How it works
One quiet link, kept for the family.
A family member or trusted friend creates the private collection and receives one QR code and one share link. The QR can sit near the entrance or the refreshment table, where people may notice it without being asked to act. The link can also be sent privately to those who cannot attend, so a memory from far away still finds its way to the family.
- *One QR code and one private link — nothing to install.
- *Guests add a photograph, a short video, or a few spoken words.
- *Those who cannot attend can contribute from anywhere.
A gentle invitation
'Share a memory, if you would like to.'
A memory collection should never place pressure on someone who is grieving. The clearest sign is the most restrained: a few words, the QR code, and nothing else. No countdowns, no contribution counts, no announcements singling anyone out. The invitation simply stays available through the gathering, and the link remains easy to share in the days after.
- *One small sign at the entrance or refreshment table is enough.
- *No urgency, no gamification, no public participation list.
- *If someone mentions it aloud, the wording stays optional and soft.
What people share
Every kind of remembering is welcome.
People remember differently. Some bring a treasured photograph; some think of a place, an object, or a view that brings the person to mind; some carry a story that has never been written down. A private collection makes room for all of it, without making anyone feel their memory is too small or too ordinary.
- *A photograph of a moment — or of a place that brings them to mind.
- *A small story that makes you smile.
- *A spoken kindness — the voices often come to mean the most.
Private, and the family's
Not a public feed. Never one.
A remembrance collection may hold children, family stories, and words meant only for the family — so privacy is the design, not a setting. Guests are write-only and never browse one another's contributions. The family decides who has the link, can hide or remove any item, and nothing is ever posted publicly. Media is never sold and never used to train AI.
- *Write-only for guests; the collection belongs to the family.
- *Hide or remove any item, at any time.
- *Never sold, never used for advertising, never used to train AI.
In the days after
Some memories arrive later. The door stays open.
Often the most meaningful contributions come after the service — a distant friend finds an old photograph, a colleague remembers a story during a quiet week. The same private link keeps working, so the family can send it later with gentle words: if a photo or memory comes to you in the days ahead, there is a private place for it here.
- *The link keeps working after the gathering.
- *Relatives contribute in their own time — nothing to chase.
- *The family revisits the collection on its own timeline.
If there is a screen
A display, only if the family chooses — and only gently.
Some families choose to show photographs on a screen during the gathering; many prefer to keep the collection sealed and private. Both are right. If a display is used, Gooya's memorial mode only ever uses a slow, gentle dissolve between photographs — no flashes, no celebratory effects — and the full private collection remains separate from what is shown.
- *Off by default — a deliberate family choice, never automatic.
- *Gentle dissolves only; nothing festive fires at a memorial.
- *The private collection stays separate from the screen.
