Greenvelope: Email/SMS Invites Reviews

by CrystalxLynn

Just downloaded app and it keeps giving me an error when I try to make an account. I cannot get past this in order to make an invitation. 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

by B.L. Rose

this app has some of the most beautiful e-invitations I’ve seen compared to the other e-invitation sites. However, Greenvelope interface is very clunky and slow to load. Once my screen locks or if I go into a different app to look up info, I get logged out of Greenvelope and it takes multiple tries to get back into my invitation in progress. A lot of user interface upgrades are still needed for Greenvelope.

by Jelly69!

Useless.

by Destephbp

A lot of improvement needed for Greenvelope to function. I’ve had to close it out multiple times just to go back a page and even after Greenvelope reloads, it comes back to the page I don’t want it to be on. The concept it awesome but really needs some work. Recommend using the desktop version.

by ChudLS

You can literally buy real physical invitations for the price they charge per invite.

Overpriced and they charge for everything!!! Look elsewhere!

Save the dates $$$ then invites $$$ thank you cards $$$ about a little to invite 300 to invite 60 people! No thnx!!

by DarfNader

NEVER AGAIN

This service is a fleecing and this iOS app is just another disgrace to their overpriced, underwhelming service. Consider that even planning a basic wedding will cost you $1.00 to $1.50 PER PERSON. (I repeat, this is not per invite... it’s for each name that appears on each invite- ludicrous!) Worse, they up-sell sell you “features” that are nothing more than design elements to the invite, much like adding gold leaf would cost extra on a physical paper invitation, except there is no physical invitation. You’re not paying for premium card stock or hand-calligraphy. This is an electronic invite that costs the same to send no matter what it is.

In short, any company that charges you a premium for adding a visual element like more colors to an electronic image is one you should stay far far away from! (This reminds me of the joke about the person who thought if they made the font size smaller it took up less space on disk.) Sadly, by the time I learned how this site was a racket, my fiancé got us in deep by adding our guest list and paying $50 just to send the “Save the Date” message.

In short, it’s yet another company that preys on the foolishness of people getting married. I am unable to explain this phenomenon where people willingly pay extra money for the exact same things they would ordinarily pay a fraction of the price for, but have been somehow convinced that more money spent means a more “special” experience. My lovely fiancé (bless her soul) got suckered like so many other brides and grooms to be.

Im sorry... you’re here to read about Greenvelope , not the service. You only probably already know how much of a fleecing this app as and are using this appp begrudgingly. I’m sorry to say, you won’t find any satisfaction here.

Aside from all of the various complaints people have about the service and how Greenvelope works, by far the most noisome problem with Greenvelope is how you simply cannot pause Greenvelope without losing whatever you were working on. Even doing something as minor as changing the volume or screen brightness will mean all of that text you spent 10 minutes typing my is instantly lost. Basically, don’t use Greenvelope for anything except for if you have an emergency or want to check status. Otherwise, be prepared to be infuriated.

To be blunt, the lack of multitasking support by allowing Greenvelope to be put in the background makes it worthless for doing anything useful with it. If, for example, you have to do something predictable like switch to contacts to get an email address, this app will lose whatever your were doing no matter how long you switch away. The instant you suggest you want to adjust anything with the phone, Greenvelope will reset and reload which in itself takes 5-10 seconds. This is a colossal fail for any mobile app. What is this... MS-DOS?!? How this got past product team indicates they do not have a product team or they just don’t care about user experience.

Considering how convoluted and awkward their web app is, they may simply lack knowledge what UX even is. The most commonly used controls for managing your event such as viewing your guess list, editing your event details (like directions, external web links, etc...) are so obfuscated that even after using this service for the last two months I still struggle trying to get around. Of course the button to upgrade your service is huge and present on every screen. It’s so ham-handed that I actually feel embarrassed for them.

Still, in spite of how lame Greenvelope is, the real indignity is how much you’re going to end up paying. When you think $50 is a lot of money to manage a wedding invite, you realize very soon that you’re just getting started! After you get done editing your invitation and add a modest amount of customization to their electronic Invitation options, you’re realizing all to late that the for invites to 150 people that you’re spending $100. That’s right- an online tool that sends electronic invites and keeps track of RSVPs costs $1.50 PER PERSON. (I hope I made it clear how absurd this is in the first paragraph.) Had I known how ludicrous this was I would have vetoes Greenvelope but this is what my fiancé picked! Lesson learned... and NEVER AGAIN!!!

by Thejohana

Going from desktop to app is a huge downgrade. Switching between mailings only works less than half the time. Everything loads extremely slow. And pretty much have to sign in every time Greenvelope is opened. They may want to see how Paperless Post app has done theirs.

by Ness586

Greenvelope is nice and all but I feel like the invites are overpriced for 1. And for 2! It’s soooo slow it’s annoying!! Please FIX YOUR APP!

by Smartocci

It's an embedded website which would have been fine, but I'm constantly getting logged out. Probably have to log in 4 times a day. If it could hold a session I'd be happy.

by Mikyu14

Love this app but the phone app requires Relogging in every time and makes it a nuisance to use.

by Gooooooiiiiiiiiid

this app is my go to app for invitation. It has a rich collection of templates - more than you can find on any other similar platform.
You have the flexibility to customise the text down to fonts, size, color, location on the card. It’s incredibly how you can come up with a beautiful card in a matter of minutes. Design your card, envelop, even the stamp that goes on. Plus its animated card opening feature is my favourite. You can also add music and images to your card.
There is so much you can do. It is my one stop shop for defining seating locations, gift registry - you name it.
It cannot get better than that.

To top it, they have a flexible trial. Do give them a try.

by Kathy22223

not only can you completely customize your cards, but it’s easy! Greenvelope is the best

by Iknowkungfu83

This helped us keep track of our guest list. I received notifications whenever someone opened the invitation or rsvp’d. Designing the invitation was very simple and they looked great.

by Mbaileyhead

This is an incredible app that’s streamline and easy to use. The creators and web app/design team thought of everything! We were proud of our personalized invite and got great feedback from our guests. Recommend 110%!