AI Photo Booth Pro vs Photobooth-App

AI Photo Booth Pro is photo booth software for event professionals, combining classic booth modes with AI features. Its 12 modes include photo, 360, mirror, GlamBot, GIF, video, green screen, and AI options. Operators can select from 120+ ready-made AI looks or create effects personalized with guest answers. The software can turn one photo into a five-second AI video and restyle 360 or GlamBot clips frame by frame. Plans include two devices and unlimited events without per-event software fees, but AI credits are bought separately. Guests can pay by QR code or Stripe Terminal; sharing options include email, SMS, QR, and web galleries. Lead forms collect guest details and survey responses for export. Classic capture and printing can work offline with a compatible setup, while AI generation, online sharing, and cloud sync require internet. The 14-day trial requires no card and does not auto-charge, but trial outputs are watermarked. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. The paid plans are Starter at $49 per month, Pro AI at $79 per month, and Ultimate AI at $149 per month.

Photobooth-App is free, open-source software for building a DIY photo booth for weddings, birthdays, and other events. It captures still photos, collages, animated GIFs, boomerangs, videos, and 3D wigglegrams; captured images can also be given frames or text, or have backgrounds removed or replaced with an AI algorithm. The wigglegram feature, made with a synchronized camera array, is still in development. Camera options include DSLR cameras through gphoto2 on Linux, Raspberry Pi camera modules through picamera2, and USB webcams. Two cameras can run at once, for example with one taking stills and another providing live preview or video. QR codes can link to online media or serve it on a local network; online downloads require the files to be publicly accessible. An rclone-based synchronizer can upload files to supported storage providers, including FTP and Nextcloud. Other features include a live event gallery, configurable printing commands, WLED and Raspberry Pi GPIO triggers, and a REST API for capture and status requests. Its GitHub page identifies the license as MIT.