free for 50 photos, then US$35 or US$69.
Candid Cam Free covers your first 50 photos, with no card; videos need a paid plan. Free galleries expire 30 days after the wedding ends. POV itself is free for events of up to 10 guests.
No, says POV: guests join through an App Clip on iPhone or a web page on Android. The couple downloads the POV app to set up a personal event. With Candid Cam, guests upload in the phone’s browser, and you create the album on the Candid Cam website.
Yes, says POV: the host can review and delete guests’ photos at any time, and choose when photos reveal. With Candid Cam, each upload stays private until you approve it, whatever the reveal time.
Yes, on paid plans. Social is US$35 per wedding for 200 uploads, up to 60 of them videos. Plus is US$69 for 500 uploads, up to 150 of them videos. Each video can be up to 20 seconds; the Free plan is for photos only.
One QR code, a browser upload page and a private review queue. Free to start.