Comparison

Sprout Social vs goodinvite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sprout Social

Manage your social media presence on the go with this platform's companion app. It allows you to view messages, reply, schedule posts, and track engagement across multiple social networks from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for all messages
  • Reply, assign tasks, and view history
  • Post, schedule, queue, or draft messages
  • Track post engagement metrics
  • Notifications for new social messages
Features
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The perfect companion app for Sprout Social so you can manage your social media anywhere. You must have a Sprout Social account to use this app. Sprout Social is a social media management and engagement platform that helps you manage your X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google My Business, and Tripadvisor profiles all in one place. Your favorite Sprout features are now available on the go: • See all of your messages in one place • Easily reply, view conversation history, and assign a task from a message • Quickly post, schedule, queue or draft a new message • View retweets, clicks, shares, replies and more for individual posts • Get notified of new social messages

About

goodinvite

Easily create and share casual invitations directly within your messaging app. Track RSVPs in real-time with live headcount updates and manage limited spots with a first-come, first-serve waitlist.

Highlights
  • Live RSVPs within chat
  • Real-time headcount updates
  • First-come, first-serve inviting
  • Automatic waitlist management
  • Add to Calendar functionality
  • No sign-ups required
Features
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goodinvite is a casual inviting app that lives right inside Messages. Sending an invite should be as easy as sending a text — with goodinvite, it is. This is not a party planning app. It's for your everyday connection — the Tuesday dinner, the last-minute walk, the "who's around tonight?" There's no separate app to open and no link to pass around. Make an invite, drop it in the chat, and everyone RSVPs with a single tap — Going or Not — without ever leaving the conversation. The best part: the headcount is live. As people tap in, the count updates right there in the thread for everyone to see. No more "who's actually coming?" for the tenth time, no group-chat scroll-back, no spreadsheet. FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE INVITING Only have room for six? Set a cap. The first six taps are in, and everyone after that lands on the waitlist automatically. First-come, first-serve inviting, handled for you — no awkward "sorry, we're full" texts. HOW IT WORKS • Create an invite in seconds — what, where, when • Send it into any iMessage thread • Everyone taps Going or Not Going, right in the chat • The live headcount updates for the whole group instantly FEATURES • Live RSVPs — tap to respond, watch the count update in real time • First-come, first-serve inviting — set a headcount cap and the waitlist takes over automatically • Add to Calendar in a tap so no one forgets • Works natively in Messages — the invite and the RSVPs all stay in your chat NO SIGN-UPS No accounts, no passwords, no email. Pick the name your friends will see and you're ready to RSVP. You can change it any time in Settings. Keep it casual. A birthday dinner, a last-minute hang, a game night, a trip everyone keeps "meaning to plan" — goodinvite is the casual inviting app that makes getting people together the easy part. Grab your group. Drop an invite. See who's in. GOOD TO KNOW - goodinvite runs inside iMessage on iPhone and iPad, so it works in conversations where everyone is using iMessage. - If a chat falls back to SMS, the invite won't show up in that thread — keep it to your iMessage conversations.

Screenshots

Sprout Social4 screens
goodinvite2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: goodinvite at 100% against Sprout Social's 46%. goodinvite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Sprout Social's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

goodinvite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprout Social has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Sprout Social's written reviews are positive against 100% of goodinvite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprout Social ships an update every 2 weeks, goodinvite weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sprout Social versus goodinvite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprout Socialgoodinvite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB17 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSprout Social, Inc.David Bogle

Customer experience

Sprout Social

All ratings1,286 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral14.0%
Negative39.6%

goodinvite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sprout Social

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Scheduled posts not showing up
  • Inability to remove posts from the queue
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Certain messages not showing in Smart Inbox
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  • Unable to download the app
  • New update broke the app, can't view FB private messages
  • Scheduled Instagram posts won't automatically open to their app
  • Notifications greyed out and can't be edited

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to macro, translate comments/messages and change sentiment on a post
  • More characters allowed, ability to post more than 4 pictures, post videos and pictures in the same post
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Ability to crop from the app on your phone
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  • Ability to edit through the app like you can on Instagram
  • More robust notification system for Instagram video posting
  • Ability to access reports on mobile

goodinvite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sprout Social

No in-app purchases

None

goodinvite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprout Social free?
Sprout Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is goodinvite free?
goodinvite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sprout Social or goodinvite?
goodinvite is rated higher. Sprout Social averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while goodinvite averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sprout Social or goodinvite have ads?
Neither Sprout Social nor goodinvite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sprout Social or goodinvite?
Sprout Social ships an update every 2 weeks, and goodinvite weekly. Most recently, Sprout Social was updated on November 10, 2026 and goodinvite on November 5, 2026.

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