Photo Tasks & Scoring

The day gets a task list. The evening gets a scoreboard.

You don't have to invent photo ideas: import ready-made tasks from the catalogue, set the points, put QR cards on the tables. In the evening the leaderboard shows who joined in. How the tool works in detail is on our photo challenges feature page — this page is about the tasks themselves and about the evening.

Start for free — no credit card required · Paid plans from 39 €

LIVE
No App Required
Setup in 5 Minutes
30-Day Money Back

Cards on the table — or tasks on the phone?

Both get guests to photograph the evening. The difference only shows once the evening is running, and once it is over.

Where the ideas come from
Photogala: Import ready-made categories and tick what fits. Your own tasks are possible, not required.
Printed cards & disposable cameras: Invent, typeset, print and hand out every task yourself — which does mean they are guaranteed to be your own ideas.
Changing tasks
Photogala: Add, reword or hide tasks at any time — even while the party is running.
Printed cards & disposable cameras: Whatever is printed on the table stays there. A typo stays up all evening.
Guests without a phone
Photogala: Nothing happens until someone opens the link. No smartphone, a dead battery or no signal in the room means this guest does not play along.
Printed cards & disposable cameras: Paper wins here. The card always works, and the disposable camera needs no signal.
Where the photo ends up
Photogala: Straight into your gallery, attached to the task it solved.
Printed cards & disposable cameras: On a film roll someone has to collect first and get developed — but you do end up holding the prints.
Overview during the day
Photogala: Every guest sees their own progress, and you see how many photos came in per task.
Printed cards & disposable cameras: Nobody knows which cards are done — and which sit there all evening.
Points and scoring
Photogala: Points for uploads, solved tasks and likes, plus a leaderboard with a frozen final standing (from Premium).
Printed cards & disposable cameras: No scoring — you decide yourselves at the end who took the nicest pictures.
Redeeming rewards
Photogala: The guest gets the achievement on their phone and redeems it at the bar; staff confirm receipt (Deluxe only).
Printed cards & disposable cameras: Someone hands out prizes in person and keeps track of who already got one.

Where cards and disposable cameras are better

A printed card sits on the table and gets seen. It needs no phone, no venue signal, no battery and no paid plan — and the guest without a smartphone still takes part. A disposable camera keeps shooting when there is not a single bar of signal left in the room. With us, everything depends on someone opening the link, and exactly the part this page is about is not in the free plan: photo tasks, points, achievements and the leaderboard start at Premium (69 €). And one objection we find uncomfortable: tasks steer the photography. Working through a list produces more posed shots and more silly faces — and may well miss the quiet scene at the next table that no task asked for. If all you want is a few photo ideas on the tables, and you can do without points, ranking and a breakdown, printed cards are the cheaper and simpler option.

Six screen recordings from our demo wedding

No mock-up and no montage: the guest view on the phone and your admin area on the laptop, exactly as they look in use.

The guest taps a task

At the top of the phone it says “Your tasks” with your own progress in percent. Below it runs the list of currently available tasks, each with an example picture: “Find someone wearing an outfit with lots of glitter”, “Catch a dancing couple mid-spin”, “Team win! Celebrate yourselves with a winner pose”. Tapping a card opens the “Solve a task” step with the example picture, a switch to a different task and the buttons “Upload images” and “Take photo”. Right at the bottom sits “Upload without a task” — anyone not in the mood for games just uploads.

Import tasks instead of inventing them

In the admin area the button “Import templates” opens the “Photo challenges” catalogue. The tasks sit in categories such as “Group photo roulette” or “Memes & fun”, each one expandable, each with its own “Select all” and a search field above. You tick what suits your celebration, and “Add selected” drops the tasks into your list. The only thing you have to write yourself is what matters to you personally.

Set the points before anyone gets up

The task manager has three tabs: Tasks, Achievements and Points configuration. In the task list every task appears with a thumbnail and the number of photos already received, next to Filter, “Reorder” and “Print tasks”. The Points configuration tab defines how many points an image upload, a completed task and a like are worth, and whether solving a task a second time gives the full amount. The note there is honestly worded: changes apply to future actions, points already awarded are not adjusted retroactively.

Your own rank sits at the top

The leaderboard shows the guest themselves first: current rank, own points and how many points are missing to first place. Below that comes “Top uploaders” with names, bars and scores, with your own row highlighted and marked “You”. The selector above switches the ranking — instead of points, for example solved tasks, uploaded images or likes received — and the circular button next to it reloads the standing.

Achievement unlocked, drink redeemed

After the upload, a card with a trophy appears on the guest's home screen announcing a redeemable achievement. Tapping “Redeem now” opens the reward with confetti — in this recording “Free drink at the bar”, with the condition that triggered it underneath and the green “Confirm receipt” button that the bar staff press. The summary below keeps track of how many photo tasks are done and how many rewards are still open. Rewards with real stock exist only in the Deluxe plan.

In the evening, what got solved runs on the screen

The incoming photos do not only land in the gallery: the photo wall plays them large and fills the edges with a blurred version of the same picture instead of black bars. A QR code stays fixed in the top right with the note “Scan to view/upload”, so even the table that never got a task card joins in. One click on “Enable full screen” turns it into projector mode. One thing to be clear about: the photo wall belongs to the gallery and starts at Plus (39 €) — it is not tied to the tasks, it shows everything that gets uploaded.

All of this comes with your own event.

Setting it up takes five minutes. You can build and view everything before you decide.

View Live Demo

One-time payment — No subscription

Starting from 39 € / one-time

All memories from your event — one price, no hidden fees.

See Pricing

Key Features

Everything you need to make your event unforgettable.

Frequently asked questions

Are photo tasks included in the free plan?
No, and we would rather put that here than in the small print. The free Starter plan includes the gallery with up to 50 photos, 15 uploaders and no videos — but no photo tasks, no points, no achievements, no leaderboard and no photo wall. Photo tasks, points, achievements and the leaderboard start at Premium (69 €). The photo wall for the screen is included from Plus (39 €), and redeemable rewards with real stock only in Deluxe (119 €).
Do our guests have to install an app?
No. Guests open the link or scan the QR code and land in the browser on their phone — no app store, no download. For points and the leaderboard the guest types in a name once, so photos can be attributed to someone. And to stay honest: anyone who deliberately puts their phone away, or does not have one, will not take part in the tasks. That is where printed cards remain the better companion, not the enemy.
Can we still put the tasks on the tables?
Yes. Tasks can be printed straight from the task list, and the design studio has its own template types for task and achievement cards whose QR code points directly at the task in question. Like the tasks themselves, those cards are part of the Premium plan. One more important limit: we only supply the file. Photogala does not print and does not ship — you take the result to your print shop or to your own printer.
When is the winner decided?
When you decide it. The final standing is copied when it is frozen, not merely displayed — otherwise a photo deleted later could lower the points retroactively and change the winner after the fact. Freezing happens in the admin area at the press of a button, or on the next retrieval. There is no reliable service in this setup that does it automatically at midnight sharp, so plan the award ceremony so that someone presses the button beforehand.
Can tasks be unlocked later in the day?
Yes, through the advanced conditions. A task can have an unlock time and a lock time, be tied to a minimum or maximum score, require other tasks to be solved first, demand contributions to particular tasks or albums, or require a minimum number of uploads. That way the dance floor tasks stay invisible during the day and only appear in the evening. These conditions are part of the Premium plan too.
Does it cost us anything to prepare this months in advance?
No. Your plan's runtime does not start when you create the event, but with the first photos in the gallery — with the first one for free events, with the tenth for paid ones. So you can assemble the task list, the points and the cards long in advance without the clock running. Your own uploads in the design studio or the admin area do not count towards it.
How does a real reward work?
A reward has stock, so the free drink is not handed out thirty times. When a guest meets the condition, the card with the redeemable achievement appears on their phone. They claim the reward, show it at the bar, and staff confirm receipt right there on the screen. This tier exists exclusively in the Deluxe plan — points, achievements and the leaderboard work from Premium without it.

Ready to Get Started?

Create your event in minutes. No credit card required.

See Pricing
No App Required
Setup in 5 Minutes
30-Day Money Back