Frequently asked questions.

YowtoBooth turns an Android tablet and a thermal receipt printer into a full event photobooth — guided capture, instant black-and-white photo-strip printing, QR soft-copy delivery, and guest payments, all from one app.

Just a tablet (Android 8.0+, 7–11″ screen) and a 58mm or 80mm ESC/POS Bluetooth thermal printer. No proprietary hardware, no ink cartridges. Buy a software license, activate it on your device, and you're ready to run events. Already have the hardware? Head straight to Plans & Pricing.

No. The app guides guests through capture with a countdown and layout selection, and walks you through setup with a step-by-step activation flow the first time you open it.

Yes — the Complete Photobooth Package bundles a 10.1″ touchscreen tablet, 10 rolls of thermal paper, a free ring light, and a 6-month software license (then ₱300/month) in one order. Check current pricing and stock on Plans & Pricing.

Yes. Any ESP32 board — off-the-shelf or your own custom design — can run our Vendo firmware. Download the firmware and the app, wire up a coin and/or bill acceptor, and pairing to the tablet happens automatically over your local network (mDNS) — no manual IP addresses or tokens to type in.

No. If you're not building a self-service machine, you don't need any of the Vendo hardware at all — just a tablet, a thermal printer, and a software license. Vendo Mode is entirely optional.

Any Android 8.0+ tablet with a 7–11″ screen, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi, paired with a standard 58mm or 80mm ESC/POS Bluetooth thermal printer — the same printers used for retail and POS receipts. No YowtoBooth-branded hardware required.

We publish a ready-to-flash firmware image plus the full source as a PlatformIO project, along with wiring, protocol, and pairing documentation. Firmware updates are applied over USB by design — deliberately no wireless firmware updates, so a booth out in the field can't be bricked over the network.

An optional mode that turns your booth into an unattended, coin- or bill-operated machine: a guest inserts enough money to unlock "Start Photo," and the session begins automatically.

Yes. Credit and session state are tracked locally on the tablet, so the booth keeps accepting payments and printing even if the connection drops.

Yes, independently — enable just coins, just bills, or both, and set your own price per session.

Not for peso pricing — turn on automatic ₱1/₱5/₱10/₱20 coin mapping and the rest is optional fine-tuning from the Vendo settings screen, which also keeps a transaction history you can export as a CSV.

Single photo, 2-photo strip, 3-photo strip, 2×2 grid, double photo card (two copies at once), Polaroid-style, and a Wanted-poster frame — seven layouts guests can choose from each session.

No — thermal printing only, so there's nothing to refill or replace besides paper rolls.

Yes — every session can offer a QR code guests scan to download a full soft copy, no app or account needed on their end.

24 hours from the moment it's generated, by default. After that the file is removed automatically.

GCash and QR-based payments (Maya included), bank transfer, plain cash at a staffed counter, or free/no-payment sessions — pick whichever combination fits your event.

Yes — choose exactly which methods are offered from your booth's settings; you're not stuck with all of them switched on.

Each license is machine-bound: it activates on one device, and its term only starts counting down once it's actually activated — not from the day you bought it. Full terms are on the Plans & Pricing page.

You get a short grace period after expiry before the machine stops working, plus advance email warnings, so there's time to renew without an event-day surprise.

Machine transfers go through admin approval — reach out and we'll move it for you.

Yes — Plans & Pricing auto-detects your country and shows an approximate price in your local currency (Malaysian Ringgit, Vietnamese Dong, Indonesian Rupiah, and more), with a manual switcher if we guess wrong. All checkout and billing is still charged in PHP.

Yes — the distributor program is open to anyone. Apply anytime; no invitation required. Applications are reviewed, and approved distributors get territory-based pricing, a dedicated dashboard, marketing materials, and priority support.

Yes — that's exactly what the Builder program is for. Buy machine-activation licenses in bulk at Starter or Pro Builder pricing, build and brand your own machines, and sell them as your own business.

Starter Builder is pay-as-you-go (minimum 3 licenses). Pro Builder unlocks bulk pricing and a bonus structure — buy 10 paid licenses, get 5 free. Distributor is our top tier: custom pricing, an approved territory, and dedicated account support, by application. Compare all three on Plans & Pricing.

No — apply as a guest, or sign in first to prefill your details. Guest applicants get a secure link by email to track their application status. Start an application.

Standard technical support and app OTA updates on every tier, with priority support for Pro Builder and Distributor partners.

1 month of hardware warranty plus 6 months of after-sales setup and technical guidance, included with every complete package order.

Email sales@yowtobooth.com or message us on Facebook — we're generally reachable Monday–Saturday, 9am–6pm.

Yes — upload your logo, choose where it prints, and set your own header, footer, and contact line on every printed receipt.

Yes — an on-device sales dashboard shows your transactions with date-range filtering, and everything syncs to your online account automatically.

No — automatic OTA app updates are on by default; you can turn them off if you'd rather control timing yourself.