Comparison

HookedIRL vs goodinvite

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

Head to head
About

HookedIRL

Discover and connect with single people at events, bars, and cafes. Check in to your location to see who else is single, send likes, and start chatting when the feeling is mutual. Users can report or block others for safety.

Highlights
  • See singles at events, bars, and cafes
  • Check in to your location
  • Like other users
  • Mutual chat initiation
  • Report and block users
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See who's single at events, bars, and cafés. How it works 1. Go to an event or a venue. 2. Check in when you get there. 3. See who's single there, like them, and chat when it's mutual. Report or block anyone. You must be 18 or older.

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

HookedIRL4 screens
goodinvite2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: goodinvite at 5.0 against HookedIRL's 3.9. goodinvite also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). HookedIRL's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HookedIRL has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of HookedIRL's written reviews are positive against 100% of goodinvite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HookedIRL ships an update every 8 days, goodinvite weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HookedIRL versus goodinvite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHookedIRLgoodinvite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (28 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHooked Social IncDavid Bogle

Customer experience

HookedIRL

All ratings28 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

goodinvite

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

In-app purchases

None

HookedIRL

No in-app purchases

None

goodinvite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HookedIRL free?
HookedIRL 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, HookedIRL or goodinvite?
goodinvite is rated higher. HookedIRL averages 3.9 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while goodinvite averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HookedIRL or goodinvite have ads?
Neither HookedIRL nor goodinvite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HookedIRL or goodinvite?
HookedIRL ships an update every 8 days, and goodinvite weekly. Most recently, HookedIRL was updated on November 8, 2026 and goodinvite on November 5, 2026.

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