The night can't fall apart.
Even when the Wi-Fi does.
Photo booth software for Windows, iPad, iPhone and Mac, with Canon and Sony by cable, and on Windows Nikon too. For your guests: 360° with real slow motion, AI portraits true to the face, beauty looks, stickers and a guestbook right in the photo. Plus cutout without a cloth, printing, a guest gallery and up to 30 days offline, without losing a single shot.
€14/month for two booths — paid annually
No credit card · no subscription until you pick one · hosting in the EU
From your desk to the last guest
Four steps. Two you do beforehand — the other two the booth does on its own.
At the end the guest prints or takes the photo by QR code; the gallery is already online by then. The four images above are in your language — BoothDock speaks 24.
The gallery that stays after the night
Every photo lands in a private online gallery that guests open by QR code — in your brand's look, on the phone as well as on a big screen.
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Split -
Dark -
Scrapbook
Real gallery templates with test photos and a sample brand. Guests see the gallery in their own language.
- 13 templates, your brand Pick a cover template, set your logo and colours – the live preview shows desktop and phone.
- Hearts and slideshow Guests mark their favourite photos with a heart. The slideshow puts the gallery on a TV or projector, with new shots in live mode.
- QR card and short address A print-ready QR card in A6 or A5 with logo and accent colour, plus a short address to type in.
- Email with photo, gallery as an app Guests get an email with a preview image and your logo, and put the gallery on their home screen with your app icon.
- Photo challenge rally and live photo wall Guests upload photos for challenges from their phone, the wall shows them live on the projector.
More about the Hub → Step by step in the wiki: designing the gallery →
Your guest becomes a superhero.
After the shot, the guest picks a style. What gets transformed is your guest's real photo: face, hairstyle and skin tone are preserved, only the style changes — into a 3D animated character, a superhero or an anime poster. The original isn't lost, and both versions land in the gallery. Our Hub does the number-crunching, not the event PC — the booth doesn't need a graphics card for this.
Six pieces that work together
At the event, next to it, afterwards and in your pocket — every piece has its job.
Studio
Camera, layout, printing, green screen. Keeps running offline when the Wi-Fi drops out.
Take a look On the App StoreStudio on iPad, iPhone and Mac
The same software without a Windows PC, from the App Store. Canon and Sony connect to the device directly by USB.
Take a look AfterwardsHub
Prepare events, watch your booths, release galleries, answer deletion requests.
Take a look iPhoneCompanion
Is everything running? One colour per event, push alerts, remote support from your phone.
Take a look Next to the boothStation
The second device next to the photo booth: guests start there and view, print and share their pictures. For Windows, iPad and iPhone; Mac in preparation.
Take a look For the guestsGallery
The private gallery by QR code, in your brand's look: 13 templates, hearts, slideshow and photo by email.
Take a lookStart for free. Pay transparently as you grow.
One price per box: Free to try it out, Pro for up to 50 boxes, Business from 51 boxes on request. With annual billing, the 2nd box is included in the base price, and every extra one is cheaper than with monthly billing.
Free
Watermark · 2-day gallery · 25 GB storage
Start for free →Just one event? BoothDock One – €39 one-time, 45 days, 1 box
Pro
with annual billing · every extra box €7/month · up to 50 boxes · storage pool: 150 GB per box up to box 10, 100 GB per box up to box 50
Try free for 14 days →Try Pro free for 14 days: confirm your email, pair your first booth – no payment details, then back to Free on its own.
With Pro: your own gallery address under your name, e.g. yourname.boothdock.cloud.
With Pro: guest payments at the booth, straight to your Stripe account, with no commission.
Business
Everything in Pro – plus:
- Payment by invoice instead of credit card
- Personal point of contact
- Storage pool by tier: 150 GB per box up to box 10, 100 GB up to box 50, 50 GB from box 51
- Custom contract term
Pro customers can also submit the request directly in the Hub under Billing.
Pay yearly and two boxes are included in the base price. From the second on, the price per box stays the same — up to box 50.
- 1 box €14 per box €14/mo.
- 2 boxes €7 per box €14/mo.
- 5 boxes €7 per box €35/mo.
- 10 boxes €7 per box €70/mo.
Pricing
As an add-on to Pro it costs €12 a month when paid yearly (€144 a year) or €15 when paid monthly.
The booking module is also available without Pro: “Booking only” costs €19 a month when paid yearly (€228 a year) or €24 when paid monthly.
Existing Pro accounts can use the booking module free of charge until 28 January 2027. All prices are final prices.
All prices in euros. As a small business under § 19 of the German VAT Act we do not charge VAT. For orders from outside Germany our payment provider handles the sale; any tax due there is shown before you buy.
BoothDock runs on my own boxes in Heinsberg.
I run photo booths while I write this software. When printing fails at a party or the Wi-Fi drops out, I am the one standing in front of it — not in a support ticket, but in the hall. Whatever annoys me there, I change in the code the next day.
On top of that: over 20 years in mechanical engineering and automation — still my day job. Plants that have to run through the night do not forgive software that works most of the time. That is where the watchdog, the self-repair and the offline operation come from — they are not extras, they are the mindset behind it.
Write to support and I answer. There is no first line that passes your question on.
The key answers for photo booth operators, photographers and event pros.
What is BoothDock?
BoothDock is photo booth software from Germany: BoothDock Studio runs the photo booth right at the event (offline-proof), and the BoothDock Hub takes over afterwards in the cloud for event preparation, upload sync and customer galleries.
What can guests do at the booth?
Guests choose photo, GIF, boomerang, video, 360° with real slow motion or an AI portrait that preserves face, hairstyle and skin tone. Then they put a beauty look and a colour look over their picture and place stickers on the finished photo. In the guestbook they sign with a finger right into the photo. They take the result home by QR code, by email, on iPad, iPhone and Mac also by AirDrop – or as a print. An animated countdown runs before every photo, with lines and announcements if you like. With their own phone they join the photo challenge rally and send photos to the live photo wall.
How much does BoothDock cost?
Three plans, one price per box: Free to try it out (1 box, watermark). Pro from €14/month on the annual plan (2 boxes included), each additional box €7/month, up to 50 boxes. Storage is pooled per account: 150 GB per box up to 10 boxes, 100 GB per box up to 50 boxes, then 50 GB per box – expandable with storage packages. Business from 51 boxes on request: payment by invoice, personal point of contact, custom contract term. You can start for free, no credit card required.
Does BoothDock work offline?
Yes. BoothDock Studio runs fully offline on the event PC – up to 30 days without internet. Once a connection is available again, it automatically syncs the captures with the Hub.
Is BoothDock GDPR-compliant?
Yes. Data processing and hosting run in the EU, a prepared data processing agreement is available, and guest galleries are private via QR code. This level of data protection also benefits customers outside the EU.
What hardware do I need?
A Windows PC, an iPad, an iPhone or a Mac for BoothDock Studio, a camera and optionally a photo printer. On Windows, 154 bodies from Nikon, Canon and Sony run on a cable, plus any webcam. On iPad, iPhone and Mac it is the built-in camera, USB webcams, and Canon and Sony by USB cable — Nikon is not recognised there. BoothDock is the software; you bring the photo booth hardware yourself.
Before you decide: try it out.
Two ways to get to know BoothDock risk-free — the Hub sandbox and Studio right in your browser.
Try the Hub Try it in your browser
€14/month for two booths — paid annually
No credit card · no subscription until you pick one · hosting in the EU
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A short message is enough — a reply straight from us, no queue.
Drop us a line
We reply personally, usually the same day. For anything else, reach us directly:
mail@boothdock.eu