Comparison
Kululu: the free album stays open for 24 hours.
Kululu is a QR code photo album with a full catalogue behind it. What is left to do is read its entry tier closely.
According to their pricing page, recorded on 7 August 2026, the free plan accepts 50 uploads, photos and videos combined, stays active for 24 hours from the day of the party, and keeps the files for 7 days. The paid plans lift those bounds, and are shown in dollars.
Here, the upload window does not exist: for as long as the wedding album lives, people upload to it. Medley is in its test phase: unlimited photos and videos, in original quality, Live slideshow included, and nothing to pay. The album is kept at least until December 31, 2026.
What decides it, once the party is over
Kululu, another service, or us: four points to settle before the day, because they cannot be caught up afterwards.
Uploading and keeping are two different clocks
Some of your guests only empty their phone two days later, sometimes the weekend after: an album that closes 24 hours after the party will never see them. Retention is a second line altogether, to be read on its own: 7 days on the free tier.
Does the guest book run on the same clock?
At Kululu the guests' words live inside the album itself, so they fall under the same window as the photos, which is worth confirming with them. Our guest book stays open for as long as the album does: the guest who could not find their words on the night writes them on the Monday.
Quality that depends on the tier
Their pricing page sets a “good quality” on the free plan against a “High-Quality” on the paid ones, without saying more about either. It is worth asking what that covers, because it is the file you will still have in ten years' time. At Medley there is nothing to ask: original quality on the way in and on the way out, for everyone.
Where does your guests' data live?
Event photos are personal data. Medley hosts them in the European Union (in France, with OVH), under the GDPR, and proves it: a criterion worth checking anywhere it is not written down.
What changes, point by point
What the free tier covers
- Kululu
- 50 uploads, photos and videos combined
- Medley
- The whole service is open, with no ceiling on uploads
Upload window
- Kululu
- 24 h after the event on the free tier, 1 month then 3 months on the paid ones
- Medley
- None: for as long as the album lives, people upload to it
How long the files are kept
- Kululu
- 7 days on the free tier, 3 months then 1 year on the paid ones
- Medley
- The album is kept at least until December 31, 2026. Nothing is removed without notice.
File quality
- Kululu
- “Good quality” on the free tier, “High-Quality” on the paid ones
- Medley
- Original quality, on upload and on download
Guest book
- Kululu
- A “Digital guestbook”: decorated text, an image or a video; no voice message announced
- Medley
- A written note, a voice or a video, behind the same QR code
Price and currency
- Kululu
- Tiers in dollars ($39 and $99 at the time of the survey), presented as promotional
- Medley
- Test phase: nothing to pay, and in euros the day it becomes payable
Where the data is hosted
- Kululu
- Not stated on their pricing page
- Medley
- European Union (France, OVH), GDPR compliance
Sources, checked on 7 August 2026kululu.com/pricing (plans, windows, retention, stated quality) · kululu.com (uploading with no app, live wall) · kululu.com/digital-wedding-guestbook (what a guest may leave)Their prices are presented as promotional and offers change: check their current terms. This comparison sticks to what can be checked publicly; anything else is flagged as unverified rather than assumed.
What Kululu does well
Let us be fair: Kululu is a rich product. Uploading with no app through a QR code, a live photo wall, an album you can dress up. Its free tier lets you try the thing in real conditions, and its top plan keeps the files for a year. If your evening fits inside the window it opens, it is a perfectly valid option. Our difference comes down to three stances: no countdown on uploading, original quality everywhere, and European hosting we can prove.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Kululu put a watermark on the photos?
- Their pricing page, consulted on 7 August 2026, mentions no watermark. It sets a “good quality” on the free tier against a “High-Quality” on the paid ones, without saying more. That is a question to put to them.
- What does Medley cost next to Kululu?
- Medley is in its test phase: unlimited photos and videos, in original quality, Live slideshow included, and nothing to pay. The album is kept at least until December 31, 2026. And there is no upload window: your guests upload the next day just as easily as three weeks later.
- Do my guests have to install an app?
- No, with neither one: the QR code opens the album in the browser. At Medley a first name is enough to sign your photos, with no account and no password.
- Can I move from Kululu to Medley?
- Yes: get your photos back from Kululu while the album is still active, create a Medley album and upload the lot into it. To make up your mind, read our comparison of wedding photo apps.
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An Invinee alternative
Two European services hosted in the EU: the GDPR does not separate them. What does is what the price contains.
Wedding photo sharing
A QR code on the tables, and every photo your guests took, gathered in full quality.
Event photos hosted in the EU
Where your guests' photos live, who can read them, and how long they stay. Named, not implied.
No countdown on uploading.
Create your Medley album: your guests upload when they think of it, not within 24 hours.
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