letsparty vs Joy
Joy is a free wedding website and app with free basic digital cards, and premium cards at 39 cents each (50 minimum); texting costs extra, at a price Joy doesn’t publish. letsparty texts every household from your own phone at no extra charge, for the wedding and each party around it.
From each one’s own pages, checked October 25, 2026. Sources are at the bottom.
The short version
- Pick Joy for a free wedding website, registry and app with unlimited guests.
- Pick letsparty for invitations texted from your own number, an envelope with each household’s names, and RSVPs that work the same for the shower, the rehearsal dinner and the brunch.
What one party costs
| Invitations | letsparty | Joy (withjoy) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Free | Basic cards free; premium cards $19.50 ($0.39 each, 50 minimum) |
| 30 | $29 (Party) | Basic cards free; premium cards $19.50 ($0.39 each, 50 minimum) |
| 50 | $29 (Party) | Basic cards free; premium cards $19.50 ($0.39 each, 50 minimum) |
| 100 | $29 (Party) | Basic cards free; premium cards $39 ($0.39 each, 50 minimum) |
letsparty counts invitations: one per household or couple, however many people are on it. letsparty’s launch prices are being finalized.
Where Joy (withjoy) is better
- Genuinely free wedding website, app and RSVP with unlimited guests
- Very cheap premium digital cards ($0.39 each) plus free basic cards
- Registry, website, invitations and paper in one coordinated system
- Multiple editors for couples and planners
Sending, and what guests need
| letsparty | Joy (withjoy) | |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan | Yes Up to 15 invitations a party. | Yes Free: website, app, registry, unlimited guests, online RSVP, multiple editors, and Basic Digital Cards sent by email or link. Basic cards have limited editing and fewer designs. |
| Ads on free invitations | No | Not confirmed Not stated |
| Texts are sent from | Your own phone One tap sends them all from an iPhone after a one-time setup, or one at a time from any phone. | Paste the link yourself Basic and Premium cards send by email through Joy or by link (WhatsApp, Messenger, social). Joy sends texts only as paid add-ons, US and Canada only. |
| Invitations by email | Yes | Yes |
| Guests need an app | No | No Joy FAQ: no account needed to view or RSVP in the browser; the app needs an account; password-protected sites need the event password. |
| Guests sign up or verify to answer | No Each household’s own link already knows who they are. | No Joy FAQ: no account needed to view or RSVP in the browser; the app needs an account; password-protected sites need the event password. |
Features side by side
“Not confirmed” means we couldn’t find it on their pages, not that it’s missing.
| letsparty | Joy (withjoy) | |
|---|---|---|
| RSVPs tracked as they come in | Yes Sent, opened and answered, for every household. | Yes Unlimited guests |
| A meal choice for each person | Yes A question beside each name, with choices like “Chicken, Fish, Veggie”. | Yes Custom questions for meals and dietary needs |
| Kids counted on their own | Yes Asked on every RSVP unless you turn it off. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Plus-ones limited or off | Yes How many guests each invitation can bring, or none, and a plus-one for one guest alone. | Yes Choose who gets a plus-one; guests enter the name |
| A head-count limit and waitlist | Yes · Party plan Past the limit, yeses join a waitlist you let in. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Reminders and nudges | Yes A “can you make it?” email before the RSVP date and a reminder before the party. | Yes Email reminders free; SMS reminders need Messaging Plus |
| A date poll | Yes Guests mark the dates that work; you pick, and the poll turns into the RSVP. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Co-hosts | Yes Plan together in a shared group with one address book, or add a co-host to one party. | Yes Multiple editor accounts |
| A what-to-bring sign-up | Yes · Party plan A sign-up with limits, and write-ins. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Guests’ photos in one place | Yes · Party plan A photo wall from a table QR code, with a slideshow. | Not confirmed Not confirmed |
| Guest comments or a wall | Yes · Party plan Notes from guests before the party. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Your own photo on the card | Yes Photo designs put your picture on the card. | Yes Photo layouts; more options on Premium |
| An invite that opens like an envelope | Yes Every invite opens like an envelope with their name on it; other openings (a wax-sealed letter, a gift box, French doors) are on the Party plan. | Partly Reveal animation is selectable on Premium Digital Cards |
| Designs | 334 On the design wall today, each one a live invite you can open. | Not confirmed 'Hundreds' of free digital designs; exact count not published |
| Save-the-dates | Yes Save-the-date designs and a save-the-date start in the planner. | Yes Free basic digital; premium digital from $0.39 each; paper |
| Several events on one invite | Yes · Host Pass plan Make it a weekend: each guest gets one link to the parties they’re invited to, and answers each one. | Yes Track attendance for all wedding events in one place |
| A wedding website | Yes · Wedding plan Your story, every event, travel, the registry and questions, with an optional password; guests RSVP on their own invites. | Yes Free |
| Thank-yous | Yes · Party plan A thank-you message to everyone who came; thank-you cards in your designs with the Host Pass. | Yes Printed thank-you cards |
| Guests confirm their address | Yes Guests confirm their own address and phone. | Partly A 'Contact Collector' tool is linked; not described on the pages read |
| Printed invitations | No Digital only. | Yes Paper from $1.99 each |
| Add to calendar | Yes Apple, Google and Outlook, plus a feed that keeps every party current. | Not confirmed Not found |
Questions
Are Joy’s digital invitations free?
Basic digital cards are free by email or link. Premium cards are $0.39 each with a 50-card minimum, and sending them by text is an add-on.
Sources
Joy (withjoy)
- $0/mo; included features; paid upgrades (domain, texting, premium designs) (2026-10-25)
- Multi-event RSVP, meal questions, plus-ones, guest messaging, free and premium designs (2026-10-25)
- Premium cards: 50 minimum, bundles, SMS add-on, reveal animation (2026-10-25)
- Basic free; Premium paid; envelope addressing at no extra cost (2026-10-25)
- Email, link, paid text add-on (2026-10-25)
- Messaging Plus one-time SMS unlock (dated 2026-09-24) (2026-10-25)
- Digital $0.39 ($0.29 promo), Paper $1.99 ($1.69), Concierge $3.77 (2026-10-25)
- Digital $0.39 ($0.29 promo), Paper $1.84 ($1.56), Concierge $2.26 (2026-10-25)
- Guests don't need an account to RSVP (2026-10-25)
Joy (withjoy) is a trademark of its owner; letsparty isn’t affiliated with it. Prices and features change: check their sites before you choose. See something out of date? Write to invites@letsparty.rsvp and we’ll fix it.