Friday · 5:30 PM
They land. You say hello.
The first text sets the tone: where to be, when to be there, and how glad you are they came.
Delivered to all 86 guests
+1 (855) 555-0148Textual vs Joy
Joy builds the website. Textual runs the weekend.
Joy is a free wedding website, registry and RSVP tool. Texting guests is Messaging Plus, a paid add-on: you write and send each blast, with an AI helper for one message at a time. Guest photos live in Joy’s app.
Textual is the luxury way to host the weekend: elegant texts that reach the right guests at the right moment, and a beautiful album of every guest photo, included. Set up in minutes from your Joy link. $299 once.
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- Every photo, included
- A beautiful guest album comes with every wedding, linked in the texts guests already read.
- Premium, start to finish
- Elegant texts from one number with your contact card. Nothing for guests to download.
- Set up in minutes
- Paste your Joy link and your weekend is laid out. Make every word yours.
- It just works
- Every text goes out on time while you’re on the dance floor.
Scorecard
Textual vs Joy, at a glance.
| Feature |  Textual | Joy |
|---|---|---|
| Shared guest photo album | Textual Yes. Included, linked in your texts | Joy Partly. Guests post in Joy’s app |
| Set up in minutes | Textual Yes. Paste your Joy link, done | Joy Partly. AI helper, one message at a time |
| Guest texting included | Textual Yes. Included | Joy No. Paid Messaging Plus add-on |
| Scheduled texts | Textual Yes. Timed to every moment | Joy Yes. On the half hour |
| Text one group of guests | Textual Yes. Saved groups | Joy Partly. Pick guests by name or tag |
| AI assistant, works with ChatGPT and Claude | Textual Yes. Change anything in plain words | Joy Partly. AI helper for one message at a time |
| Price | Textual $299 once, everything included | Joy Free site, texting is a paid add-on |
Joy details from its own pages, October 2026: Joy: Send text messages with Messaging Plus, Joy pricing, Joy: The Joy App.
No switching
Plan in Joy. Live it in Textual.
Paste your link and we read your Joy details. Nothing to move, nothing to retype.
Keep Joy for
- Your wedding website
- Your registry
- RSVPs and invitations
Let Textual handle
- Elegant guest texts, timed to the moment
- One beautiful album of every guest photo
- Your planner and assistant, on hand all weekend
Sunday morning
The ones you didn’t know they took.
One link in a text, and every guest’s camera roll finds its way to Sam & Riley’s album. No app, and no chasing the group chat.
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Saturday · 2:14 PM
Every guest has one small question.
Multiply it by 86. That’s your phone, an hour before you walk down the aisle.
Textual answers the questions before anyone has to ask, so your phone can stay in someone else’s bag.
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37 unread messages
Friday to Sunday
The weekend, text by text.
+1 (855) 555-0148Saturday · 3:15 PM
The shuttle question, answered early.
Only the 42 people catching the shuttle get this one. Everyone else enjoys a quieter phone.
Delivered to 42 shuttle riders
Sam & RileySaturday · 11:40 PM
You’re on the dance floor. The text goes out anyway.
Every message is written and scheduled ahead, so nobody hands their phone to the maid of honor.
Delivered to all 86 guests
Sam & RileySunday · 11:00 AM
One very happy morning after.
A thank-you, and every photo your guests took, gathered in one place before brunch is over.
Delivered to all 86 guests
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+1 (855) 555-0148For your guests
Kind to everyone’s phone.
- One number to save
- Every text comes from the same number, with a contact card so guests know it’s you.
- Only what matters
- Around five texts a weekend, each one something a guest would otherwise have asked.
- Your words, approved
- Nothing sends until you’ve read it, and you can change any message right up to the minute.
- Easy to step away
- Any guest can reply STOP and they won’t hear from us again.
A few good questions.
Do you pay for Joy?
Joy’s website, registry and RSVPs are free. Texting your guests is Messaging Plus, a one-time paid add-on you buy inside Joy. Textual is $299 once, with every text and the photo album included.
Can Joy send text messages to guests?
Yes, with Messaging Plus: text blasts, RSVP reminders and hotel reminders to US and Canadian numbers. You write and schedule each one.
Can I use Textual with my Joy wedding website?
Yes. Paste your Joy link and Textual reads it to write your texts. Your website, registry and RSVPs stay on Joy.
How do guests share photos?
Every wedding includes a shared album. Its link arrives in your texts, guests add photos from their browser with no app, and you see every one by the morning after.