Honest comparison
QR Wall vs Mentimeter: A live photo wall, or polls inside your slides?
- Pick QR Wall if
- you want guests' photos and messages live on the screen — celebrations, conference breaks, all-hands shout-outs — with no app and no deck to build.
- Pick Mentimeter if
- you need polls, quizzes and word clouds inside a presentation. QR Wall has no polls or quizzes.
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Last checked October 2026 against Mentimeter's own site.
Mentimeter is an interactive presentation tool: you build slides in Mentimeter and the audience answers polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A from menti.com, with results drawn on the slides. It has no participant photo upload and no wall of guest content. QR Wall is a live event wall: guests scan a QR code on the screen and their photos, messages and emoji reactions appear on it within a second.
Both start free. Mentimeter's free plan takes 50 participants a month (unlimited participants once a month); Basic is $14 per presenter a month and Pro $28, both billed yearly only, as shown on mentimeter.com on 15 October 2026 (third-party listings show $11.99 and $24.99). QR Wall's free plan shows 5 posts at a time and keeps the first 30; Premium is $10.99 a month, billed monthly, cancel any time.
Mentimeter is a presentation tool for audience responses — polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A shown on your slides. QR Wall is a live event wall — guests post photos, text messages and reactions from their phones to a shared screen, with no app.
Feature by feature
QR Wall from our own plan table; Mentimeter read on mentimeter.com/plans in October 2026.
| Feature | QR Wall | Mentimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free ($0); Premium $10.99/mo, Professional $19.99/mo, cancel any time | Free; Basic $14 and Pro $28 per presenter/mo, billed yearly only (third-party listings: $11.99 / $24.99) |
| Free plan | 5 posts on screen at a time (rotating); the first 30 posts per wall are kept, later ones arrive locked | 50 participants per month (unlimited once a month), multiple question types |
| Guest photo sharing | Yes, every plan, including Free — photos, messages and emoji reactions | No participant photo upload |
| Polls and quizzes | No — messages and emoji reactions only | Yes — many question types, quizzes |
| Word clouds | No | Yes |
| Display wall | Slideshow and Grid on every plan; TV view on Premium and Professional | No guest-content wall; results render on presentation slides |
| App for guests | None — scan and post in the browser | None — join at menti.com in the browser |
| Moderation | Yes, Professional plan — AI screening of text, photos and video, plus an approval queue. Premium: remove any post in one tap. Free: no screening | No AI moderation listed; manual Q&A moderation (approve before shown) on Pro |
| Custom branding | Yes, Professional plan — custom background and your logo inside the QR code | Pro and Enterprise; company branding on Enterprise |
| Participants | No guest cap on any plan; for 1,000+ phones posting in the same few minutes, contact support first | Free: 50 a month; paid plans: unlimited participants |
| After the event | Yes, Premium and Professional — download every photo, video and message, plus a gallery link | Results export to Excel/PDF on Basic and up |
Where Mentimeter wins
- Polls, quizzes, scales and word clouds — QR Wall has none
- It is your slide deck: import slides and put questions between them
- Results drawn as presentation-ready charts, exportable on Basic and up
- Q&A moderation on Pro: questions approved before they're shown
- Classrooms, training and keynotes where you need the audience's answers as data
Where QR Wall wins
- Guests' photos on the screen — Mentimeter takes none
- A live wall in the room: Slideshow, Grid, and TV view on paid plans
- No deck to build: create a wall in about a minute and put it on any screen
- AI moderation of text, photos and video plus an approval queue on Professional ($19.99/mo)
- Weddings, parties and celebrations, where nobody wants a quiz
- A gallery link and a download of everything afterwards (Premium and Professional)
Pricing side by side
Both start free. Mentimeter is priced per presenter and billed yearly; QR Wall bills monthly per account.
QR Wall
- Free — $0
5 posts on screen at a time, rotating; the first 30 posts per wall are kept. Photos, messages and reactions, Slideshow and Grid views, no card. - Premium — $10.99/mo
Every post on screen, short guest videos, TV view, remove any post in one tap, download everything and a shareable gallery. - Professional — $19.99/mo
AI moderation and an approval queue, custom background and your logo in the QR code, contact capture with CSV, Keynote theme. First month $11.99.
Mentimeter
- Free — $0
50 participants per month (unlimited participants once a month). - Basic — $14/mo
Per presenter, billed yearly only. Unlimited participants, import slides, export results. Third-party listings show $11.99. - Pro — $28/mo
Per presenter, billed yearly only. Branding, workspace collaboration, co-creation, Q&A moderation. Third-party listings show $24.99. - Enterprise — Custom
Contact sales; company branding. One-time conference deals are offered but not publicly priced.
Mentimeter prices read on mentimeter.com/plans on 15 October 2026, in USD; they are region-localized, and third-party listings from August 2026 show lower figures. Check their site before you buy.
What changed since March 2026
This comparison dates from March 2026. If you were weighing Mentimeter's polling against a live photo wall, these are the QR Wall changes since then that affect the decision.
Prices changed in July 2026
QR Wall now costs $10.99 per month on Premium and $19.99 per month on Professional, billed monthly with no contract; the Free plan is still $0, shows 5 posts on screen at a time and keeps the first 30 posts per wall.
Manual approval before anything reaches the screen
On Professional every post can wait for a one-tap approval on the host's phone, and the same plan adds AI screening of messages, photos and videos with 5 sensitivity levels.
The wall runs on a smart TV with no laptop
Open qrwall.live/tv on any TV browser, scan the pairing code with your phone and pick a wall; the TV never sees a password and the phone stays the remote.
Guests can post short videos
On Premium and Professional, guests can record 15-second video clips from the phone page alongside photos and messages, and the wall plays them muted as they arrive.
Walls in English, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia
On every plan, the wall and the guest's phone page run in English, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia, chosen per wall, and the marketing site has a Spanish edition at qrwall.live/es.
A $29.00 add-on for big rooms
Event Performance Boost is a one-off $29.00 add-on to Professional for events with 200 or more guests posting at once: reserved capacity, a pre-event check and first place in the support queue.
Mentimeter's side of the table above was re-checked against its public pricing and feature pages on 15 October 2026; prices change, so check Mentimeter's site before deciding on price alone. Page last updated: October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is QR Wall a good Mentimeter alternative?
It depends on what you use Mentimeter for. If you want guests' photos and messages live on a screen, QR Wall is built for that and Mentimeter is not. If you need polls, quizzes and word clouds inside a presentation, Mentimeter is the better tool — QR Wall has no polls.
Does Mentimeter support photo sharing?
No. Mentimeter is built for polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A shown on presentation slides; it does not take participant photo uploads or show a wall of guest content. If you need guests' photos on a big screen, QR Wall is the tool for it.
Is QR Wall cheaper than Mentimeter?
Both have a free plan. Mentimeter's free plan takes 50 participants a month; QR Wall's shows 5 posts on screen at a time and keeps the first 30 posts per wall. Paid, QR Wall Premium is $10.99 a month billed monthly; Mentimeter Basic was $14 per presenter a month billed yearly on mentimeter.com on 15 October 2026 (third-party listings show $11.99). For a single event, a month of QR Wall you can cancel afterwards costs less than a year of Mentimeter.
Which is better for weddings and celebrations?
QR Wall. Guests scan a QR code and their photos and messages appear live on the screen; Mentimeter is made for presentations and meetings. On QR Wall, Premium adds a shareable gallery and a download of everything, and Professional ($19.99/month) adds AI moderation and an approval queue.
Can I use QR Wall and Mentimeter together?
Yes. Some organizers run Mentimeter during a keynote for polls and Q&A, then switch the screen to QR Wall for breaks, networking or the party, where guests' photos and messages are the content. They solve different problems.
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