# The Guest - Photo Sharing — Formerly Veri by The Knot > Automatic real-time photo and video sharing for events from guest phone cameras. (iPhone/iPad app by The Knot Inc..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-guest-photo-sharing/id1105933454 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [The Knot Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/321839277) - Category: Lifestyle, Social Networking - Price: Free - Rating: 4.77/5 from 4,958 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 11.0 · 66 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2016-05-27 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-guest-photo-sharing/id1105933454/reviews.md ## What is The Guest? Getting married? Throwing a big event? Automatically get all of the photos and videos guests take at your wedding, reception or celebration with The Guest by The Knot! No uploading, no tagging, no separate camera apps. With The Guest (formerly known as Veri), all guests need is their normal iPhone camera to join in on the photo-sharing fun. Simply create an event, invite guests via phone number or email address, and The Guest does the rest— for free! As soon as an event begins, The Guest will start sharing photos and videos guests are taking with their iPhone cameras in real time as they take them. Use The Guest To: + GET EVERYONE’S PHOTOS & VIDEOS - Wedding guests take 2000 pics on average— which the newlyweds will never see. Since The Guest automatically shares wedding pics and videos as guests take them, you’ll never have this issue! + SAY “BYE” TO UPLOADING AND SEPARATE CAMERA APPS - Guests use their normal iPhone camera, and photos & videos are instantly auto-shared to everyone who’s part of an event! Guests are in-control of their content, and can delete their pics or pause their auto-sharing at any time. + ACCESS FULL-RESOLUTION PHOTOS & FULL-LENGTH VIDEOS - Everyone can download any -or all!- of an event’s photos and videos in full resolution. + GET EVERYTHING INSTANTLY - No waiting weeks to get your wedding pics. With The Guest, photos & videos are shared in real time. + HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEB ALBUM - Everyone can see, download and share all of the photos in the app’s event or in the web album The Guest automatically creates. +SHOW LIVE WEB SLIDESHOWS - Display an event’s photos and videos on any screen as a live slideshow with just one simple web link. +RELIVE IT WITH MAP VIEW - Guests can see where they went during an event with a completely private, real-time map view + ATTEND FROM ANYWHERE - Guests who couldn’t make it to an event in person can follow along in real time via The Guest. What real couples are saying: “The Guest is a must-have for every event/trip and shared moments! We used it twice. For our friends' wedding and for our wedding. So glad we had it! It was so much fun having our friends’ shots and moments in real time. It was like living our reception from everyone's perspective!” - Melanie R. “We literally have pictures with everyone who came to our wedding thanks to this app. I highly recommend using this if you’re having a wedding or any event you want lots of pics of. Loved having this!!” - Brian S. "Made sharing wedding pics so easy. Perfect for special days. Loved it." - Nikki M. Questions, suggestions or feedback? Reach out to [The Guest Feedback Email Address]. We read and reply to every email. Just so you know: Continually running your phone’s GPS in the background can dramatically decrease its battery life. The Guest only accesses your GPS when you’re sharing at an event. Photos: Cloudless Weddings CA Privacy: https://www.theknotww.com/ca-collection-notice ## Key features - Automatic photo and video collection - Guests use normal phone camera - Real-time sharing - Full-resolution downloads - Live web slideshows - Private map view ## What do users think of The Guest? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Instant photo sharing - 👍 Easy to use - 🤳 Captures different perspectives - 💡 Allows offline photo uploads - 👍 Convenient for events - 🤩 Awesome app - 📸 Captures great candid moments - 🎉 Fun for guests **Cons** - 🐛 Auto-sharing issues - 🤔 Confusing guest invitation process - 🙄 Intrusive data collection - 🤯 Complicated for some users - 🤷‍♀️ Unreliable photo/video uploads **Commonly reported bugs** - Guests unable to upload photos/videos - Photos/videos not syncing properly - App crashing or freezing **Most requested features** - Add photo filtering/sorting options - Improve guest invitation and onboarding - Provide better control over auto-sharing - Offer desktop/web access for photo management ## Recent user reviews (10 of 50) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-guest-photo-sharing/id1105933454/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Love it but will miss it when fully shuts down! *2022-12-26, version 2.14.0* This has been my go to app for sharing our vacation photos. I got to use it when a coworker set it up for her wedding several years ago and since then it was a game changer! It makes creating an event easy and then auto sharing your group’s photos during that time. Then at the end you are able to easily import the groups photos to your iCloud library. There is no other app or experience out there that is comparable or does it as good as this! Apple photos is nowhere near as easy to create a group share without feeling like I have to jump through hoops. It is a sad day that the so is shutting down and your can’t create any more events (unless it was already placed before the 25 Oct deadline). I would have gladly paid per event for this service it was that good. Thanks for all the great memories stirred by the app!!!!!! ### 5/5 — What an amazing app *2022-11-14, version 2.14.0* This app was absolutely stunning. I’m so sad that it’s retiring. This app showed all of the angles of how our guests seen our wedding. They also had fun with it as well and caught some things other didn’t. It definitely was a staple of my husband and I’s wedding. I would have paid for a subscription had it cost it was so amazing but it was absolutely free and played a key part into my husbands and my future. Thank you to all the app developers. This app created memories my husband and I would have never gotten had you not developed this app. ❤️ ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2022-07-30, version 2.14.0* This app has so much potential but falls so short! First off, there is no way to download multiple pictures. You have to tap the picture to open it. Then tap download. Then tap back. Then tap the next picture. Repeat. Um, when I have thousands of pictures I want, this is pure stupid. There is no website either to help with this process. So then I decided I will get my wedding pictures air dropped the day after from my parents. Well the stupid app then took all those pictures that my mom air dropped to me and uploaded them under my name and just duplicated hundreds of pictures! And again, no way to bill delete! Very disappointed. Will be wasting a full day cleaning up this mess now collecting pictures one by one! ### 5/5 — Saved the Day! *2022-07-07, version 2.14.0* I originally downloaded the app because I liked the idea of disposable cameras at the reception but wasn’t a fan of the price of said disposable cameras. We live in a world immersed in technology so I thought using this app would be a much better, and affordable, option. It turned out really nice because I also used the app for my 3 bridal showers and it was a huge success at each shower and the reception. However, little did I know that this app would end up saving out wedding. I hired a photographer, who had good reviews, to do both the engagement pictures and wedding day pictures. Our engagement pictures were spectacular so I felt confident that our wedding pictures would be the same way. I was devastatingly wrong. About 85% of our pictures are horrific, nothing worth display or bragging about. To say my heart was broken is an understatement. Insert The Guest app (and awesome iPhone cameras)! Some of our wedding guest took beautiful pictures, ones worthy of displaying in our home. Had I not offered this to our guests, we would be left with about 15 pictures to show our family and friends. So THANK YOU to the creators of this app for helping us capture beautiful and unforgettable moments of our most precious day! ### 1/5 — Intrusive, complicated, dysfunctional *2022-05-29, version 2.13.0* First of all this is obvy a temporary app, I shouldn’t have to give away all my private contact info AND post a photo of myself to 100 people I don’t know just to dump 3 wedding pics into a central hub. However I did all 17 verification steps for my friend but then I couldn't even upload my wedding pics. No option to download more pics after you post your own photo. Why can’t I choose more pics after the first one??!! So I deleted my “account” (I’m just a guest, why do I need an ACCOUNT) and now I can’t get back in. I will be texting the 3 wedding pics directly to my friend mmmkay? I see that it’s working well for everyone else tho, I’m glad. Now I’m off to unsubscribe from the incessant emails… ### 1/5 — They sell your information, so not worth the convenience! *2022-03-30, version 2.13.0* I signed up for this app because my friend is getting married and didn’t want to use a photographer, so she found this app instead. And while the concept of this app is great, the actuality of this app is not. They sell your information to third parties (which I read in other reviews of this app). But I experienced it myself after downloading and signing up for the app. I got a bunch of weird spam text messages about selling dementia and dermatitis products (neither of which I have nor looked into). If you really need to make a buck off of people to run this service, just make it for purchase for $1-2 instead of selling information to make it free. The only reason I downloaded it is for my friends wedding and I fully intend to delete it after it is over! ### 5/5 — Must Have App! *2021-09-21, version 2.12.5* I have used this app over the last 2 1/2 years for every event in my life from my bridal shower to my bachelorette party, wedding, and baby shower. It was most amazing for the wedding because we got to look at pictures of our ceremony during the cocktail hour and then look at the pictures from the whole day while we were on our honeymoon waiting for the professional ones. Not everyone takes pictures, but people love having access to all the pictures everyone took right away. Ultimate in instant gratification! I’ve even set up events for some of my friends to get them to use it. I can’t recommend it enough! ### 2/5 — Unreliable and unwieldy *2021-02-22, version 2.11.1* Do not rely on this app for your wedding photos! About half of the group of 15 people gathered for my sister’s wedding struggled to upload photos and needed to uninstall/reinstall more than one time. It never worked properly for me and some of my fave pics never uploaded for my sister to see on the app. Several unrelated photos auto uploaded while meaningful photos never made it and there’s no logic to it. When I try to upload them, the app says they’re posted - but no one can see them. My photos did not upload until after the event had already ended. 2 stars because it’s a nice idea - it just doesn’t work as hoped or intended. Give yourself and your guests a break; there’s enough stress at a wedding without adding figuring this out into the mix. ### 4/5 — Best part of my Covid wedding *2020-07-18, version 2.07.0* We had 120+ guests scheduled to attend our July 2020 wedding before the virus made it impossible for many. Thanks to The Guest, not only did we have everyone who was able to attend upload their pictures for us, but with the help of a live stream, we were able to invite hundreds of guests from all over the world to join us. We had family and friends wear purple and take photos of themselves as they watched our special moments. My only complaint is that the app doesn’t work in Europe (which we knew beforehand)! Luckily, we had a group chat with all of my European friends and some in South America so that those in SA could upload the Europeans’ photos. ### 4/5 — Great app for our wedding! *2019-12-24, version 2.0.5* Great concept for getting photos during our wedding! One big feature request that I need to give the full 5-stars is up-voting photos! Naturally some photos are awesome and others are a blurry mess. The only way to filter note is by contributor. This would be huge to keep everyone from needing to go through every photo to choose the keepers. Good ones would naturally float to the top! Another feature idea addresses adding contributors: in the case where someone has not downloaded the app for the event, but afterward download it to view photos - pseudo-force access to post photos before they can view the entire library. You can use the time stamps from the photo library to decide which should be posted (“pseudo”, because obviously they would be able to cherry-pick those which should not be uploaded) this works to minimize the moochers and increase contributor count. ## Frequently asked questions about The Guest ### What does The Guest app do? The Guest app automatically collects all photos and videos taken by guests at your event using their normal smartphone cameras. It shares these media files in real-time, ensuring you don't miss any moments from your celebration. ### How does photo sharing work with The Guest? Guests simply use their regular iPhone camera to take photos and videos. The app then automatically shares these with the event organizer and other invited guests in real-time, eliminating the need for manual uploading or separate camera apps. ### Is The Guest app free to use? Yes, The Guest app is completely free to use. You can create an event, invite guests, and collect all their photos and videos without any cost. ### What kind of events is The Guest app suitable for? The app is ideal for weddings, receptions, and other large celebrations. It's designed to capture the collective memories from any event where guests are taking photos and videos. ### Can guests control their shared content? Yes, guests are in control of their content. They have the ability to delete their pictures or pause their auto-sharing at any time, ensuring their privacy and comfort. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 2.14.0 — 2022-06-29 - Minor bug fixes and improvements ## Apps similar to The Guest | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Tinybeans Private Family Album](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tinybeans-private-family-album/id521633042) | 4.9 (104,222) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Peanut: Find Mom Friends](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/peanut-find-mom-friends/id1178656034) | 4.4 (11,196) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Owlet Dream](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/owlet-dream/id1590590105) | 4.6 (37,273) | Free | Lifestyle | | [The Big Day: Wedding Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-big-day-wedding-planner/id1436090952) | 4.8 (1,762) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Wedding Spot](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wedding-spot/id1039250968) | 4.6 (625) | Free | Lifestyle | | [WeddingWire for Guests](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/weddingwire-for-guests/id1426522723) | 4.8 (1,844) | Free | Lifestyle | ## More apps by The Knot Inc. - [The Knot Wedding Planner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-knot-wedding-planner/id457941553) - [The Bump: Baby & Pregnancy App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-bump-baby-and-pregnancy-app/id568940747) All apps by The Knot Inc.: https://appshunter.io/developer/321839277 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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