Checked 25 September 2026

Frenbar compared with Partiful, Evite and WhatsApp

Four ways to get your people to the same dinner. Every claim about another app links to that app's own page, checked on the date above, and prices are in US dollars, as those pages give them. Where another app is the better pick, this page says so.

Side by side

Four apps, seven questions. The numbers point to the sources at the bottom of the page.
Question Frenbar Partiful Evite WhatsApp events
Does a guest sign up to answer? No. Someone you invited taps their own name. Someone asking to come through the ask-to-come link confirms their email address first. Its help centre: they enter their name and phone number, then a code texted to that number. [1] Its own marketing page calls answering “no sign-up, no account”. [2] No: the link from the host is all a guest needs. [8] Events live in a WhatsApp chat — a group or a one-to-one chat [14] — and a WhatsApp account is activated by verifying a phone number. [17]
Does a guest install an app? No. Any web browser. No: guests can answer in a browser. [1] No. An optional account is what lets a guest answer from the app. [8] They need WhatsApp, where the event lives [14]: its app on Android, iPhone or desktop, or on the web. [18]
What does it cost? Free. There is nothing to buy in the app. The core product is free; Partiful earns from a fee on ticket sales and from optional purchases such as premium designs. [3] Free designs cost nothing to send. Premium runs from $17.99 (up to 12 guests) to $99.99 (up to 750 guests) per invitation. [10] Free to download. [20]
Are there ads? No, and no analytics. Its own page says there are no ads on your invite. [2] On free invitations: having no ads is a Premium feature. [9] Not in chats: ads appear only in the Updates tab. [19]
Where does it run? iPhone and any web browser. The Android app is in testing and isn't on Google Play yet. iPhone, Android and the web. [7] [2] iPhone, Android and the web. [13] Android, iPhone, the web and desktop. [18]
Can guests vote on a date? Yes. The host offers a few dates and times, guests tick the ones they can make, and the host picks. Yes, with Find a Time: guests vote Yes, No or Maybe, and picking a time turns the votes into RSVPs. [4] An invitation can carry a poll: a question with answer options the host writes. [11] A poll in the chat, with up to 12 options [16]; an event has its own date and time. [14]
Who sees the guest list? Anyone holding the invitation link sees every invited name — never an email address — and can answer for any name on it. There is no switch to hide it. Guests see who is going and who said maybe; only hosts see everyone invited and who can't go. [5] The host can switch the list and the count off. [6] The host chooses; a private list shows names and answers to the host alone. [12] The whole group sees who is coming. [15]

When another app is the better pick

What Frenbar gives you

Where Frenbar falls short

Sources

All checked on 25 September 2026.

  1. Partiful Help Center, “How do I RSVP to an event on Partiful?”, updated 16 June 2026. https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525505-how-do-i-rsvp-to-an-event-on-partiful
  2. Partiful, “RSVP sites”. https://partiful.com/invitations/rsvp-sites
  3. Partiful Help Center, “How does Partiful make money?”. https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525600-how-does-partiful-make-money
  4. Partiful Help Center, “Using Find a Time to poll guests on date and time”, updated 16 June 2026. https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525423-using-find-a-time-to-poll-guests-on-date-and-time
  5. Partiful Help Center, “Can guests see who’s been invited to the event?”, updated 16 June 2026. https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525438-can-guests-see-who-s-been-invited-to-the-event
  6. Partiful Help Center, “Can I hide the guest list or guest count on the party page?”, updated 16 June 2026. https://help.partiful.com/en-us/articles/15525441-can-i-hide-the-guest-list-or-guest-count-on-the-party-page
  7. Partiful on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1662982304, and on Google Play, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.partiful.partiful
  8. Evite Support, “How to RSVP”. https://support.evite.com/products/invitations/general-and-troubleshooting/how-to-rsvp
  9. Evite Support, “Premium vs. Free”. https://support.evite.com/premium/what-is-premium/premium-vs.-free
  10. Evite Support, “Invitation pricing”. https://support.evite.com/pricing-and-billing/pricing-questions/invitation-pricing
  11. Evite Support, “Poll feature”. https://support.evite.com/products/invitations/create-and-edit/poll-feature
  12. Evite Support, “Hide guest list”. https://support.evite.com/products/invitations/manage-and-edit-guest-list/hide-guest-list
  13. Evite on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id431685286, on Google Play, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evite, and on the web, https://www.evite.com
  14. WhatsApp Blog, new feature roundup, 9 April 2025. https://blog.whatsapp.com/new-feature-roundup-updates-to-group-chats-events-calls-channels-and-more
  15. WhatsApp Blog, events in Communities, 1 May 2024. https://blog.whatsapp.com/new-to-communities-events-and-replies-in-announcement-groups
  16. WhatsApp Help Center, “How to use polls”. https://faq.whatsapp.com/796470361614974/?cms_platform=android&locale=en_US
  17. WhatsApp Help Center, verifying your phone number. https://faq.whatsapp.com/506595211487528/?locale=en_US
  18. WhatsApp Help Center, events (one tab per platform). https://faq.whatsapp.com/3313983622238973/?cms_platform=android&locale=en_US
  19. WhatsApp Blog, “Helping you find more channels and businesses on WhatsApp”, 16 June 2025. https://blog.whatsapp.com/helping-you-find-more-channels-and-businesses-on-whatsapp
  20. WhatsApp on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id310633997, and on Google Play, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp