Friday · 5:30 PM
They land. You say hello.
The first text sets the tone: where to be, when to be there, and how glad you are they came.
Delivered to all 86 guests
+1 (855) 555-0148Textual vs a shared album
A shared album is a folder. Textual is a home for your photos.
A Google Photos or iCloud shared album is free and familiar. It is also a utility folder: no design, no welcome, and with Google, anyone holding the link can add to it. Getting every guest there is still up to you.
Textual includes a beautiful guest album with every wedding. Its link arrives in the texts guests already read, one tap with no app, and every photo is there by the morning after. $299 once, everything included.
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- Made for your wedding
- Your names, your day, a calm and beautiful album. Not a folder.
- Every guest, not just the scanners
- The album link arrives by text, right when their phones are out.
- Set up in minutes
- Paste your wedding website and your album and texts are ready.
- It just works
- No accounts, no settings, no QR generator. Guests tap the link and add their photos.
Scorecard
Textual vs Google Photos, at a glance.
| Feature |  Textual | Google Photos |
|---|---|---|
| A designed wedding album | Textual Yes. Made for your wedding | Google Photos No. A general photo album |
| Album link in every guest’s texts | Textual Yes. Sent at the right moments | Google Photos No. A link you share yourself |
| Guest texts for the whole weekend | Textual Yes. Included | Google Photos No. No texting |
| Remove any photo | Textual Yes. Included | Google Photos Partly. Can’t block one person from adding |
| AI assistant, works with ChatGPT and Claude | Textual Yes. Change anything in plain words | Google Photos Not listed |
| Price | Textual $299 once, everything included | Google Photos Free |
Google Photos details from its own pages, October 2026: Google Photos: manage shared albums, Google Photos: albums, Apple: Shared Albums in Photos.
No switching
Keep what you love. Let Textual host the weekend.
Paste your wedding website and your texts and album are ready in minutes. Nothing to move, nothing to retype.
Keep Google Photos for
- Sharing with close family
- Your own camera roll backup
- A quick album after a dinner
Let Textual handle
- One beautiful album of every guest photo
- The album link in every guest text
- Your planner and assistant, on hand all weekend
Sunday morning
The ones you didn’t know they took.
One link in a text, and every guest’s camera roll finds its way to Sam & Riley’s album. No app, and no chasing the group chat.
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Saturday · 2:14 PM
Every guest has one small question.
Multiply it by 86. That’s your phone, an hour before you walk down the aisle.
Textual answers the questions before anyone has to ask, so your phone can stay in someone else’s bag.
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Friday to Sunday
The weekend, text by text.
+1 (855) 555-0148Saturday · 3:15 PM
The shuttle question, answered early.
Only the 42 people catching the shuttle get this one. Everyone else enjoys a quieter phone.
Delivered to 42 shuttle riders
Sam & RileySaturday · 11:40 PM
You’re on the dance floor. The text goes out anyway.
Every message is written and scheduled ahead, so nobody hands their phone to the maid of honor.
Delivered to all 86 guests
Sam & RileySunday · 11:00 AM
One very happy morning after.
A thank-you, and every photo your guests took, gathered in one place before brunch is over.
Delivered to all 86 guests
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+1 (855) 555-0148For your guests
Kind to everyone’s phone.
- One number to save
- Every text comes from the same number, with a contact card so guests know it’s you.
- Only what matters
- Around five texts a weekend, each one something a guest would otherwise have asked.
- Your words, approved
- Nothing sends until you’ve read it, and you can change any message right up to the minute.
- Easy to step away
- Any guest can reply STOP and they won’t hear from us again.
A few good questions.
How do I create a shared photo album for wedding guests?
With Google Photos you make an album, turn on link sharing and Collaborate, and share the link or a QR code. With Textual the album is ready when you sign up, and its link goes out in your guest texts.
Can anyone add to a Google Photos shared album?
With Collaborate on, anyone who has the link can add photos. Google lets you stop everyone from adding, but not one person.
What is the best free website for wedding photo sharing?
Google Photos is the usual free choice. Textual is $299 once for a beautiful album made for your wedding, with its link in front of every guest by text.
How do guests share photos with Textual?
Every wedding includes a shared album. Its link arrives in your texts, guests add photos from their browser with no app, and you see every one by the morning after.