letsparty vs Partiful
Partiful is free, social and built for a group chat crowd, with a comment feed, photo albums and waitlists. letsparty is built for the family-and-friends kind of party: one invite per household with everyone’s names on it, texted from your own phone, and no sign-up or phone check for guests.
From each one’s own pages, checked October 25, 2026. Sources are at the bottom.
The short version
- Pick Partiful for a free event with a social feed, big open guest lists, or ticketed events.
- Pick letsparty when your guests are families and grandparents: one invite per household, RSVPs by name with kids counted on their own, and no code to verify before they can answer.
What one party costs
| Invitations | letsparty | Partiful |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Free | Free |
| 30 | $29 (Party) | Free |
| 50 | $29 (Party) | Free |
| 100 | $29 (Party) | Free |
letsparty counts invitations: one per household or couple, however many people are on it. letsparty’s launch prices are being finalized.
Where letsparty is different
- Texts come from your own phone number, so guests see a name they know. Partiful texts from its own number.
- Guests answer without signing up or verifying a phone number; each household’s link already knows who they are.
Where Partiful is better
- Free core product with very generous limits
- Huge social network effect: 5.0 stars from about 277K App Store ratings, Editors' Choice
- Social features guests enjoy: activity feed, photo albums, waitlist, Find a Time, ticketing and Chip In
- Strong brand pull with Gen Z and millennial hosts
Sending, and what guests need
| letsparty | Partiful | |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan | Yes Up to 15 invitations a party. | Yes Up to 1,000 invites per event through Partiful (unlimited if you share the link yourself). Brand-new invitees are capped per event: mutuals you haven't hosted 50 (150 on your first event), phone contacts 200, email invites 500. |
| Ads on free invitations | No | Not confirmed Partiful's 'How does Partiful make money?' article mentions only ticket fees and optional purchases; ads aren't mentioned. |
| 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. | Its own number (or paste the link yourself) Invite texts come from Partiful short code 397-81. Reminders and text blasts go out by SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp depending on country, or as app push notifications. The host can copy the link into their own texts or DMs. Email invites are capped at 500 per event. |
| Invitations by email | Yes | Yes |
| Guests need an app | No | No No app needed. To RSVP, a guest enters their name and phone number and verifies it with a texted code, creating a phone-verified Partiful identity. Web users may have to log in again to view. |
| Guests sign up or verify to answer | No Each household’s own link already knows who they are. | Partly No app needed. To RSVP, a guest enters their name and phone number and verifies it with a texted code, creating a phone-verified Partiful identity. Web users may have to log in again to view. |
Features side by side
“Not confirmed” means we couldn’t find it on their pages, not that it’s missing.
| letsparty | Partiful | |
|---|---|---|
| RSVPs tracked as they come in | Yes Sent, opened and answered, for every household. | Yes Real-time, including guests without the app |
| A meal choice for each person | Yes A question beside each name, with choices like “Chicken, Fish, Veggie”. | Partly Guest Questionnaire (for example dietary restrictions, names of +1s), answered per RSVP |
| 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 Limit +1s per guest (default 1) and require +1 names |
| A head-count limit and waitlist | Yes · Party plan Past the limit, yeses join a waitlist you let in. | Yes Max capacity with an automatic waitlist that promotes the next guest and texts them; guest approval mode |
| Reminders and nudges | Yes A “can you make it?” email before the RSVP date and a reminder before the party. | Yes Auto-reminders: 'Going' guests 2 hours before; 'Maybe' or no reply 1 week before; plus host text blasts |
| A date poll | Yes Guests mark the dates that work; you pick, and the poll turns into the RSVP. | Yes 'Find a Time' poll; votes convert to RSVPs |
| Co-hosts | Yes Plan together in a shared group with one address book, or add a co-host to one party. | Yes Up to 20 co-hosts |
| A what-to-bring sign-up | Yes · Party plan A sign-up with limits, and write-ins. | Not confirmed Not found in help center |
| Guests’ photos in one place | Yes · Party plan A photo wall from a table QR code, with a slideshow. | Yes Shared photo albums with guest uploads; download all |
| Guest comments or a wall | Yes · Party plan Notes from guests before the party. | Yes Activity feed with comments, reactions and GIFs |
| Your own photo on the card | Yes Photo designs put your picture on the card. | Yes Custom cover image |
| 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 Animated themes and effects; no envelope found |
| Designs | 334 On the design wall today, each one a live invite you can open. | Not confirmed Not published |
| Save-the-dates | Yes Save-the-date designs and a save-the-date start in the planner. | Not confirmed Not found |
| 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. | Not confirmed Not found; recurring and duplicate events exist |
| 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. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Thank-yous | Yes · Party plan A thank-you message to everyone who came; thank-you cards in your designs with the Host Pass. | Partly Free digital greeting cards (Partiful Cards) |
| Guests confirm their address | Yes Guests confirm their own address and phone. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Printed invitations | No Digital only. | Not confirmed QR code for sharing; no printed product found |
| Add to calendar | Yes Apple, Google and Outlook, plus a feed that keeps every party current. | Yes Automatic calendar sync (Google, Apple, Outlook) and single-event add |
Questions
Is Partiful free?
Yes. Partiful says its core product is free, with optional paid extras such as premium designs ($4.95) and Partiful Plus ($4.99 a month in the App Store).
Do guests need an account for Partiful?
Not an app, but to RSVP a guest enters their name and phone number and confirms it with a texted code. On letsparty, each household’s own link already knows who they are.
Can Partiful count kids separately?
We couldn’t confirm it on Partiful’s pages. letsparty asks how many kids are coming on every RSVP unless you turn it off.
Sources
Partiful
- In-app purchase prices (Peek $1.99, Partiful Plus $4.99, Premium Add-On $4.95, 2-pack $9.90), features, ratings (2026-10-25)
- Core free; optional premium invite designs; ticket fee (2026-10-25)
- Revenue sources (no ads mentioned) (2026-10-25)
- Partiful Plus monthly subscription contents, US only (2026-10-25)
- Peek definition (2026-10-25)
- Invite limits (2026-10-25)
- Short code 397-81 (2026-10-25)
- Invite methods, copy link (2026-10-25)
- RSVP needs name, phone and text verification code (2026-10-25)
- No app required (2026-10-25)
- Capacity, waitlist, +1 limits (2026-10-25)
- Questionnaire, Find a Time (2026-10-25)
- Auto-reminder schedule and channels (2026-10-25)
- Up to 20 co-hosts (2026-10-25)
- Feature inventory (photos, messaging, waitlist, calendar, Chip In) (2026-10-25)
Partiful 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.