Gooya keeps guest photos and videos in one host-controlled gallery. Guests contribute without browsing, and the host decides what to keep, share, download, or reveal later.
Feature
A phone-first capture flow for the photos and videos guests already take.
Guest camera
Tap photo
Hold for video
Private gallery
Write-only
Host controls reveal
Export
ZIP
Download all visible files
Private collection
Shared albums turn into public feeds. Gooya is built around a private memory book where every guest can add something without seeing everyone else's uploads.
Organization
A good event gallery should be scannable after the party. Gooya separates media types so hosts can listen to voices, browse photos, and play videos without digging through a messy folder.
Control
A private album lets the host remove duplicates, hide awkward clips, and decide what family sees later. That is much safer than sending every guest into a shared public album.
Keepsake
Gooya's advantage is emotional packaging. The gallery can be a place to revisit the day, not just a transfer folder for the photos your photographer missed.
| 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. Gooya opens in the phone browser from one QR code. Guests can use the camera or their library without installing an app, making an account, or remembering a password.
No. Gooya is write-only for guests by default. They send their own memory, see that it landed, and return to the event. 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.
“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.”
Feature
Gooya hosts can download all visible event memories in one ZIP, including photos, videos, and voice files when enabled.
Feature
Gooya lets hosts keep an event gallery sealed, reveal it instantly, or schedule a private reveal after the event.
Wedding photo sharing
Collect wedding photos and short videos from guests through one QR code into a private Gooya gallery. No app or guest account required.
Gooya is a private, no-app guest camera for weddings and events. Guests scan, shoot, and send. You keep the gallery.