Apple Invites vs InviteDrop

Apple Invites lets people create party invitations, manage RSVPs, and host events. Hosts can personalize invitation backgrounds with a library photo or an image created with Image Playground, then add details using Apple Music, Photos, Maps, and other features. Each event can have up to 100 guests, and hosts can create unlimited events. Invitations can be sent by email, link, or SMS. Guests can RSVP in the iPhone app or at iCloud.com without needing the app, an Apple device, or an Apple Account. Hosts can add a Shared Album for guests to contribute event photos and videos. Guests with an Apple Music subscription can add songs to a collaborative event playlist. Hosts can require approval before guests join and choose whether the invitation cover is visible only to joined guests. Creating invitations requires an iCloud+ subscription. The listed 50GB iCloud+ plan is $0.99 a month and includes access to Apple Invites; plans can be shared with up to five additional family members at no extra cost, with personal information kept separate.

InviteDrop is a web app for creating digital invitations, sending them, and following event responses. Its catalog has more than 1,200 templates for occasions such as weddings, birthdays, and baby showers. Hosts can customize wording, colors, photos, stickers, event details, and RSVP options; invitations may open with an animated envelope. They can be sent by text, email, or shareable link, and guests can open them in a browser without an app or account. An event page shows replies and a running headcount, and hosts can remind guests who have not answered. The free plan costs nothing and includes five invitations per event, all designs, RSVP tracking, and email or text delivery, without ads or watermarks. A single invite counts once even when addressed to a couple or household. One-time Event Pass plans cost $15.99 as a one-time purchase for up to 25 invites, $29.99, paid once for up to 50, $44.99, paid once for up to 100, or $74.99, paid once for unlimited invites. InviteDrop Pro costs $249.99 a year for unlimited events with up to 1,000 guests each.