Hi! I’m Saito from the Moments editorial team!
When you search for “wedding photo sharing,” loads of apps and services come up, and they all start to look the same, right? 🤔
Actually, if you look at how they work, they fall into two main types. Once you get this, choosing gets a lot easier!
Shared albums: guests “send them to you” afterward
This type includes wedding photo-sharing albums like WeddingShare and Burapura Share, LINE albums, and Google Photos shared albums.
What they’re good at 👍
- Gather the photos and videos guests have already taken in one place
- Work with any kind of camera, including DSLRs and video
- Easy to keep costs down (free to a few thousand yen)
Where they fall short…
- Guests still have the extra step of “sending them later” (43.4% of guests named the steps for sending as a reason; ParaLux Inc., 2026)
- The people who send photos tend to be the same few, so you may only get photos from some of your guests
- Some services only keep your photos for a limited time (for example, 90 days)
Disposable cameras: photos arrive the moment they’re taken
This type includes Utsurundesu (Fujifilm’s disposable film camera, sold as QuickSnap outside Japan) and instax (Cheki) cameras placed on the tables, and apps like Moments that turn guests’ phones into a camera just for the day.
What they’re good at 👍
- The photos guests take go straight to the couple, so there’s no need to ask “please send them!”
- The “disposable camera feel” is fun: a limited number of shots, and not seeing the photos until they’re developed
- It gets guests talking to each other and livens things up as part of the celebration
Where they fall short…
- With Utsurundesu or instax, preparing, collecting and developing the cameras takes effort and money (Utsurundesu costs about ¥5,480 per camera including developing and digitizing)
- Many can’t take video (Moments is photos only, too)
Moments is a “disposable camera on your phone”
Moments is a camera made just for weddings that brings the fun of a disposable camera to your phone, nothing else needed 📸
- Guests just scan a QR code. No app download, no account (Android guests join in the browser)
- Photos arrive in the couple’s album as soon as they’re taken
- Choose how many shots each person gets (5, 15, 25 or unlimited) and when photos are revealed (right after they’re taken, when the album ends, 12 hours after, or 24 hours after)
- Pricing is a one-time payment based on the number of people, free for up to 10. No storage time limit, either
At real Moments weddings, an average of 390 photos are collected per wedding, and 664 on average at weddings with 50 or more people (as of October 2026, from 3,023 paid albums).
So which one should you choose?
| If your wedding is like this | The type that fits |
|---|---|
| You want to collect lots of videos too | Shared album |
| You’re connected with most of your guests on LINE | Shared album (LINE album) |
| You want to collect plenty of photos without asking “send them later” | Disposable camera |
| You want guests to enjoy taking the photos themselves | Disposable camera |
| You love the Utsurundesu vibe but want less preparing and developing | Moments |
And of course, you can use both! Have everyone take photos with Moments on the day, then share your professional photographer’s photos and videos in a shared album.
We’ve put each service’s pricing and storage period, from official sources, in Comparison with other methods. For Moments’ pricing and supported devices, see Facts!
