Sharing & Permissions
Collections are private by default: only you can see them until you invite someone. When you share, you choose who gets access (by email or a link) and what they can do (their role).
How to share a collection
Open Sharing settings
In the collection, open Settings (gear icon) and go to the Sharing tab.
Invite by email or create a link
Enter someone's email address, or generate a shareable link to send yourself.
Choose their role
The role dropdown offers Can view, Can add memories, and Can edit. Only the Owner can invite people or change someone's role.
Send it
Email invites arrive with a join link. Recipients without a lovd account are prompted to create a free one.
The four roles
Everyone in a collection holds exactly one role. The app labels them by what they let someone do rather than by the role name. In the invite picker and the member list you'll see Can view (Viewer), Can add memories (Contributor), Can edit (Editor), and Owner. The shareable link panel uses the same wording except for Viewer, which it calls View only.
Owner
The person who created the collection. Full control, including managing people. One Owner per collection.
Editor
Trusted people who can upload, organise, and remove photos.
Contributor
Can add their own photos but can't reorganise or remove others' content.
Viewer
Can see, like, comment, and download, but can't add or change anything.
What each role can do
| Action | Viewer | Contributor | Editor | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Like and comment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Download photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upload photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Create posts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Edit post details | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Remove photos | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Invite people | ✓ | |||
| Change roles | ✓ | |||
| Remove people | ✓ | |||
| Delete collection | ✓ |
Managing access
Inviting people, changing a role and removing someone are all Owner-only. Everyone else sees the member list but can't change it.
See who has access: open Collection settings → Sharing for the full list of people. Invites nobody has accepted yet sit at the top of the tab under Waiting to connect.
Change a role: find the person, tap their current role, and pick a new one. Changes take effect immediately.
Remove someone: find them in the list and tap Remove. They lose access straight away. Photos they uploaded stay in the collection unless you remove those separately.
Invites
Waiting to connect: people must accept before they can see anything. Email invites expire after 7 days. If one lapses, just send a fresh invite or resend it from the Sharing settings.
Invite not arriving? Ask the recipient to check their spam/junk folder, search their inbox for "lovd", and confirm you used the right email address.
Storage and sharing
Each file can be up to 50 MB on every plan. Storage quotas are 500 MB on Explorer, 5 GB on Curator (€1/mo or €8/yr), and 50 GB on Archivist (€3/mo or €30/yr). See Plans & Billing for details.