POV at a glance
POV is a $39-per-event wedding photo app with a particular strength: the event-day live slideshow. It's quick to spin up on a venue laptop, looks polished on a projector, and the upload flow is fast enough that photos from the back of the room appear on screen within seconds.
Where POV fits best
If a live photo wall is the centrepiece of your reception — and the venue has actually committed a screen to it — POV does that one job really well. The visual transitions feel curated rather than chaotic, and guests get the small thrill of seeing their photo appear within the slideshow rotation a moment after they upload.
Where AisleShot fits better
The catch with POV is that the free tier is just 50 photos, which isn't enough to fully preview a real wedding. You can't honestly build out your signage, prompts, branding and gallery layout for free — the cap stops you before you've seen what the paid version actually does. That puts the decision on faith rather than experience.
AisleShot's free tier covers a complete preview of the full gallery (everything except going live and unlocking the high-volume limits), so you can build it out, show it to your partner, and only pay when you're sure. The live slideshow is included in the €25 Core tier and looks great on a venue projector too.
The other difference is after the wedding: POV's archiving features lag the price tag, while AisleShot keeps the gallery open up to 24 months and gives you a one-click full-resolution ZIP whenever you want.
If you're moving from POV
If POV is your venue's recommended slideshow tool, you don't have to choose just one — you can run POV on the projector and AisleShot as the durable archive that lives past the wedding. Most couples find a single tool simpler, but if your venue has POV pre-installed it's not worth fighting them on it.