Apple has released version 1.9 of its Apple Invites event planning app, bringing long-requested co-hosting and an option to show guest lists to all attendees. The update also adds new event backgrounds and includes bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, w
For a lot of people planning parties, the invitation app problem is the same: once you’re juggling dates, links, RSVPs, and the guest list itself, “one host” quickly becomes a bottleneck.
On Tuesday, Apple pushed Apple Invites to version 1.9, and it finally adds co-hosting. With the new capability, two or more Apple Invites users can plan and organize an event together inside the app.
The change lands on top of features Apple added earlier. Back in February 2025. the Apple Invites app arrived on the App Store. letting iOS users create party or event invitations. manage RSVPs. share links. and more. Then, with version 1.2, Apple Invites added link sharing—so event hosts can send web links to all attendees.
In version 1.9, hosts also gain a new control that answers another common planning frustration: they can choose to make guest lists visible to all attendees. Alongside that, Apple’s release notes include bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, and the update adds new event backgrounds.
Those backgrounds are meant to set the tone. Apple’s release notes say the new visuals will “help set the mood for your next coffee catch-up, boba run, ice cream social, and more.”
Despite the added flexibility, the requirements don’t change. Hosts still need an iCloud+ subscription to organize events and send invitations via the application. Guests, on the other hand, don’t even need an iPhone or iPad to RSVP to an event.
If you already have iCloud+ and you’ve been using Apple Invites to pull people together, the update is a straightforward upgrade: more people can run the same event, more attendees can see who’s coming, and the app gets a fresher look—without asking you to relearn the basics.
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So basically Apple finally lets more than one person plan a party. About time.
Why do they need iCloud+ for hosting though?? Like if I’m just sending an invite to my friends, that’s still a subscription gate. Seems kinda annoying.
Am I reading this right like you can show the guest list to everyone? That’s gonna cause drama at every birthday already lol. Also boba run?? that’s like the most random example ever.
I don’t really get it because RSVP doesn’t even need an iPhone, but hosts need iCloud+ which is like… also an Apple thing? So everyone else can RSVP but the host can’t just do it normally. Maybe that’s why people stopped using invite apps and just text? Anyway new backgrounds will set the mood… until someone forgets who’s coming.