Bridebook alternatives for Australian couples (2026)
What Bridebook does well, where it stops for an Australian wedding, and where couples go next.
Bridebook is a free wedding planning app built in London, served to Australian couples through its au-en address. There is no paid tier and no upsell in the planning tools — the checklist, the budget, the guest list, the venue search and a wedding website with RSVPs are all free, on the web and on both phone stores.
It is a good piece of software, and for a lot of couples the free planner is where the story ends. Couples start looking elsewhere at the point the wedding gets physical: their own pages state there is no seating tool, no floor plan and no day-of run sheet, and their seating article tells you to export the guest list and arrange the tables somewhere else.
If you want a free checklist and budget on your phone, stay where you are. If the next thing on your list is seating a room, or a runsheet your celebrant and venue will read, this page is about where to go.
Bridebook is free, and its pages list no paid plan. Based in the United Kingdom.
What it does well
What Bridebook does well
It is genuinely free. Bridebook's own support pages state that every couple gets the core planning tools at no cost, and there is no plan ladder behind that sentence.
It handles two people properly. A partner is added as a collaborator on the checklist and the guest list from their own account, which is not universal in this category.
The wedding website is thoughtful about privacy — their pages describe a link search engines will not index and an optional password on top, which matters more than it sounds like when the address is going out to two hundred people.
There is a separate Bridebook storefront selling printed save-the-dates, invitations and on-the-day stationery, so paper is available even though it lives on a different site from the planner.
And the scale is real: their pages state millions of couples and tens of thousands of venues and suppliers, across ten countries.
Where it stops
Where it stops for Australian couples
There is no seating tool. Bridebook's own seating article tells couples to export the guest list and arrange the tables elsewhere, which is a fair thing for an article to say and a hard thing to do in a spreadsheet at eleven at night.
There is no day-of run sheet and no floor plan in the planning tools. Those are the two documents the last fortnight is made of.
It does not send digital invitations. Their own guide points couples to Canva to design them, which means the invitation and the guest list never meet.
The company is registered in London, and their pages describe the Australian edition as a localised version of the same product. That is not a fault — it is worth knowing before you rely on the directory or the support hours for a wedding here.
Alternatives
Australian alternatives
Managing Matrimony
We make Managing Matrimony.
Planning, seating with a floor plan, a day-of runsheet and printed stationery from one Australian company, with real coordinators available for the day itself. Free to start, then a single payment rather than a subscription.
Easy Weddings
Free, Australian, and built around a large directory of Australian venues and suppliers with reviews and in-app messaging. The obvious move if what you actually want is a better local supplier search.
Say I do
States an Australian base, free to a generous guest count, and strongest on the wedding website, RSVPs and digital invitations. Paid tiers are a one-time cost.
Ivory Lane
Melbourne-built, free to start, and one of the few planners here with a day-of runsheet.
Side by side
Bridebook and Managing Matrimony
An em dash means the provider's own pages do not say either way.
| Bridebook | Managing Matrimony | |
|---|---|---|
Price | Free | Free up to 50 guests, then $99–$399 |
Guests on the free plan | — | Up to 50 |
Wedding website with RSVPs | Yes | Yes |
Seating and floor plan | — | Yes |
Day-of runsheet | — | Yes |
Printed stationery | Yes | Yes |
Real coordinators | — | Yes |
Built for | United Kingdom | Australia |
Switching
Moving from Bridebook
Start with the guest list, because everything else reads from it. Bridebook states that the guest list can be exported without naming the format; whatever comes out, save it as a CSV or Excel file and Managing Matrimony imports it, matching the columns to names, contacts, dietary needs and RSVP status.
Leave your Bridebook website live until the new one is shared. Two wedding websites for a fortnight costs nothing, and it means nobody hits a dead link. Take the old one down the day the new address goes on the invitation.
What carries over is the data you can see: names, contact details, RSVP status, dietary notes, and your budget figures. What does not carry over is the RSVP link itself — replies already sitting in Bridebook stay in Bridebook, so bring them across as recorded answers rather than waiting for people to reply twice.
Your checklist does not need to move. Managing Matrimony builds its own from your wedding date, and re-ticking what is already done is a twenty-minute job.
Common questions
Common questions about Bridebook
Is Bridebook free?
Yes. Bridebook is free, and its pages list no paid plan. Managing Matrimony is free up to 50 guests, and $99 as one payment after that.
Does Bridebook work in Australia?
Yes, and it has an Australian address at bridebook.com/au-en. What their pages also say is that the company is registered in London and the Australian pages are a localised edition of the same product, and the venue and supplier numbers they publish are global. So it works — but check the directory against your own postcode before you rely on it for finding suppliers.
Can I move my guest list off Bridebook?
Bridebook states that the guest list can be exported, without naming the format. Save it as a CSV or Excel file and Managing Matrimony imports it, matching the columns to names, contacts, dietary needs and RSVP status.
Which is better for an Australian wedding, Bridebook or Managing Matrimony?
It depends on what is left to do. If you are early and you want a free checklist, budget and guest list you can both edit on your phones, Bridebook is a good answer and costs nothing. If you are past that — seating a room, building a runsheet, sending a digital invitation from the guest list, printing invitations with your guests' names on them, or wanting an Australian company on the other end of an email — that is where Managing Matrimony is built and where Bridebook's own pages stop.
Have a look at ours
The free plan covers your guest list, a wedding website with RSVPs and the checklist, with no card required.
Details from each provider's website, September 2026. We make Managing Matrimony.