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Apple Invitations: How the new event app works

by Milan
February 4, 2025
Apple Invitations app

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Apple has released a new app called Apple Invitations that is designed to make organizing and managing events easier. The idea sounds promising: you can create events, invite guests, and manage their attendance directly in the app. But the implementation is not quite as intuitive as you might expect. Here you can find out how to use Apple Invitations, what advantages it offers, and what pitfalls there are.

If you've ever organized a party or event, you'll know that it takes a lot of effort to get all the guests on board. Sending out invitations, managing confirmations and cancellations, creating a shared photo album or playlist - all of this can quickly become confusing. Apple is trying to simplify this process with Apple Invitations. The app links various Apple services together. This ensures seamless integration, but it also presents some challenges. The registration process for guests, in particular, could be clearer and some steps feel unnecessarily complicated. Nevertheless, the app offers an interesting way to organize invitations digitally.

What is Apple Invitations and how does the app work?

Apple Invitations is a free app for iPhone that lets you create events, invite guests, and manage their attendance. There's one caveat, however: As the organizer, you need a paid iCloud+ subscription. Your guests, however, don't need an Apple account; they can also register via email or a link. When you send an invitation, your guests will receive a message or email with an iCloud link. This is where the first hurdle arises:

  • iPhone users are redirected to an iCloud login page when they click on the link, even though signing in is actually optional
  • Android users can sign up but it is unclear what features they can use

Apple defaults to the iCloud login page and displays an app recommendation at the top of the screen. This can be confusing because it's not immediately obvious that you can just scroll down and log in with an email address.

How to create an event with Apple Invitations

Creating an event is basically simple, even if some steps seem unnecessarily complicated. Here's how it works:

  • Open Apple Invitations
  • Tap "Create Event"
  • Choose a background or your own image (optional)
  • Enter a title for the event
  • Set the date, start and end time and location
  • Add a description (max. 1,000 characters)
  • Optionally create a shared photo album for the event
  • Optionally create a shared Apple Music playlist
  • Preview the invitation and tap Next
  • Invite the guests and decide whether you want to admit them directly or confirm their participation manually

The integration of Apple Maps for selecting the venue is particularly useful. The ability to create a shared photo album is also a nice addition. However, the option to share an Apple Music playlist adds an extra step. You need an Apple Music profile to share playlists. If you only have an Apple Music subscription, that's not enough.

You can set up an Apple Music profile as follows:

  • Open Apple Music
  • Tap your profile icon (top right)
  • Select "Set up profile"
  • Enter a username
  • Setting whether other users can follow your playlists
  • Decide which playlists you want to share

This all sounds complicated at first and in tests it even happened that Apple Music froze at this point. So if you want to create a playlist for your event, you should be prepared for it not to always work smoothly.

Send invitations and manage participants

Once your event is created, you can invite your guests. You have two options:

  • Generate a general invitation link
  • Select specific contacts from your list

There is a limitation here, however: If you choose the option to select specific contacts, you must have previously specified which contacts can be shared. There are only two options: either you share all contacts or you choose a restricted list. There is no option to share only email addresses without any further contact details. After you send the invitation, your guests will receive a message or an email with an iCloud link. Be sure to include a short explanation so that the recipients know what it is about. When the guests receive the invitation, they can tap "Accept," "Decline," or "Maybe." As the organizer, you can see the responses in the app and can check the status at any time.

What happens after the invitation is sent?

As soon as your guests have responded, you will receive a notification. This is where the big advantage of Apple invitations becomes apparent: the app manages all responses automatically. If your guests use Apple invitations, they can also contribute photos and music. The app is therefore more than just an invitation tool - it also allows you to plan the event together. A major drawback, however, is that the event is not automatically saved in the Apple calendar. You have to tap the calendar symbol in the invitation yourself to create an appointment. This seems illogical, as Apple otherwise connects many services with each other.

Are Apple Invitations Worth It?

Apple Invitations is an interesting solution for organizing events, but it has some weaknesses. Especially for Apple users, the app offers a convenient way to plan events and manage guests. The integration of Apple Maps, Apple Music and Photos ensures a well thought-out approach. However, there is still room for improvement:

  • Registration for iPhone users could be made clearer
  • The sharing options for contacts are too limited
  • Automatic calendar integration is missing

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