An audio guestbook collects the spoken messages photos cannot hold — through the After The Message vintage phone, and through voice notes in the guest camera itself.
Feature
A phone-first capture flow for the photos and videos guests already take.
Guest camera
Tap photo
Hold for video
Private album
Sealed
By default, until the host sends
Export
ZIP
Download all visible files
Positioning
Guests can use Gooya with just a QR code. The phone is for events where voices matter: grandparents, friends with stories, memorials, and couples who want to hear the room years later.
Guest behavior
People speak differently into a handset than into a form. The vintage phone creates a ritual: pick it up, hear the greeting, wait for the tone, and leave the thing you would never type.
Voice notes in the QR
Voice notes come from the same QR code on iPhone and Android, up to three per guest by default, and the host can switch voice off. They go only to the host.
Bundle
The phone is a premium rental product. Keeping it bundled but separate lets Gooya stay simple while giving high-intent couples a richer keepsake package.
| How guests' photos get collected | Gooya | Group chat | Shared album | Pro photographer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an app or account | No — just scan a QR | Yes (the chat app) | Yes (an account) | — |
| Captures everyone's angle | The whole crowd | Only people in the chat | Only who you invite | One photographer |
| Photo, video and voice | All three | Compressed photos/clips | Photos & video | Photos (video extra) |
| Full-resolution originals | Yes | No — compressed | Yes | Yes |
| You own & download it all | One-click ZIP | Screenshot the thread | Yes | Depends on contract |
| Typical cost | From $89 / event | Free but scattered | Ongoing storage fees | $1,500–$4,000+ |
| Ready | Same day | — | — | Weeks later |
No. Guests scan one QR code and nobody installs an app or makes an account. On an iPhone in Safari, Gooya's own camera opens without downloading any app, with a dial of cameras: Reaction, Faces, Reel, Video, Photo, Boom and Rewind. Android phones, older iPhones and in-app browsers use the web camera, into the same private album. Guests can also send from their own library.
Not by default. Guests see nothing until the host sends the album (the default); then they can view and react for 24 hours. At the event they send their own memory, see that it landed, and go back to it. The private album belongs to the host.
Yes. The host can download the visible memories in one ZIP, including the original photo and video files Gooya stores for the event.
No. Gooya works as a QR guest camera without the phone. The vintage phone is an optional add-on for hosts who want spoken messages too.
“I cried when I saw my mom's reaction to the father-daughter dance — the dual camera caught the dance and her face in the same shot. I'd never have gotten that myself.”
“The best part was seeing real footage from real people, not just the photographer's version of the night.”
“It didn't dump hundreds of photos onto my phone and eat my storage — I got to pick exactly what I wanted to keep.”
Pricing
Gooya pricing for no-app QR photo and video collection, private albums, ZIP download, reveal controls, and optional vault renewal.
Feature
Gooya's guest camera lets guests scan one QR code, take photos, record short videos, and upload from their phone with no app.
Wedding photo sharing
Wedding photo sharing without an app: guests scan one QR code and send photos and short videos to your private Gooya album. No guest account needed.
Gooya is a private, no-app guest camera for weddings and events. Guests scan, shoot, and send. You keep the gallery.