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Textual vs POV

POV rations the shots. Textual keeps every photo.

POV is a disposable-camera app: guests scan a QR code and get a capped number of shots (POV advertises 25). It is priced by guest count, $64.99 for up to 175 guests, and you set up the event in POV’s app.

Textual includes a beautiful guest album with every wedding. Guests add any photo from their camera roll, one tap from the texts they already read, with no app. $299 once, everything included.

A couple leaving their wedding in a vintage car.

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Sun 11:00 AM · Sam & RileyStill smiling about last night. Here’s what everyone caught.
Every photo, not 25
Guests add the photos they already took. No shot counter.
Set up in minutes
Paste your wedding website and your album and texts are ready.
Real photos, beautifully kept
Shot on their own camera, gathered in one calm album.
It just works
Nothing for you or your guests to download. Just a link.

Scorecard

Textual vs POV, at a glance.

Textual compared with POV
FeatureTextualPOV
No cap on photos per guest

Textual

Yes.

Their whole camera roll

POV

No.

Host sets a shot limit

Album link in every guest’s texts

Textual

Yes.

Sent at the right moments

POV

No.

A QR code or link you hand out

Guest texts for the whole weekend

Textual

Yes.

Included

POV

No.

No texting

No app for guests

Textual

Yes.

Any phone browser

POV

Yes.

App Clip or web

Set up without an app

Textual

Yes.

Any browser

POV

No.

Hosts download the app

AI assistant, works with ChatGPT and Claude

Textual

Yes.

Change anything in plain words

POV

Not listed

Price

Textual

$299 once, everything included

POV

Per guest, $64.99 for up to 175

POV details from its own pages, October 2026: POV pricing, POV FAQ, POV on the App Store.

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 POV for

  • A disposable-camera game for the night
  • A bachelorette or birthday
  • A photobook surprise

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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Guests

  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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  • A candid guest photo from the sample album.

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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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Saturday, October 3

2:14

37 unread messages

Friday to Sunday

The weekend, text by text.

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) 555-0148

Text Message · SMS

Saturday · 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 & Riley

Text Message · SMS

Saturday · 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 & Riley

Text Message · SMS

Sunday · 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

Sam & Riley

Text Message · SMS

5:30
+1 (855) 555-0148

Text Message · SMS

For 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.

Is the POV disposable camera app good?

It is a fun camera game, with a limited number of shots per guest that the host sets. If you want every photo your guests take, use an album they can add their camera roll to.

How much does the POV app cost for a wedding?

POV prices by guest count: $34.99 for up to 100 guests, $64.99 for 175 and $89.99 for 250. A live slideshow is part of an extra package.

Can I get my disposable camera pictures on my phone?

With Textual there is no disposable camera. Guests add the photos already on their phones to your album, and you see every one by the morning after.

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.

Your weekend starts here.

Bring your website and your guest list. We’ll help with everything in between.