She has been planning this sweet 16 since she was twelve. Now there are 90 days left.
A Sweet 16 is the first grown-up party of her life — the candle ceremony, the entrance, the court of friends, the playlist that must be perfect. This plankit gives you the machinery and gives her the vision board: you run budget and vendors, she runs themes and the sixteen candles, and the group chat finally calms down.
Her own scoped lane — she dreams, you pay
Friend-table politics, solved in two taps
The budget, planned vs paid — down to the 360 booth
The candle ceremony is the whole night. It gets first-class treatment.
Sixteen candles, sixteen people who shaped her life, sixteen tiny speeches in exactly the right order — it is the moment everyone remembers and the list everyone fights about. Here the moment is pinned on the run-of-show, and the dedicated candle list gives each candle its person, their line, and their order.
The sixteen candles
Each candle has its person, their line in the program, and their order. Swap candle 9 and 12 at 11pm three days out — the printed program updates itself.
Entrance & court
Her entrance, the court announced in pairs, the spotlight dance — cued and timed on the run-of-show, with the key moments pinned so the schedule can slip around them.
Two lanes, two jobs
You keep budget, vendors, and contracts behind your login. Her scoped link carries exactly the lanes you choose — the run-of-show, the guest list, seating — and never the money. The theme, the playlist, and the candle list live in the plan; dream those up together.
Teen-table diplomacy
Seating that keeps the friend groups right — because at sixteen, the seating chart IS the social order. Pick a guest, tap her table; drag the tables themselves until the room matches the one you booked.
One real Sweet 16, in pictures.
These are unretouched screenshots from the real product. Zoe's party is a sample plan we built end to end to show you exactly what it does — club night, court of eight, sixteen candles. Click any of them to look closer.
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CLICK TO EXPANDSixteen names, sixteen moments, in exactly the right order.
The dedicated candle list gives each candle its person, their one-line tribute, and their position — reorder any time and the printed program rebuilds itself. The ceremony also lives pinned on the run-of-show, where the DJ and the MC can see it.
Zoe's Sixteen Candles
The free invite apps vs. the group chat vs. this.
| Evite / Partiful (free) | The group chat + a notes app | PlanFlow Sweet 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it really is | An invitation with an RSVP counter — ads included | Where the plan currently lives, in 400 unscrollable messages | The whole party in one place — invites, candles, court, budget, seating |
| Candle ceremony manager | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ names, order, program lines |
| Court & entrance cues | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ pinned on the run-of-show |
| Teen + parent lanes | ✗ | everyone sees everything | ✓ her scoped link — the money never on it |
| Budget & vendor tracking | ✗ | a notes app graveyard | ✓ estimated vs contracted vs paid |
| Seating chart | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ pick a guest, tap a table · drag the tables to match the room |
| Ads to your guests | yes — that is the business model | n/a | never — you are the customer, not the product |
| Price | free | free — plus the meltdowns | $99 once · founder $79 |
Comparison covers free and paid alternatives using published pricing and official documentation as of July 2026. Evite and Partiful are trademarks of their respective owners; PlanFlow Planner is not affiliated with them.
Ask the party anything. It drafts — you approve.
Names are scrubbed before anything leaves the Service, and every action is logged.
She turns sixteen once.
Plan it like you mean it. $99.
Founder price $79 for the first 25 parties — or through September 1, 2026, whichever comes first. 30-day money-back. No ads near your daughter's guest list — ever. Yours through your event + 12 months after.
Start the Sweet 16 — $79Founder pricing applied at checkout · her own scoped link included · guests RSVP with a tap, no app
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What parents ask.
Can my daughter use it without seeing the budget?
Yes — her scoped link shows only the sections you choose (the run-of-show, the guest list, seating) and never the budget, vendors, or contracts. She never has to know what the venue costs. The theme, playlist, and candle list live in the plan itself — plan those together. Her link comes with the plankit.
We are doing a small backyard party, not a ballroom. Overkill?
It adapts — skip the court, keep the candles, and use the guest list, food plan, and timeline. The plan shrinks to fit the party, and $79 still beats the chaos.
How do the sixteen candles actually work in the app?
Today, the ceremony lives as pinned moments on the run-of-show — names in order, timed, visible to whoever runs the night. The dedicated candle list gives each candle a person, a one-line tribute, and a position that rebuilds the printed program when you reorder.
Do guests need to download anything?
No — every guest gets a personal link that opens in any browser. Tap, RSVP, see the details — and you set who is coming to which part of the night on their guest card. For a teen guest, put a parent's email on the guest card and the invitation goes to them.
What if the party gets canceled or moved?
Move the date and every guest page and countdown updates; guests get one clean update from you. And there is a 30-day money-back guarantee on the plankit itself.