Taking part: everyone instead of some
The book reaches those who walk past it. The QR code reaches everyone with a phone on them.
Comparison
A book reaches the twenty guests who walk past it. A QR code reaches all eighty — with photos, videos and the sentence right under the moment it refers to.
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A classic guest book has one unbeatable advantage: handwriting. The sentence from a grandmother, in her own hand, is an object, not a data record. But it sits in one place, and half the guests walk past it — in the end it holds congratulations, not photos of the evening.
An album turns the participation around: it sits in every guest’s pocket and gets the evening’s photos and videos, with reactions and comments on the photo.
The book reaches those who walk past it. The QR code reaches everyone with a phone on them.
A guest book can’t do video. An album takes photos up to 50 MB and videos up to 1 GB — greeting messages included.
‘That’s exactly where we laughed’ is a different thing under the photo than on a blank page — and an album doesn’t get left lying around.
The simplest solution: book and QR code on the same table. You can photograph the book’s pages later and put them in the album — then everything sits in one place, without the book ceasing to be a book.
What a book can do and what an album can do, row by row. The cost of a paper guest book depends on finish and seller, so it isn’t shown as a number.
| Paper guest book | Migumento | |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions from | whoever walks past it | Best in row: whoever has a phone on them |
| Handwriting | Best in row: yes | no |
| Photos | only glued in | Best in row: yes, in original quality |
| Videos | no | Best in row: yes, up to 1 GB |
| Comments | on their own pages | Best in row: right on the photo, can be turned off |
| Reactions | no | Best in row: yes, can be turned off |
| Object for the shelf | Best in row: yes | no |
| Risk of loss at the celebration | yes — it lies around | Best in row: no |
| After the celebration | in the cupboard | download of the originals |
| Costs | depends on the finish | collecting is free, unlocking is a one-off |
Checked on 1 October 2026 · Provider details as stated on their own websites, without guarantee · Quotations are the providers’ own wording, in the original language · Has something changed? info@migumento.com
If you want everyone to join in and get photos instead of just sentences, choose the album: reactions and comments attach to the photo, video comes along too, and at the end you download everything together. Four things favour the guest book.
The free plan is not a trial run: all guests, all photos, all videos, the Live Wall — and up to 400 MB of event size you download the originals too, for 6 months. For bigger celebrations there are one-off plans with 12 or 24 months from the unlock. No subscription.
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Every plan has every feature. Collect, share and enjoy it together.
Prices in CHF. Outside this currency area, Stripe converts at checkout using the day’s rate. A paid event stays reachable for 12 or 24 months from the unlock, depending on the plan, never shorter than the free window of 6 months from the day you create the event. Extending gives you the plan’s months again, as often as you like. If it’s not right, you get your money back within 60 days — Terms and conditions.
It’s a photo and video album with comments and reactions on every photo — a photo-first variant. The handwriting stays with paper.
Yes, as a comment on a photo or as a video they upload. Both are part of the album.
Yes, per album or for the whole event. Turning them off only hides them and is reversible.
Free for 6 months from the day you create the event; once unlocked, 12 or 24 months from the unlock, depending on the plan — never shorter than the free window — and extendable by the plan’s months as often as you like. A book needs none of that, which is why downloading the originals is worth it.
Creating it costs nothing, and the QR code fits on the same card that already points to the book.