Joy (WithJoy) vs Planning.Wedding

Joy combines a wedding website, registry, and planning dashboard for couples and their guests. Its free dashboard includes a guest list, online RSVP tools, and website features. Couples can assemble a registry with Joy Shop products, gifts from other stores, and cash funds; cash contributions can use Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App, while card payments go through Stripe. Guests can use the mobile app to add photos to a shared album and leave messages in a virtual guest book. The app also provides travel details, map integrations, accommodation booking, and ride-sharing integrations. Google Maps previews can show directions for schedule events. Couples can password-protect event pages and manage whether events appear in Joy search or search engine results, though search engines may take a few days to a few weeks to reflect indexing changes. Email messaging is free; text delivery and scheduled messages require the paid Messaging Plus upgrade. Card contributions carry a 3.5% processing fee paid by the guest and a $1.70 fee to transfer the Stripe balance. Joy is available on the web, Android, and iOS.

Planning.Wedding is an online wedding planning platform for couples, families, and professional planners. Its tools include guest lists, RSVPs, a website, checklist, budget calculator, itinerary, timeline, vendor directory, seating charts, stationery, notes, and a guest photo album. Partners, family, and friends can work on a project in real time without accounts, with project updates stored in the cloud and synced. The website builder offers customizable templates, drag-and-drop sections, RSVP forms, password protection, and widgets for event details, travel, accommodation, FAQs, and registries. Couples can use a free custom URL and QR code in one of three domain formats, or connect a custom domain. RSVP responses connect to the guest list for managing attendance, plus-ones, VIP events, and reminders. Android and iOS apps share projects across devices. Basic is free; Premium costs $29, paid once, billed per project. The terms say active projects and their content are removed one year after the last update, and archived projects after five years.