I kinda like the app
Iām pretty sure I didnāt gloss over any use whatsoever for it, I said that I know you enjoy these kind of things. Edit: if I did then apologies; I didnāt mean to. You and your friends will use it but thatās no more evidential than nobody I knowing who will.
As for a wedding, youāre quite right; but Iām sorry this doesnāt even come close to that level. Itās literally a time and place and weather app right now. You couldnāt possibly organise a whole wedding around it. If you can, absolutely hats off to you because thereās a reason plenty of folk have an actual person planning these kind of things!
Of course itāll be used. It looks great. Like I said originally. Itās just horrendously underwhelming. It barely merits a new app, seems to only (yet again) focus on one market (US) for, as you say, larger events, and even then itās not quite enough in my opinion to use for larger events.
If I was in US high school sure, might be helpful to know whoās coming to my party, but thatās really not a useful use of time for Apple to be focusing (again, in my opinion).
Like I said above; youāll use it and your friends will, so Apple will have plenty of users who will use it.
I just donāt think itāll kick off. Iād be shocked if this app is even talked about in 1-2 years time. But then again Iāve been shocked before so who knows.
Edit edit: I can see youāre replying but it feels like one youāre coming back and forth to so Iām not ignoring you if I donāt respond Iām heading into work
Itās a heck of a lot more than that though.
Itās fundamentally an RSVP manager. (replacing the paper invites, spreadsheets, and all the admin associated with managing your RSVPs).
- It tracks replies
- You can broadcast a note/update to your guestlist.
- Any change made to the event notifies your guest list so they can update their RSVP if necessary.
- It integrates into a shared photo album, so the photos everyone takes will be available to everyone if recipients opt in.
- It integrates into Apple Music playlists, so guests can contribute to any music that might be played at the event.
- It provides the weather forecast hyperlocal to the location and time of the event.
- It provides travel directions, along with a time to leave from your current location so you know when it leave.
- And of course, it integrates into your calendar too.
Iām sure Iāll have missed something. My playing with it hasnāt been terribly thorough.
Thereās a whole lot of useful (IMO) functionality baked into this that makes event planning easier for large groups. But I think itās also overkill and not very useful for something like a coffee meetup between a few friends to catch up. So I think weāll have to agree to disagree.
Iāve done this over nothing but email. Telephone, too, years ago! I donāt see the point of this app at all.
Ha ha - thatās in my āOtherā folder along with everything else Iāve never used
Me too! But it took a lot more effort than I would have liked so Iāve never planned one since.
Invites app looks niche but nice for what it is.
Ultimately Iād still use WhatsApp (or even Facebook) as Iād never only be inviting people with iPhones.
You donāt have to - anyone can RSVP
I can definitely see the value in it, 100%. I canāt be bothered chasing people for RSVPs for big events, and all that sort of thing. So itāll help with that.
Also, if you have mixed groups of people that you donāt want to throw in one WhatsApp group (or who donāt use WhatsApp) etc, itās easier to just send out invites. Ie. if Iām hosting a summer party, and inviting Friends, Family & Work Colleagues. Aint no way Iām giving work people my familyās numbers! But they can come socialise in person at my house etc.
RSVP is only one (basic) feature.
E.g. the shared photos arenāt going to work on Android and heaven forbid youāre one of the few people that use Spotify!
Feels like Monzo Shared Tabs. Very useful if everyone you hang around with is into the hot coral, but of limited use to most people.
I realise Iām a bit behind on this but Iām enjoying making my own emojis. Simple, easy and fun!
Everyone was waiting on iOS 18.4 beta but seems like Apple are testing iOS 18.3.1, so we will probably see this before another beta.