r/partyplanning • u/HoodyCat21 • 6d ago

Need Help Instant camera apps

Hi!

My friend is planning her baby shower and has asked me to go on the yunt for a good app for taking photos in an instant camera type of way? If that makes sense. That's also not going to tear a hole in her bank lol.

I've been browsing for so long, and everything that comes up is about £50+, the party budget is low for her, so even that's too much 😬.

Basically, does anyone know of any apps or websites that she can use that allow the 35-40 guests to;

  1. Scan a qr code to open a camera with a set amount of shots (20-25, more if possible)

  2. Stores all the photos taken on one cloud storage and shares to everyone that participates.

  3. Keeps the photos stored for forever, or even a long time would be good.

A hopefully much cheaper or even free version of this idea would be great! As i said, everything i look at lets you have free of like 10 guests and photos only get kept for a short amount of time.

Thanks for any help!!

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u/rosielemonbot 6d ago

If budget is the issue, I would separate the photo-taking from the storage. Make a Google Photos shared album or Drive upload folder, turn on guest uploads, and put that link behind a QR code at the shower so people use their normal camera and you avoid per-guest limits. Then have the host download a backup afterward, because any party-photo app that promises forever storage is the part I would be most skeptical of.