The POV alternative thatkeeps every photo.
If you are looking for a POV camera alternative for your wedding, here is the short version. POV recreates the disposable camera as a party game, and does it well, though it takes photos only, with no guest video, and keeps them on its own servers. Glint solves a different problem: guests scan one QR code and every photo and video lands in your own Google Drive, at original quality, with no app, no account, and no per-guest cap. Glint also has a shared gallery guests can browse and a live slideshow for a screen at the event, both with the one-time $29 Event Pass, the same price at any guest count. One is an experience for the night. The other is how you keep the night.
Full disclosure: Glint wrote this comparison, and Glint is one of the two products in it. Where POV is the better fit, we say so.
By Hashim Salem, founder of Glint · Updated
POV's idea is charming: hand the whole party a shared disposable camera. Guests scan a QR code and are shooting in seconds, through an App Clip on iOS or a web experience on Android, so no guest downloads anything from an app store (the host of a personal POV event does install POV's app, while a Glint host installs nothing: setup and the live dashboard run in the browser). The host can cap how many shots each guest gets, which turns photography into a game where every frame counts, and the reveal moment, when the roll finally develops, is a genuine delight that a live feed cannot copy.
The pricing is simple too: one-time per event, scaled by guest count, free for small gatherings of up to 10 guests. Its gallery promise is plain as well: “Photos don’t expire from your gallery!”, and every image in the album can be downloaded, though the photos stay hosted by POV rather than in storage you own. For a bachelorette, a birthday, a launch party, this is a lovely product, and if that is your event, POV is a fine choice. For a company event, POV also sells a Business Essentials add-on with custom branding, a live slideshow and 24/7 support on its separate For Business plan, free in that plan's 10-guest trial; its personal tiers cannot add it. Glint's live slideshow, custom colors for the guest page and gallery and no Glint branding on the guest upload page all come with the one-time $29 Event Pass, at any guest count.
A wedding, though, asks a different question. Not "how do we make photography fun tonight?" but "how do we still have these photos in thirty years?" That second question is the one Glint was built to answer, and it is where the two products quietly part ways: Glint puts every original, photos and videos alike, into your own Google Drive as it is uploaded, where the files never expire, rather than on any company's servers, ours included.
| What matters | Glint | POV |
|---|---|---|
| Guest experience | Scan and upload in the phone's own browser: no app, no account and no Google account, a name that is optional unless you require it, and an optional message you can switch off; the host installs nothing either | Scan to shoot via App Clip on iOS or web on Android, no app-store download for guests; the host of a personal event installs POV's app |
| Where your files live | Your own Google Drive, original quality, from the first upload | Hosted by POV, not in storage you own; POV does not state whether originals are kept at full quality |
| Long-term retention | The files never expire: they are in your own Google Drive from the first upload, at original quality, and Glint stores none of the photos or videos | POV says "Photos don’t expire from your gallery!"; the photos stay hosted by POV |
| Photos per guest | No per-guest cap: unlimited uploads with the one-time $29 Event Pass, or 50 for the whole event on the free plan; each kept as the original file, up to 500 MB per file by default, or 1.5 GB once you raise it for the event | Capped per guest, at a limit the host configures |
| Guest videos | Photos and videos through the same page and QR code, on every plan, the free one included, as the original files: JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC photos, MP4, MOV and WebM videos | Photos only, with no guest video on any POV plan |
| Seeing the photos | Live dashboard on every event, free plan included, with uploads grouped by guest beside their names and messages; a live slideshow for a TV or projector, included with the one-time $29 Glint Event Pass and never a separate add-on, that shows a new upload about twenty seconds after a guest sends it while photos are flowing, at 5, 8 or 12 seconds a photo, photos only or with videos played in full, and can carry guests' names, messages and the event's QR code on screen | Reveal-moment experience; a live slideshow only through the Business Essentials add-on on POV's separate For Business plan ($59.99 in all at 100 guests); its personal tiers cannot add it |
| A gallery guests can browse | Yes, the shared gallery, included with the one-time $29 Event Pass, on its own link and off until you open it: guests browse every photo and video, filter photos from videos, leave hearts and save the full-quality original of any of them, and you choose view and upload or view only, can switch photo downloads or hearts off and can add a 4 to 6 digit access code | An album hosted by POV, photos only; in POV's words, "Save, share, and download all images from the album", though POV does not state at what quality |
| Pricing model | Free plan at any guest count (50 photo and video uploads over 30 days); a one-time $29 Event Pass for unlimited uploads, 12 months of access, the shared gallery and the live slideshow, the same price at any guest count; or 3 events for $45 with the Event Bundle | One-time, by guest count: free up to 10 guests, then $4.99 for 25, $14.99 for 50, $34.99 for 100, $64.99 for 175, and $89.99 for 250; the live slideshow needs the separate For Business plan plus Business Essentials |
POV's prices and plan figures on this page come from our shared competitor data, re-read against POV's own published pages on . Plans change - always confirm on pov.camera/pricing.
The table's quietest row is the one that matters most. Wedding photos are the rare files you will still want in decades, which is why we think they belong on storage you already own rather than any platform, ours included. Glint is built so that it could disappear tomorrow and your collection would not notice.
Glint starts from the assumption that the photos your guests take at your wedding are irreplaceable, and everything else follows from that.
Your photos live in your Google Drive, not on a platform
Every file a guest uploads passes straight through to a folder in your own Google Drive, at full original quality. Glint never keeps the files; it stores only the small details needed to run the page, and it connects through one of the most limited permissions Google offers, so it can see only the files and folders it creates. There is no export step and no account to keep alive, because the collection was never anywhere else.
Every photo, not a rationed roll
POV's host-configurable cap on shots per guest is part of its game, and POV takes photos only, with no guest video on any plan. A wedding is not a game you want to ration. With Glint there is no per-guest limit, and the one-time $29 Event Pass gives your event unlimited uploads: photos and videos go up through the same page, so the aunt who takes two hundred photos and the friend who films every toast are both welcome, up to 500 MB per file by default and 1.5 GB if you raise it.
Uploads engineered for venue wifi
Receptions happen in stone barns and hotel basements. Glint sends anything over 4 MB in resumable 4 MB pieces, each retried up to four times, so a dropped connection pauses an upload instead of losing it, and it resumes from the last byte Google Drive confirmed. Progress is saved on the phone, so a guest who reloads or returns to the same link carries on with every file the phone can still hand back, and is asked to add again any file the phone has let go of. The photos that were taken are the photos you receive.
A live dashboard, and a live screen with no separate add-on
You watch the collection arrive in real time, on your phone during the reception or from the honeymoon flight home, grouped by guest beside their names and messages. That dashboard is part of every event, free plan included. Putting the same feed on the room's TV or projector as a full-screen slideshow comes with the one-time $29 Event Pass, at any guest count: one price, with the screen inside it. POV sells its live slideshow only in the Business Essentials add-on on its separate For Business plan, $59.99 in all at 100 guests, and its personal tiers cannot add it.
One flat pass, not a per-guest ladder
POV prices each event by guest count, which is fair for its format but means a wedding-sized crowd lands on its larger tiers, from $34.99 for 100 guests to $89.99 for 250. Glint does not count your guests: one $29 Event Pass covers the event however many people scan the code. POV's two smallest paid tiers, at $4.99 for 25 guests and $14.99 for 50, cost less than the Pass, though they take photos only, with no guest video, and cannot add POV's live slideshow, both of which the Pass includes.
For the wider picture of every way to gather guest photos, from hashtags to disposable cameras, our guide on how to collect wedding photos compares each approach honestly, and the companion guide on wedding videos covers the files that are hardest of all to collect.
The reveal is the point of your party. A bachelorette, a thirtieth birthday, a New Year's Eve where the fun is precisely that nobody sees the photos until the roll develops. That suspense is POV's signature, and Glint's live dashboard is the opposite of it by design. The closest Glint comes is its shared gallery, which stays closed until you open it and then shows guests the whole collection at once, rather than a roll developing.
Your gathering is 10 people or fewer. POV is free at that size, and a small dinner party does not need upload infrastructure. It needs a game. Glint can start free too, videos included, if you would rather keep the night than play it.
You want scarcity on purpose. The host-configurable shot cap makes people frame before they shoot, the way film once did. If that constraint is the aesthetic you are after, it is POV's home ground.
You want the evening run as a package. POV's Business Essentials add-on brings a live slideshow, custom branding, and 24/7 support. POV sells it only with its separate For Business plan ($10 on top of $49.99 at 100 guests), so a personal event cannot add it, but for a business event that wants support on call, it is a genuine package. Glint includes its live slideshow in the $29 Event Pass, at any guest count, rather than selling it on top, along with custom colors for the guest page and gallery and no Glint branding on the guest upload page: the slideshow runs in any browser on a TV or projector, and you start it yourself from the dashboard.
For a wedding, we would still gently make the case for ownership: whatever runs the party, the originals belong in your own Drive. Some couples do both, a POV game for the after-party and a Glint code on every table, and lose nothing either way.
Switching to Glint, or starting fresh, takes minutes rather than meetings. There is no per-guest math to do and nothing for your guests to prepare.
Create your event
Sign in and set up your wedding in a couple of minutes. Glint builds the private upload page your guests will use and connects the folder in your Google Drive where everything will land. On any plan you can add a cover photo and choose a custom link.
Style your QR code
Open the built-in designer, included with the one-time $29 Event Pass: start from one of four presets, pick from four dot shapes and three corner styles, set the colors and add a monogram or logo at the center, then export a print-ready PNG or a crisp SVG for your stationer. A free event still gets its QR code in the Elegant style, ready to download in either format.
Print it where guests will look
A welcome sign, the table cards, the back of the menu. Print the short link underneath so a guest whose camera will not scan can simply type it in. For a ready-made sign, Glint's free QR sign maker, with no account needed, turns your event link into a print-ready 4 x 6 inch table card or 5 x 7 inch welcome sign at 300 dpi, with the link already printed under the code.
Watch the day arrive
Guests scan, tap, and upload from their camera roll. Every file lands in your Drive and appears on your live dashboard, grouped by guest beside their names and messages, already yours.
Glint's free plan covers one event with up to 50 photo and video uploads over 30 days, and a one-time $29 Event Pass unlocks unlimited uploads, 12 months of access and every Glint feature, the shared gallery and live slideshow included, at the same price for any number of guests and with no subscription. A free event upgrades in place, keeping its link and QR code. Full details on the pricing page.
Is Glint a good alternative to POV?
It depends on what the party is for. POV recreates the disposable camera: guests shoot through a shared event camera, the host can cap how many photos each guest takes and choose when the photos are revealed, and POV hosts the photos on its own servers, saying "Photos don’t expire from your gallery!" POV takes photos only, with no guest video, and does not state whether it keeps your originals at full quality. Glint (glint.pics) is built for keeping everything: every photo and video a guest sends lands in your own Google Drive at original quality, with no app, no login and no Google account for guests and no per-guest cap, so the files are yours and never expire, and you watch them arrive live on your dashboard. Glint's shared gallery and its live slideshow for a screen at the event come with the one-time $29 Event Pass, flat at any guest count; POV's live slideshow comes only with the Business Essentials add-on on its separate For Business plan, and its personal tiers cannot add it. If the shot limit and the delayed reveal are the point of your party, POV is the better fit; if the photos and videos themselves are, Glint is.
Do guests need to download an app with POV or with Glint?
Neither POV nor Glint asks guests for an app-store download, and both deserve credit for it. With POV, guests scan a QR code and get an App Clip on iOS or a web experience on Android, though a host setting up a personal POV event installs POV's iOS or Android app to get started. With Glint, nobody installs anything, host included: guests scan your QR code or tap your link and the upload page opens in the browser their phone already has, with no account and no Google account, and you create the event, connect your Google Drive and watch uploads arrive from a web dashboard. A guest who opens the link inside Instagram's or Facebook's in-app browser on Android gets one tap to their own browser, and the page asks the phone to keep its screen on while photos upload. Guests are asked only for their name, optional unless you make it required, and a message of up to 500 characters if they want to leave one, a field that is on by default and that you can switch off. Either way, nobody at your reception is standing in line for an install screen.
Does POV limit how many photos each guest can take?
Yes. POV lets the host decide how many photos each guest can take, which suits its disposable-camera spirit: part of the charm is that each shot counts. Glint takes the opposite view for a wedding. There is no per-guest cap at all, because the fifty-third photo of the dance floor is sometimes the one you frame. No guest is rationed against another: any limit belongs to the event and its plan, not to the person holding the phone, and the free plan takes 50 uploads for the whole event, while the one-time $29 Event Pass makes them unlimited. Files can be up to 500 MB each by default, or 1.5 GB once you raise it, videos included.
What happens to the photos after the event, with POV or with Glint?
This is the deepest difference. With Glint there is nothing to happen: every photo and video lands in your own Google Drive as it is uploaded, so after the wedding the collection is already home, at original quality, on storage you control. The files never expire, there is nothing to extend to keep them, and there is no deadline to download them by. POV now publishes a retention promise, "Photos don’t expire from your gallery!", and its wedding guide says "Save, share, and download all images from the album", so POV's gallery is not on a published clock. The main difference is where the photos live: with POV they stay on POV's servers rather than in storage you own, and POV does not state whether it keeps your originals at full quality. The one clock on a Glint event is its access window, 30 days on the free plan and 12 months with the $29 Event Pass, counted from the day you create it. It sets how long the event accepts uploads and how long an Event Pass event keeps its shared gallery and live slideshow open, and every photo and video stays in your Drive after it closes. For photos you will want in thirty years, we think the safest home is storage you already own.
Is POV free? Is Glint free?
POV is free for up to 10 guests, then priced one-time by guest count: $4.99 for 25, $14.99 for 50, $34.99 for 100, $64.99 for 175, and $89.99 for 250. Every POV tier takes photos only, with no guest video, and POV's live slideshow comes only in the Business Essentials add-on on its separate For Business plan, $59.99 in all at 100 guests. Glint's free plan takes up to 50 photo and video uploads over 30 days at any guest count, every file at original quality, and a one-time $29 Event Pass unlocks unlimited uploads, 12 months of access, the full QR designer, custom colors for the guest page and gallery, no Glint branding on the guest upload page, the shared gallery and the live slideshow, flat at any guest count. A free event upgrades in place, keeping its link and QR code, and the Event Bundle covers 3 events for $45, with slots that never expire. POV's two smallest paid tiers, at $4.99 for 25 guests and $14.99 for 50, cost less than the Pass, though like every one of POV's personal tiers they take no guest video and cannot add POV's live slideshow, both of which the Pass includes; for any guest list over 50, the Pass costs less than every POV tier that can host it, and it stays $29 at any size. Because your files live in your own Google Drive, there is never a separate storage bill from us, and the files never expire. POV's prices here were re-read on POV's own pages on October 13, 2026.
Can guests upload videos with POV or with Glint?
With Glint, yes: guests send photos and videos through the same page and the same QR code, on every plan, the free one included, and every file arrives in your own Google Drive as the original (JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC photos, MP4, MOV and WebM videos). Files up to 500 MB each are accepted by default and 1.5 GB once you raise it for the event, which covers full toasts and long dance-floor clips, and anything over 4 MB uploads in resumable pieces, so a shaky venue signal pauses an upload rather than losing it. POV takes photos only, with no guest video on any plan. Our guide to collecting wedding videos covers this in detail.
We love the reveal idea. Does Glint have one?
Not the film-roll kind. Glint shows you everything live instead: photos and videos appear on your dashboard in real time as guests upload, so you watch the day arrive from a hundred points of view while it is still happening. Your guests can still get a reveal, on your schedule: Glint's shared gallery stays closed until you open it, so you can keep the collection to yourselves on the day, open it the morning after, and every guest who scans the same QR code finds a link to the whole collection on the upload page. If you would rather share it in the room, start the live slideshow on a TV or projector during the evening. The shared gallery and the live slideshow are included with the one-time $29 Glint Event Pass. If the delayed, film-roll-style reveal is the experience you want most, that is a genuine reason to pick POV, and we say so plainly on this page.
See how every option stacks up in the honest 2026 comparison of wedding photo apps, or read Glint vs WedUploader next.
