Choosing a guest photo app
Looking at Kululu? Here’s how Lumo compares.
- Free
- Guests don’t need the app
- Full-quality photos and videos
- The album never expires
Kululu and Lumo both collect guests’ photos and videos from a QR code, with nothing for guests to install. Kululu is a web album with a live Photo Wall and the option to approve each upload, and photos can be seen for a set period that depends on the plan, from 7 days to a year. Lumo is an event album that never expires, kept in full quality next to your family album.
Lumo is a free, private family album for iPhone, iPad and Android. Send one link and the whole family can join.
Invited to a Lumo album? Open it in any web browser: app.lumomagic.com
What’s the same
Both start with a QR code or a link that the host shares. Guests join without installing an app and add photos and videos to one album.
- A QR code or link for guests
- Nothing for guests to install
- Photos and videos in one album
Side by side
| Lumo | Kululu | |
|---|---|---|
| How guests join | Scan the QR code or open the link, then join in the free app or in a browser at app.lumomagic.com, signed in with Apple, Google or email | Scan the QR code or open the album link, with no app and no registration |
| Guests see each other’s photos | Yes, straight away, in the order they were taken | The host chooses: guests can see the album, or only upload |
| Approving | Turn on “Only admins can let people in” to approve each person who joins | Turn on moderation to approve each upload before it appears; Kululu also catches most inappropriate photos automatically |
| At the event | Photos appear in the album as guests add them | A live Photo Wall slideshow on a TV, a projector or your website |
| How long photos are kept | The album never expires | Photos and videos can be seen for a period that depends on the plan, from 7 days to a year. After that, “the photos and videos are no longer accessible”, says Kululu |
| After the event | The event sits next to each guest’s own family album in Lumo | The host downloads everything as a ZIP file |
Checked November 2026 against Kululu’s own website and help center. Kululu is operated by Crunchy Granola LLC; Lumo isn’t affiliated with it.
For the day, or for keeps
Kululu is built for running the event: a Photo Wall on the screen, uploads you can approve one by one, and a download of everything when it’s over, within the album’s period.
Lumo is an album you keep. There’s no period to watch and nothing to save before a deadline: the event stays in full quality next to your own family album, and guests who joined can come back to it. Lumo skips photos that are already in the album.
Which one suits your event?
If you want a live Photo Wall and to approve every upload before guests see it, Kululu is built for that. Lumo has no slideshow, and approves people rather than photos.
If you want every guest’s photos and videos in one album that never expires, in full quality and kept with your family’s photos, Lumo does that, free.
How the wedding album worksCollecting guests’ photos in Lumo
- Make an eventIn Lumo, open the Family tab, tap your family name at the top, then New event.
- Show the QR codeInvite, then Show a QR code. Print it or put it on a screen.
- Guests scan and addIn the app or in their browser. Everything lands in one album.
Questions
Do guests need to install an app?
No. Guests can scan the code or open the link and choose “Continue in your browser” to join at app.lumomagic.com, signed in with Apple, Google or email. The free app for iPhone, iPad and Android works too.
How many guests can join?
Each link or QR code works for up to 500 people. Make another if you need more.
How long does Lumo keep the photos?
There’s no limit. The event album never expires. Invite links stop working after 30 days, but that only stops new people joining.
Is it free?
Yes. Event albums are free: unlimited photos and videos for everyone you let in, in the app or in a browser at app.lumomagic.com.
Where do the Kululu facts come from?
From Kululu’s own website and help center, checked in November 2026. If something has changed, write to contact@doola.ai and we’ll fix it.
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