Brunchie vs Joy

Joy is a wedding website + RSVP tool. Brunchie covers the RSVP need too, then adds seating charts, expense splitting, a shared photobooth, and day-of check-in in one room. Here's why couples pick Brunchie.

Updated 2026-05-30

Joy is a wedding website + RSVP tool — a polished public site, theme templates, and a custom domain.1 Brunchie covers the same RSVP need and then runs the rest of the wedding: seating charts, expense splitting, a shared photobooth, vendor view-only access, and day-of check-in, all in one room. That's why couples pick Brunchie for the parts a website can't do.

Quick comparison

Brunchie Joy
Primary use Run the whole wedding (operations) Wedding website + RSVP1
Pricing Free forever, no per-guest pricing2 Free tier with paid upgrades1
Wedding website Hangout link (not a custom domain) Yes — custom domain available1
RSVPs + guest list Built in, no email required for guests Built in, tied to the wedding website1
Seating chart Drag-and-drop, AI auto-assign, PDF import, PDF export Basic seating chart1
Expense splitting / settle-up Built in, host-private for weddings Budget tracker (not guest-to-guest splitting)1
Photobooth / shared album Built in (photos, videos, voice memos) Photo upload exists; not the core feature1
Vendor view-only access External-guest + external-cohost tiers Not a core feature
Day-of check-in QR self-check-in built in Not a core feature
Platform Web + iOS + Android Web + iOS + Android1

Why couples choose Brunchie

  1. Real seating tooling alongside RSVPs. Drag-and-drop with AI auto-assign and constraints, floor-plan PDF import, print-ready PDF export. See seating charts.
  2. Expense splitting in the same room. Wedding budgets stay host-private; bachelorette and rehearsal-dinner costs split among the friends paying. See Wedding Planning on Brunchie.
  3. A photobooth that doesn't lose photos. Voice memos, video, and stills captured in one shared feed — not a website upload form. See photobooth.
  4. Day-of check-in. QR code at the door, headcount in real time. See Event Check-In.
  5. Vendor view-only access without exposing the guest list. Photographer, DJ, and coordinator as external guests; trusted vendors as external cohosts.

The honest reason to switch

If a branded, custom-domain wedding website is the centerpiece of how you want guests to experience the day, keep one. Couples come to Brunchie for everything the website hands off: seating the room, splitting shared costs, collecting the photos, and checking guests in at the door — the operations a website + RSVP tool was never built to run.

Sources

  1. Joy — product features and pricing: https://withjoy.com/
  2. Brunchie — Free forever commitment: https://brunchie.app/free-forever

Common questions

Is Joy free?
Joy has a free tier with paid upgrades for some features. Brunchie is free with no per-guest pricing — see Free forever. See withjoy.com for Joy's current pricing.
Does Joy do expense splitting or day-of check-in?
Joy offers a budget tracker, not guest-to-guest expense splitting, and isn't built around day-of check-in. Brunchie has host-private expense splitting with settle-up and QR check-in built in.
Does Brunchie have a wedding website?
Not a public-facing custom-domain website. Brunchie's hangout link is the equivalent — guests open it, see the itinerary, RSVP, post photos, and check in. If a branded domain matters most to you, keep one alongside Brunchie.
Can I move my Joy guest list to Brunchie?
Yes — drop the Joy export (CSV, Excel, PDF, or even a screenshot) into the Upload file tab on Brunchie's invite modal, confirm the parsed rows, then bulk-send invites in one click. See the Importing Data guide.

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