What's actually included, next to what usually is
Most apps in this category advertise a low entry price and put the features you'll actually need on the tier above. This page sets out the difference row by row, with sources.
Create your free eventHow it works
Build the whole event, every feature unlocked, no payment details.
One payment opens RSVP and uploads for two months, with VAT and payment fees included.
When your event closes it's all deleted unless you add time, and nothing ever renews on its own.
What's actually included
| Feature | Twirl | Typical platform |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ €25 flat. Every feature, one price, VAT and fees included. | ✗ Tiered. The set you actually need sits behind an upgrade. |
| Photo and video limit | ✓ No limit on how many photos or videos your guests upload, per guest or for the whole event, within fair use. Photos come back at full resolution, exactly as the phone shot them. | ⚠ Often capped by number or by storage, with the bigger allowance on a higher tier. |
| Full-resolution video | ✓ Included at the base price, never re-compressed, and no limit on how long a clip runs. | ✗ One of the most common upsells in this category. |
| Guest limit | ✓ Unlimited. No cap on guests, on how many photos or videos each one sends, or on how often. | ⚠ Often capped on lower tiers. |
| App required for guests | ✓ No. Link or QR code. | ⚠ Mostly no, but some require an install. |
| Your data | ✓ Not for sale. We do not sell it, we do not hand it to advertisers or data brokers, and we do not train anything on it. Every company that touches it is named on our own site. | ⚠ Rarely stated plainly. A cheap tier is paid for somehow, and the terms are usually where that shows up. |
| Voice memos | ✓ Included at the base price. Guests record in their phone's own voice app and upload the file. | ✗ Uncommon, and a premium extra where offered. |
| RSVP | ✓ Included, with your own questions, per guest. | ✗ Rarely included, or a paid add-on. |
| A hundred phones, one timeline | ✓ Sorted by when each photo was taken, read from the file itself, so a guest who uploads a week later still lands in the right place in the day. | ⚠ Usually ordered by upload time, so late uploads pile up at the end. |
| Before the day | ✓ Lock uploads until the day before, so a test photo does not start your two months early. Set it all up and print the QR code weeks ahead. | ⚠ The clock usually starts when you pay. |
| The same photo uploaded twice | ✓ Found for you. We compare photos by what is actually in them, so a WhatsApp copy, an AirDropped version and the iPhone original all group together. You review each group and keep the largest, and nothing is deleted without you. | ⚠ Not something we have seen offered. You sort the copies out yourself after the download. |
| Where your data lives | ✓ Germany, named openly, with a published list of who else touches it. | ⚠ Rarely stated, even by EU-based platforms. |
| When it's over | ✓ Deleted automatically when your event closes, unless you tell us to keep it longer. | ⚠ Often kept indefinitely, floating around on servers you don't control. |
Prices and tiers are compiled from the published pricing pages of platforms in this category. Rows about what a product does, rather than what it charges, come from using them. Things change. If we have got something wrong, email us and we'll fix it.
Why we can offer this at the base price
Storing photos in the EU under GDPR is really not that expensive. We are happy to offer a fair price for something good, and yes, it still leaves a small margin for us. So we mostly wonder why others charge so much more for it.
Why choose us
Not with your guest count, not with the features you turn on, not once you're committed.
A link or a QR code, and they're uploading in seconds.
Not the tier above, not an add-on at checkout.
You can see exactly what you're buying, for as long as you want.
Guest list, dietary questions, plus-ones, per guest rather than per household. Most photo apps don't do this at all.
See it for yourself instead
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