Folio vs Online Wedding Planner

Folio is a web-based wedding planning app for couples organizing an event with a partner. Its planning tools cover guest management, budgeting and payment tracking, tasks, a wedding-day timeline, seating arrangements, a wedding website, and a gift registry. Guests receive personal RSVP links and can respond without creating an account or downloading an app. Vendor records can follow each supplier from inquiry through final payment, with contacts, notes, status, and linked expenses. CSV imports support lists prepared in Excel or Google Sheets; dietary reports export as CSV, while browser timelines can be printed or saved as PDF. Folio says it shows no ads, does not sell data, and stores information on Hetzner Cloud servers in Germany. Couples retain access until three months after the wedding, then can export their data. The product is still in development. The Couples plan costs 79.00 EUR once, including VAT; a view-only Demo is free.

Online Wedding Planner is a free set of browser-based tools for organizing wedding plans, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its budget calculator estimates costs across 14 categories using guest count, region, and wedding style; users can change the figures and track payments. The guest list tool handles households, RSVP status, meals, dietary requirements, plus-ones, and tags, with CSV import and export. Seating charts provide drag-and-drop room layouts, multiple table shapes, conflict warnings, and printable escort cards, table cards, and catering sheets. Other listed tools cover timelines, venue visits, stationery, and style. No signup is required, and there is no premium tier. Planning entries are saved in the browser's local storage on the user's device, not uploaded to the maker's servers. This means saved work may be unavailable after clearing browser data, switching devices or browsers, or using a private window. The site says analytics and advertising cookies are opt-in.