WedShoots: our review, what’s free, and what to do if your guests won’t install the app
WedShoots is the free photo sharing app from The Knot Worldwide, the group behind mariages.net, matrimonio.com and bodas.net. Here is what its own pages say, as checked on 11 November 2026, and what they don’t say. This page is published by Sipix, a competing service.
What it is
A mobile app, for iPhone and Android, which the group’s portals recommend to every registered couple. The couple creates an album; guests install the app, sign up and enter the album code to add their photos. The album can be downloaded, and it can be projected during the evening.
Is it really free?
Yes, and with no published limit on the number of photos. The terms of use reserve the group’s right to charge for future features, but its pages announce no paid plan today. The trade-off lies elsewhere: every guest has to install the app and sign up. The publisher says so in its replies to reviews on Google Play (“it is currently a requirement that everyone registers on the app”, 18 June 2024), and its French terms add that downloading the app counts as registering on the portal’s website.
The app’s App Store listing declares that the user’s e-mail address and name may be collected and linked to their identity, including for the publisher’s advertising and marketing, and that contact details and identifiers may be used to track them across apps and websites owned by other companies.
Videos, slideshow, languages and how long the album lasts
Videos are limited to 30 s each, according to the portal’s help centre. They can only be watched and downloaded on a mobile, and do not appear in the projection. The slideshow is launched from a computer and does not update by itself: you have to refresh the page to see the new photos. Photos are advertised as “in high definition”, with no promise about the original. The app exists in 8 languages. The album stays online for as long as the couple’s account exists; the same help centre specifies that an album linked to a profile cannot be deleted separately, only hidden, and that it disappears only if the whole account is deleted.
WedShoots reviews
The ratings left in the app stores, as checked on 11 November 2026:
- App Store (France): 4.7 out of 5, 75,842 ratings
- App Store (Italy): 4.7 out of 5, 41,422 ratings
- App Store (Spain): 4.7 out of 5, 28,406 ratings
- Google Play (France): 4.7 out of 5, 92,400 ratings
These ratings come from people who installed the app. They say nothing about the guests who didn’t.
Our view: when WedShoots is enough
If the budget is zero, if your guests are young and at ease with the App Store and Google Play, if videos of 30 s are enough for you, and if you already use the group’s portal for your suppliers, WedShoots does the job, and does it well.
WedShoots and Sipix, side by side
| WedShoots | Sipix our service | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no published limit | Free, 5,000 files, 30 GB, online for 1 month, photos only€59 to €99, one-off payment |
| Guest app | App required, account required | Browser, no app, no account |
| Videos | Yes, 30 s max | Yes, paid plans only, 500 MB max |
| Voice messages | Not documented | Paid plans only, 3 min max, heard by the couple only, transcribed |
| Quality and export | “HD” advertised, original not promised, bulk download | Originals kept, bulk download |
| Retention | As long as the account exists | 1 month, 12 months or 3 years, deleted at expiry |
| Hosting and AI | Location not stated, no AI mentioned | European Union, automatic filter, can be switched off |
| Moderation and curation | Not documented | Approval before publishing, automatic filter, blurry photos kept out of the slideshow, bursts grouped |
| Guest languages | 8 languages, listed | 10 languages, listed |
| Slideshow | Yes | Yes |
If your guests won’t install an app
Having to install the app and create an account is a limitation guests often mention in App Store and Google Play reviews: some of them, often the oldest, install nothing. A service that works in the browser solves the problem: a QR code, and the upload begins. That is how Sipix works.
For guests, every step counts. With WedShoots: open the App Store or Google Play, install the app, sign up and enter the album code, then send. With Sipix: scan the QR code, then send.
That is why Sipix chose the browser: every extra step leaves guests behind, and they are often the ones holding the most touching photos.
At Sipix, photos are free (5,000 files, 30 GB, album online for 1 month), with no app and no account. The Complete plan (€59, one-off payment) adds videos up to 500 MB, transcribed voice messages that only the couple can listen to, and the album online for 12 months, with an announced deletion date.
Worth knowing before you choose: you can move to the Complete plan later, as long as the album is online. But the videos and voice messages your guests were unable to send on the day will not come back: to receive them, you need to choose Complete (€59) before the celebration.
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Frequently asked questions
Is WedShoots free?
Yes, with no published limit on the number of photos. The terms reserve the right to charge for future features, but its pages announce no paid plan today.
Do you have to install the WedShoots app?
Yes, for guests and for the couple alike: the French site asks you to download the app and enter the album code, and the portal’s help centre specifies that the QR code is scanned from within the app. Its pages announce no upload from the browser.
Do guests have to create an account on WedShoots?
Yes. The publisher says so in its replies to reviews on Google Play: registration is required of everyone, by e-mail and password or through Facebook. Its terms add that downloading the app counts as registering on the portal’s website. With Sipix, the guest has no app to install and no account to create.
Does WedShoots accept videos?
Yes, up to 30 s per video according to the portal’s help centre. They can only be watched and downloaded on a mobile, and do not appear in the projection.
How long does a WedShoots album stay online?
For as long as the couple’s account exists, according to the portal’s help centre: the album disappears only if the whole account is deleted. It cannot be deleted separately, only hidden.
How good are WedShoots’ reviews?
On App Store (France), the app is rated 4.7 out of 5 across 75,842 ratings (checked on 11 November 2026). These ratings come from people who installed the app: they do not measure how many guests gave up on it.
Where are photos uploaded to WedShoots hosted?
Its pages do not say: no hosting location is published there (checked on 11 November 2026). Sipix hosts photos in the European Union.
What’s an alternative to WedShoots with no app?
A service that works in the browser: guests scan a QR code and send, without installing anything. Sipix is one, free for photos, €59 for videos, voice messages and the album online for 12 months.
WedShoots or Sipix: what’s the difference?
WedShoots is free and requires every guest to install an app and sign up; its videos are limited to 30 s. Sipix works in the browser, with no app and no account: free for photos (5,000 files, album online for 1 month), and €59 as a one-off payment for videos up to 500 MB, voice messages and the album online for 12 months, with an announced deletion date.