Friends Lens is a free birthday planning workflow that carries your party from the first guest you add to the last photo taken after the cake. Build your guest list, design and send digital invitations, generate a seating chart, lay out your venue, and let every guest capture the day itself with a shared disposable-camera-style photo gallery — all in one place, so nothing gets lost between spreadsheets, group texts, and separate apps.
Each stage of planning feeds the next — your guest list powers your invitations, your RSVPs power your seating chart, and your seating chart is ready before the first photo is even taken.
Add every guest you're inviting, along with their party size, contact details, and any notes on who they know. Friends Lens keeps your birthday guest list in one place instead of scattered across spreadsheets, texts, and group chats, so headcounts and RSVPs stay accurate as your plans change.
Turn your guest list into digital birthday invitations in a few clicks. Each guest gets a personal invite with your party time and venue details built in, and you can track exactly who has opened, accepted, or declined — no more wondering who actually saw the invite.
Once RSVPs come in, generate a seating chart automatically — handy for milestone birthdays with a seated dinner or reserved tables. Friends Lens uses your guests' party sizes and who-knows-who connections to suggest a layout, then lets you fine-tune every seat by hand until it's exactly right.
On the big day, hand every guest a disposable camera without buying a single one. Guests scan a QR code on the tables or near the cake table, shoot a real roll from their phone, and every photo — cake, candles, and all — lands in one shared party gallery you can reveal on your own timeline.
Track party sizes, contact details, and RSVP status for every birthday guest without juggling spreadsheets. Updates to your guest list flow straight into your invitations and seating chart automatically.
Send a personal digital invitation to every guest with your party time and venue details built in, and see exactly who has opened, accepted, or declined in real time.
Auto-generate tables based on party sizes and who-knows-who, then adjust any seat by hand. Handy for milestone birthdays with a seated dinner or reserved tables.
Upload a floorplan or a topdown photo of the venue, drop in the photo booth, bar, and dance floor, then drag your tables into place — with real measurements so you know it'll fit before the day.
Guests capture the cake, the candles, and everything in between from their own point of view, with no app to download — every shot lands in one shared gallery you control.
Open the gallery instantly, or keep it locked until a scheduled moment — a favorite for surprise parties and milestone birthdays alike.
Guest list, invitations, seating chart, and photo gallery all live under the same birthday event, so information only has to be entered once.
Everything hosts ask before building their guest list, invitations, and seating chart.
Yes. Guest list, digital invitations, seating chart, and venue layout are all free, regardless of your guest count — you only ever pay for the photo-sharing side of the roll, and small gatherings of up to 12 guests are free there too. Just turn on Birthday mode when you start your roll.
Yes. Upload a floorplan or a topdown photo of your venue, then drag your tables into place alongside labeled features like the photo booth, bar, dance floor, or gift table. Set the real dimensions of the space and everything shows its actual size, so you can check it'll fit before the party.
You add each guest to your event with their name, contact info, and allowed party size. Friends Lens tracks RSVPs, headcounts, and notes on relationships between guests, which feeds directly into invitations and seating so you only enter the information once.
Yes. Once your guest list is built, generate a digital invitation for each guest with your party time and venue details. Every invite has its own status — pending, sent, opened, accepted, or declined — so you always know where you stand without chasing guests down.
Friends Lens looks at each guest's party size and any who-knows-who connections you've noted, then automatically assigns tables and seats to keep parties and acquaintances together. You can drag and adjust any seat afterward, so the algorithm gives you a starting point, not a final answer.
Yes. Put a QR code on the tables, near the cake, or on a sign by the door. It opens a real camera in the guest's phone browser instantly — no app download, no account. Every photo they take lands in your shared party gallery automatically.
Yes. You can reveal the gallery instantly as guests upload, or lock it until a scheduled time — a popular choice for surprise parties, or for compiling a gallery to share the next day.
No — that’s the point. Friends Lens keeps the guest list, invitations, seating chart, and day-of photo gallery inside one birthday event, so information you enter once (like a guest’s party size) carries through the whole planning process.