For the day you stop asking is she coming

    A Live Guest List You Can Check from Any Screen

    The list moves the second a guest answers. Names, replies and meals update live from any screen, and on the day a QR check-in at the door keeps the count honest while the party is already on.

    A static list starts ageing the moment you save it

    Write the names into a document on Tuesday and by Thursday it is a period piece. A guest added a partner, another answered no after a work trip was announced, and none of that told your file. The document is not wrong yet; it is simply no longer the event.

    What a host actually needs is a document that edits itself while you sleep. A list fed directly by replies, visible from wherever you are, and trusted by everyone who has to act on the numbers, is not a fancy version of a guest list. It is the only version that can do the job.

    What live means here, specifically

    • A row appears the moment a guest taps, with the party size, the meal choice and any allergy note attached to the name.
    • The arrival column moves on the day as a QR at the door marks guests checked in, so replied and present stay separate and both stay true.
    • Reminders read from the same list, aimed only at the blank names, so the chase is accurate without anyone being spammed.
    • It lives in a browser, which means the phone at the market and the laptop at home are the same window onto the same record.

    Who else is watching the same list

    Your partner

    Anna Lindqvist and her fiancé each checked replies from a different city during the planning. Two screens, one truth, no comparison of notes at midnight.

    Whoever you hand a task

    Add collaborators with access levels and the list can extend to a sister chasing suppliers or the parent confirming the cake, without sharing the whole account.

    You, at the door

    On the day the QR check-in means arrivals land on the same list, so a host mid-hairdo can still see that Grandmother made it through before the speeches.

    The list is the source of truth, by construction

    Trust in a record comes from where its data enters. Here there is exactly one door: the reply button on the invitation page. No message history is mined, no bot lurks in a group chat extracting maybes, no contacts get imported from anywhere. A guest exists on the list because that guest answered, which is why the count survives a call from the caterer.

    Everything the day needs hangs off that single record: the number, the meals, the seating worked from arrangements on the same list, the reminders aimed at gaps, the arrivals at the door. One list, and the whole evening agrees with it.

    How it works

    One list, from first reply to last arrival

    Publish and share one link

    The event page goes out across your chats as a single address, so replies from every chat feed the one list rather than several.

    Watch rows appear

    Every tap writes a name with its party and plate. Opening the list is reading the event, not auditing old messages.

    Bring someone in

    Add a collaborator at an access level you set, and the two of you plan against one record instead of trading screenshots.

    Take it to the door

    Set up the QR check-in for the day and arrivals tick against the same names, completing the list from invitation to final guest.

    Questions

    Common questions about live guest list

    Does the list update while I am not looking at it?

    It does exactly that. Replies are recorded against your event the moment guests tap, whether or not you have the page open, so nothing is waiting for you to refresh your memory. When you next look, the list is current to the last answer.

    Do guests see the guest list?

    No. Guests open your invitation page and reply there. The list, with everyone's answers and meals, is what you and your collaborators see, and the event can be password-protected so only invited guests even reach the page.

    What does the QR check-in actually record?

    Arrival, against a name on the list. On the day it separates the replied from the present, so the record answers both questions the morning after depends on: who confirmed, and who is actually inside.

    Can more than one person manage the list?

    Yes. Collaborators join with access levels you choose, which is how one partner, one family member and one helper all work from the live list without three versions of the evening existing.

    Is it a web page or an app I have to install?

    It is a web page you sign into from any browser. There is no app to install; the phone in your pocket and the laptop at home open the same live record, which is rather the point.

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    The list that keeps up with the party

    Start free and let replies, meals and arrivals write one record everyone trusts, readable from any screen you happen to be holding.

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