Honest comparison
QR Wall vs Walls.io: Which event wall is right for you?
- Pick QR Wall if
- guests post photos and messages straight to the screen, you want a free plan to start, and you run more than one event a month.
- Pick Walls.io if
- the wall should pull posts from Instagram, TikTok and other social networks, or a brand campaign needs custom CSS and many layouts.
Free to start, no card. Set up in about a minute.
Last checked October 2026 against Walls.io's own site.
Walls.io is a social wall: it aggregates posts from 14 social platforms onto a screen, and since adding Direct Posts it also lets guests scan a QR code and post photos, videos and text with no app or social account. QR Wall does only the direct part — guests scan the QR code on the screen and their photos, messages and emoji reactions appear live — and does not pull from social networks.
On price, Walls.io sells events as a 30-Day Event Pass from $270 one-time (500 attendees, 5 sources), with Direct Posts in the $120 Interactivity Pack and Enterprise Event Plans from $2,400; there is a 14-day free trial but no free plan. QR Wall's free plan shows 5 posts at a time and keeps the first 30; Premium is $10.99 a month, cancel any time.
Walls.io is a social media wall for events and websites — it collects posts from social networks, and optionally direct uploads, into moderated on-screen layouts. QR Wall is a live event wall — guests post photos, text messages and reactions from their phones to a shared screen by scanning a QR code, with no app.
Feature by feature
QR Wall from our own plan table; Walls.io read on walls.io in October 2026.
| Feature | QR Wall | Walls.io |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free ($0); Premium $10.99/mo, Professional $19.99/mo, cancel any time | 30-Day Event Pass from $270 one-time; 14-day free trial |
| Free plan | 5 posts on screen at a time (rotating); the first 30 posts per wall are kept, later ones arrive locked | No free plan; 14-day free trial, no card |
| How guests post | Scan the QR code on the screen, post in the browser — no app, no account | Social posts with a hashtag, or Direct Posts by QR code with no app or social account ($120 Interactivity Pack) |
| Guest photos, videos and text | Photos, messages and emoji reactions on every plan; video clips on Premium and Professional | Direct Posts take photos, videos and text; social posts from 14 platforms |
| Social media aggregation | No — only what guests post to the wall | Yes — 14 platforms |
| Real-time display | Yes, about a second; Slideshow and Grid on every plan, TV view on Premium and Professional | Yes — 7 layouts, realtime updates |
| 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 | Manual or automatic moderation, keyword blocklists, AI spam and nudity filter, AI sentiment and language filters |
| Custom branding | Yes, Professional plan — custom background and your logo inside the QR code | Style editor, custom CSS and white-label; which plans include them is not stated on the event pricing page |
| Attendees | No guest cap on any plan; for 1,000+ phones posting in the same few minutes, contact support first | Event Pass: 500 attendees; Enterprise: custom |
| Download the content | Yes, Premium and Professional — ZIP of every photo, video and message | Yes — full content export (ZIP of published photos) |
| Shareable gallery link | Yes — Premium and Professional | Not listed for events |
Where Walls.io wins
- Aggregating posts from 14 social networks — QR Wall pulls from none
- Seven wall layouts, a style editor and custom CSS for brand campaigns
- Automatic moderation with AI spam, nudity, sentiment and language filters
- Direct QR posts and social posts on the same wall
- Website and digital-signage walls, not only events
- A full content export after the event
Where QR Wall wins
- A free plan, and paid plans from $10.99/mo against a $270 event pass plus $120 for direct posts
- Guests' messages and emoji reactions on the wall next to the photos
- One monthly plan with unlimited walls, for hosts who run events every month
- Pair a smart TV from your phone and run the wall from it — no laptop
- Themes: Elegant, Memorial and seasonal on Premium, Keynote on Professional
- Walls in English, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia on every plan; AI moderation and an approval queue on Professional ($19.99/mo)
Pricing side by side
Walls.io sells events as a one-time pass with add-on packs. QR Wall bills monthly and starts free.
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.
Walls.io
- 30-Day Event Pass — from $270
One-time. 500 attendees, 5 sources, realtime updates, full content export. - Interactivity Pack — $120
Add-on to the Event Pass: Direct Posts by QR code, polls, reactions. Included in Enterprise. - Enterprise Event Plans — from $2,400
One-time. Custom attendees and sources, add-on packs included. - Free trial — $0
14 days, no credit card. No permanent free plan.
Walls.io prices read on walls.io/pricing on 15 October 2026, in USD; its website and digital-signage subscriptions are priced separately. Check their site before you buy.
What changed since March 2026
This comparison dates from March 2026. Walls.io has since added direct QR posts of its own (its Interactivity Pack), so the gap is narrower than it was; the QR Wall changes since are about price, video, moderation and the TV.
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.
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.
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.
Your logo inside the QR code
Professional embeds the host's logo in the centre of the QR code on the wall, the printed poster and the downloads, at an error-correction level tested to scan from a projected screen.
Attendee contact capture with a CSV export
Professional can ask each guest once for an email or phone number before their first post and exports the deduplicated attendee list as a CSV.
Walls.io's side of the table above was re-checked against its public pricing and feature pages on 15 October 2026; prices change, so check Walls.io's site before deciding on price alone. Page last updated: October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is QR Wall a good Walls.io alternative?
Yes, when the event does not need social media. Walls.io aggregates posts from 14 social platforms and, with its $120 Interactivity Pack, also takes direct QR posts; an event pass starts at $270 one-time. QR Wall does direct posts only — photos, messages and reactions by QR code — starts free, and Premium is $10.99 a month. If your event is a hashtag campaign, Walls.io is the better fit.
Can guests post to Walls.io without social media?
Yes. Walls.io's Direct Posts let guests scan a built-in QR code and post photos, videos and text with no app and no social account; it is part of the $120 Interactivity Pack on top of the Event Pass. On QR Wall, posting by QR code with no app or account is how every wall works, on every plan including Free.
Which is better for weddings?
For most weddings, QR Wall: guests rarely want to post a wedding publicly on social media, and QR Wall needs no account and no add-on. It adds guests' written messages and emoji reactions, a Memorial and an Elegant theme on Premium, and a gallery link and download afterwards. Walls.io can do private direct posts too, at $270 plus $120 for the event.
Does Walls.io have a free plan?
No. Walls.io offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and events are sold as a 30-Day Event Pass from $270 one-time. QR Wall has a free plan with no time limit: 5 posts on screen at a time, and the first 30 posts per wall are kept; Premium removes both limits.
Which tool is better for large corporate events?
It depends on the format. For a branded social campaign across networks, Walls.io's aggregation, layouts and custom CSS are built for it, with automatic AI moderation. For an all-hands or town hall where employees post straight to the screen, QR Wall is simpler and cheaper; AI moderation, an approval queue and your logo in the QR code come with Professional ($19.99/mo).
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