Punchbowl: Invitations & Cards

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Last verified 6 Sep 2026

4.9 110184 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Wonderful app

   Most of Punchbowl’s app is very user friendly. There are many ways to adapt and make changes to the invitation. It’s better to use on a computer than a phone. I like that editing can be made on the computer and on the phone. The font sizes and styles can be adjusted and so many more features! My suggestion is a timer setting to send out the invitation. I finished setting up the invitation last night around 11 pm, but I wanted it sent in the morning around 7 am. Getting a text message for a child’s party at 11pm is not ideal, and trying to remember to send the invitation during crazy morning rush is difficult. Thank you for the app. It’s so much better than traditional paper cards. ( I usually have to purchase more than I need to make up for mistakes.)

   Petunia22 · 6 Sep 2026

2. 4/5This app is really good

   I was looking for a way to send invitations other than my usual fossil way. When I found Punchbowl I liked the variety of images ranging from very simple to brightly colored with lots of movement and emotion in them. They also have images that appeal to the whole gamut—from little kids to sophisticated adults. It is very easy to personalize your invitation. I found it very simple to set up the text as well as the guest list. My inexperience resulted in my lapse into the ancient convention of writing each family member’s name on the single invitee line. As a result, most people are responding with a single yes or no. Therefore, I don’t know how many are actually intending to come. Some people are more savvy and they have figured out to respond with +guest, +guest, etc. Maybe a separate field that inquires “How many will be attending?” would help clarify the actual numbers. Right now I’ve just made a simple spreadsheet on my home computer to track it more precisely. I appreciate that I got an email stating that a few invitations were undeliverable. That helped me to get the new invitee information corrected. Overall I am finding it pretty neat. Within an hour of sending out the first round 1/4 of my guest list responded! How cool is that? I’ll know how to proceed better in the future. But so far the experience has been very smooth.

   Shiny Fossil · 6 Sep 2026

3. 3/5Useful, but too glitchy to use

   I use Evite but decided to try Punchbowl for an upcoming event. Unfortunately the editing is limited…I can’t reposition text or move the text box on the invite and oddly it allows me to enter an “event end date” but not an “event end time”. I sent one invite to my husband as a test, and somehow my view changed from Host/Editor View to Guest View so I can’t edit the invite without closing and reopening the app. If I don’t close and reopen, it becomes unresponsive and will only allow me to RSVP to my own event….it shouldn’t switch views while I’m signed in. I’m toggling between my iPad and iPhone to complete the invite on-the-go but the editing functionality is different. Cutting and pasting a few words while using the phone, added extra spacing between the lines….there is no way to delete that or undo it. I used the templates formatting so I didn’t create any spacing between lines or paragraphs. Please fix these to truly make this service reliable. I now know (bc a guest told me he received multiple invites) that whenever i edit the invite or hit finish editing...guests receive an updated invitation 🤦🏽‍♀️. Evite thankfully saves you the embarrassment and asks if "do you want to send updates to guests" so guests aren't bombarded with multiple text messages when i make edits or go back to add a comma, etc

   discount shopp · 6 Sep 2026

4. 1/5False advertising - so spammy

   I was sooo excited to try this out - I wanted to create some cute invites for my daughter and son’s birthdays. But it completely backfired and I feel victim to false advertising. I mean, the picture in their store listing shows a cute card in a text message, right?! But no - not even close. It looks like a crazy spammy link, no picture or card, and none of our friends even wanted to touch it because it looked so shady. I kept having to bug everyone to see if they got it and they all wanted me to change to something else because they thought it looked so sketchy and lame. My daughter was super sad because I showed her the ad and told her that was how it would look but it looked nothing like that. Even more than that, the whole point in me trying to use a text and email app was to be able to send guests other updates and reminders in the same place I sent the original invite - makes sense, right? But the app doesn’t even work like that. It just sends a shady looking spammy link to people from a weird phone number, you can’t see the invite at all, can’t rsvp unless you make them use the app, and you can’t communicate with them by text. So I may as well have just made a cute picture on WordSwag or something and sent it by text to my friends! So irritated, I’m a busy mom with 3 kids and a job and I don’t have time for this mess.

   Jennylee949 · 6 Sep 2026

5. 4/5I haven’t had any issues thus far

   I just used this app today to create and send out birthday party invitations and it worked like a breeze. Love the feature of putting the guests’ phone numbers in there instead of email address and the option of syncing your contact list from your phone. Saves a lot of time that way. I also like the additional features where you can track RSVPs as well as managing and editing the plus 1 (or 2 or 3) option and managing adults vs. children, putting in registry info/contribution info, and adding a potluck too! I can see all this being super helpful for showers and wedding-related invitations. I look forward to using all of the extra options as well as limiting attendees and enabling RSVP due date for future wedding planning. I can see why adding a host - such as my husband - and poll would cost money. I do feel their monthly fees are pricy… and although I’ve sent my invite with ads (free version) hopefully it wouldn’t be too intrusive or offensive to my guests. Not perfect but still easy to use on my end.

   luu1uu · 6 Sep 2026

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