Two codes, one weekend.
Every phone in the yard, one gallery.
This page is for whoever owns the barbecue on grand final weekend: the backyard with the big screen dragged onto the deck, the jerseys of both sides, the sausage sizzle and the half-time kick in the yard. Guests turn up from the first bounce to the last siren and take photos the whole way through, and the ones from the kids' kick at half-time end up on a phone that left before the trophy. One QR code stuck to the esky collects all of it, and the mate who could not get away from work watches the yard on a private link.
One-time. No account needed to buy — about a minute.
The moments guests actually photograph at grand final parties
Why grand final parties work better on Picsui
Written for the person hosting this one, and checked against what the product actually does.
Guests at the bounce and guests at three-quarter time
A grand final barbecue runs from before the first bounce to well after the siren, and people drift in through the afternoon. The QR code on the esky works whenever someone arrives, and the photos of the pre-game kick and the celebration after the siren land in one gallery, in the order they happened, whichever phone took them.
The photo wall on the screen at half-time
Switch the big screen from the match to the live slideshow during the half-time break and the yard sees its own afternoon: the kids' kick, the sausage sizzle, the jerseys at the door. New uploads appear as they are taken. A phone remote controls it from the deck, so nobody misses the second-half bounce fiddling with a laptop.
Stream the yard to the mate on night shift
The private live broadcast included with the Event Pass is for the people, not the match: point a phone at the deck for the last quarter and the mate who is working, or the brother who moved to Perth, watches the yard lose its mind at the final siren. Up to 90 minutes and 100 viewers, no account, and a replay is available as the Broadcast Recording add-on.
No app. No account. One scan.
Guests point their camera at a QR code and are uploading in seconds. Nobody installs anything, nobody creates a login, and the grandparents can do it as easily as the teenagers.
Live photo wall on any screen
Open the slideshow on a TV, projector or laptop and new uploads appear as they arrive. Grid and collage layouts, transition presets, and a phone remote to control it from across the room.
Broadcast it to the people who couldn't come
A private live broadcast is included with the Event Pass: stream up to 90 minutes to 100 viewers on a private link, with sound, and keep the recording afterwards.
Video messages, recorded on the spot
A 30-second video toast recorded in the browser, no editing, no re-uploading. The guest who would never write in a book will happily talk to a phone.
Games that get phones out for the right reason
Photo scavenger hunts, guess-who and trivia run from the guest page, and every game entry lands in the gallery as another photo.
Full-resolution downloads
Download any photo, or the whole event as one archive, at original quality. What guests uploaded is what you keep — no compression, no watermark on paid events.
How it works
Set up in a minute. Collect for the whole event.
Create the event in the week before with the two teams in the name and a colour to match your side. Add a Sunday recovery lunch as a sub-event if there is one.
Print the QR code and stick it on the esky, the barbecue and the fridge door, the three places every guest visits at least twice during the afternoon.
Guests scan and upload from the first bounce to the last siren. At half-time, switch the screen to the slideshow so the yard sees its own photos.
The next day, share the gallery link in the group chat and download every original in one ZIP before the photos of the winning side are forgotten.
Try uploading as a guest.
Scan this with your phone the way a guest at your event would. Choose a sample photo and upload it from your browser, then open the demo gallery to see it land. Photos pass a quick AI check first; videos wait for a person.
- Scan the code with your phone camera — it opens straight in the browser.
- Upload a sample photo. Look for the upload confirmation so you know it reached the host.
Use a sample you are comfortable sharing with Picsui. Please keep personal or sensitive photos out of the demo.
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This is the same kind of code your guests scan at your event.
Getting the most from grand final parties
The half-time kick in the yard is the moment everyone photographs and the one nobody collects, because half the phones belong to the parents who leave straight after the game ends. Put the QR code where those parents will be: on the esky, on the drinks table, on the fridge. Ask people to scan it before the game rather than at the end, when the losing side wants to leave and the winning side has other things on their mind. A quick scan at the door on arrival means every later photo uploads with one tap.
Set the screen up so it can switch between the match and the slideshow without anyone leaving their seat. The slideshow is a web page, so a laptop or streaming stick plugged into the television handles both, and the phone remote flips between them from the deck. Run the slideshow before the bounce while people arrive, through the half-time break, and again after the siren while the winners find the last sausages. Leave it on the match for the quarters; nobody wants their photo replacing the goal review.
In Victoria the Friday before the AFL grand final is a public holiday, and for NRL households the weekend runs from Saturday afternoon to the Sunday recovery. Add the Friday barbecue or the Sunday lunch as sub-events under the one code so the photos stay in the order they happened. Regional properties with patchy signal are fine: uploads queue on the phone and finish when it finds signal or the house Wi-Fi, so write the Wi-Fi password on the same sign as the QR code and the photos arrive before the siren.
Common questions about grand final parties
Does anyone need to install an app?
No. A guest points the phone camera at the QR code on the esky and the upload page opens in the browser. There is nothing to install, no account and no sign-up, so the neighbour who drops in for the last quarter uploads as easily as the host. People who forget on the day can use the same code from the group chat the next morning, and it keeps working for the whole of the hosting period.
Can we stream the game to a mate who cannot be here?
The broadcast is for your yard, not the television. Streaming the match itself is a matter for the broadcaster and their rights, so point the phone at the deck instead: the reaction to the goal, the half-time kick, the final siren. The private live broadcast is included with the Event Pass, runs up to 90 minutes for 100 viewers on one private link, and the mate on night shift watches with no account. A replay is available afterwards as the Broadcast Recording add-on.
The party is on a farm outside town with bad signal. Will uploads work?
Yes, with a delay. Uploads wait in the queue on the guest's phone and finish when the phone next finds signal or Wi-Fi, so a photo from the paddock kick arrives once the guest walks back near the house. If the house Wi-Fi reaches the deck, put the password on the same sign as the QR code so guests join it before the bounce. The gallery fills in over the afternoon and is complete by the time the last car leaves.
It is a family barbecue. Do we need host review?
Probably not for a yard of people you know; leave it off and photos appear in the gallery and on the slideshow as they arrive. Turn it on if the guest list has grown to include workmates and their mates, or if the bar will be open for eight hours, and every upload will wait until you approve it. AI screening flags anything questionable first, and you can remove any photo afterwards either way.
What does it cost, and is it in Australian dollars?
An Event Pass is $29, paid once for the event, with no subscription and nothing charged per guest. It includes unlimited uploads with a 25 GB fair-use bound, the slideshow, the private broadcast, full-resolution downloads and 365 days of hosting. Prices are set in US dollars, and where Stripe offers it, checkout presents the total in Australian dollars before you pay, so the figure on the screen is the figure on the card.
Every photo from grand final parties, in one place
One-time Event Pass, $29. No subscription, no per-guest fee.
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