Keep This Day vs Joy

Last checked 21 October 2026 against Joy’s own website. Written by the Keep This Day team.

Joy (withjoy.com) and Keep This Day both give you a free wedding website with online RSVP. They make money differently and suit different weddings.

Joy is free and earns from its registry store and optional upgrades such as custom domains and premium stationery. Keep This Day is free for the website and RSVPs and charges one payment per wedding for the day itself: a live guest photo album that needs no app, a voice guestbook, a venue screen and day-of check-in.

Joy vs Keep This Day at a glance

	Keep This Day	Joy
Wedding website	Free, no time limit	Free (“Joy is free to use. $0/mo”)
Online RSVP	Free: meals, dietary needs, plus-ones, song requests, your own questions, household links	Free: multi-event RSVP, custom and private questions, households RSVP together, no guest account
Several events	One website per occasion (for example church and banquet), each free	Multi-event RSVP on one website
Guest photo uploads	Paid one-time: guests scan a QR code and upload in the browser. No app, no account	Guests need the Joy app to upload photos to your website
Live slideshow	Venue screen with live photos, included in the paid upgrade	Real-time slideshow of guest photos during the reception
Guestbook	Written love notes and voice messages up to 2 minutes, included in the paid upgrade	Photos and messages in the app; audio guestbook not found on Joy’s site
Seating	Free: assign tables and seats per guest or by CSV; guests search their name to find their table. No floor-plan designer	AI seating chart, a one-time purchase per event (price not shown on the page we checked)
Day-of guest check-in	Day-of check-in for helpers, synced across phones, included in the paid upgrade	Not found on Joy’s site
Registry	No registry. A gifts page can link to yours	Registry store and zero-fee cash funds
Apps	Web app only; works in any phone browser	iOS and Android apps
Custom domain	No custom domains; your address is keepthisday.com/e/your-names	Around $19.99 a year, domain forwarding
Price	Website free. Day-of upgrade one time per wedding: S$69 / US$49 / £39 / €45 / A$79 / C$69 / RM149 / ₹2,499	Free; earns from registry sales and optional upgrades

Choose Joy if

You want your registry, cash funds and website in one place.
You want multi-event RSVP for a rehearsal dinner, ceremony and brunch on one site.
You want native iOS and Android apps and a custom domain.
You want matching digital and printed stationery from the same service.

Choose Keep This Day if

You want every guest to share photos by scanning a QR code, with no app or account.
You want voice messages in your guestbook and drawn self-portraits on a memory wall.
You want helpers to check guests in at the reception table, synced across phones.
You are happy to pay once for the day itself rather than use a registry-funded service.

Good to know

Joy’s help article on shared photo albums asked us to sign in, so we could not read it. Joy’s public FAQ says guests need the app to upload photos to your website; check the latest on Joy’s site.

Sources

Joy details come from these official pages, checked on 21 October 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm on their site before you buy. Keep This Day details come from our pricing page and terms.