You said "I'll host the baby shower!" in a moment of love. Here is how you win at it.
Now it is you, thirty guests, two games you have never run, a registry on another website, a cake order, and a mom-to-be who must not lift a finger. This plankit is the co-host you needed: guest list, meal notes, the run-of-show, the gift log, and the thank-you list that writes itself.
The reveal minute, pinned on the run-of-show
RSVPs without the reply-all — stream guests included
Registry links on the guest page — Babylist, Amazon, Target
The shower is two hours. The thank-you notes last a month — unless you log as you go.
The single biggest post-shower disaster is the lost gift list — who gave the diaper cake? Whose card fell off the box? Our gift log is built for the unwrapping moment: tap the guest, tap what they gave, done. The thank-you list is finished before the guests are out the door.
The gift log
One tap per gift during unwrapping. Afterward: a complete who-gave-what list, checkbox-tracked thank-yous, and zero mystery diaper cakes.
A run-of-show, not a vibe
Games between food and gifts, the reveal pinned to its minute, gift opening logged gift by gift. The two hours get a spine — and the parts that can't move, don't.
Food, visible before the menu
Meal notes live on every guest — brunch boxes for the in-person core, dietary needs where the caterer can see them. Aunties WILL bring food; signup slots by category are built in.
Registry-aware, money-free
Your registry links live on the guest page — Amazon, Target, Babylist, wherever it already is. Gifts and money flow there, not through us. We organize; we never touch the wallet.
One real shower — half in the room, half on the stream — in pictures.
These are unretouched screenshots of a sample plan we built end to end to show you exactly what it does — a hybrid shower with a gender reveal fired on two coasts at once. Click any of them to look closer.
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During unwrapping, one tap logs each gift and who gave it — the stream guests' gifts too. When the last ribbon hits the floor, the mom-to-be has a finished list — every gift, every giver — instead of a trash bag of mystery bows and a guilty memory.
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The invite apps vs. the registry sites vs. this.
| Evite / free invite apps | Registry sites (Babylist etc.) | PlanFlow Baby Shower | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it really is | An RSVP counter with ads | Excellent at gifts — silent on the actual party | The party itself: guests, food, the run-of-show, gift log, thank-yous |
| Gift log during unwrapping | ✗ | tracks registry purchases only — not the surprise gifts | ✓ every gift, registry or not |
| Thank-you tracking | ✗ | partial | ✓ auto-built from the log |
| Run-of-show with a pinned reveal | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ to the minute |
| Meal notes & dietary needs per guest | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Registry links on the guest page | link in invite | is the registry | ✓ all of them, wherever they live |
| Ads to your guests | yes | retail by nature | never |
| Price | free | free (they profit on purchases) | $79 once · founder $59 |
Comparison covers free and paid alternatives using published pricing and official documentation as of July 2026. Evite and Babylist are trademarks of their respective owners; PlanFlow Planner is not affiliated with them.
Ask the shower anything. It drafts — you approve.
Names are scrubbed before anything leaves the Service, and every action is logged.
Two hours of party.
A lifetime of being the aunt who nailed it. $79.
Founder price $59 for the first 25 showers — or through September 1, 2026, whichever comes first. 30-day money-back. Works alongside any registry — we organize the party, they handle the gifts. Yours through your event + 12 months after.
Start the shower — $59Founder pricing applied at checkout · co-host link included · guests never need an app
Same event on repeat? A Track is $19/mo · planning all year, Celebration from $39/mo — see the whole ladder
What hosts ask.
We already have a Babylist registry. Conflict?
None — registries are gift infrastructure and they are great at it. Your registry links sit right on the guest page. We run everything the registry does not: the guests, the food, the games, the room, the thank-yous.
Can my co-host and I both work in it?
Yes — invite her with a scoped link, no password needed, scoped to the sections you pick: the run-of-show, the guest list, day-of check-in. The gift log and the invite sends stay on your login. And neither of you texts "wait, who is bringing cups?" at midnight.
How does the gift log work during the party?
Open it on your phone during unwrapping: tap the guest name, type three words about the gift, next. It becomes the thank-you checklist automatically. The mom-to-be gets the finished list, not the job.
Is it weird to use event software for a shower?
It is weird to coordinate thirty people, two games, a cake, and a food plan through fourteen text threads. This is just the group chat with a memory.
Virtual guests?
Very supported — the shower in the screenshots above ran half on a stream. The stream joins the run-of-show as its own part, remote guests RSVP like anyone else so headcounts stay honest, and the guest page carries the stream note. You log their gifts like anyone's.