Apps for a bachelorette

Batch (formerly BACH): built for the party

Batch began as BACH, an app for planning bachelorette parties, and changed its name to Batch in 2023 as it grew to other celebrations. Its App Store listing describes inviting guests and tracking RSVPs, a shared itinerary, polls, group chat, splitting expenses, and booking rentals, experiences, bars and restaurants in more than 70 party cities. If you want to plan and book in one app made for the occasion, it is the obvious one to look at.

Check its own listing for current fees.

Pinterest: the mood board

Pinterest is where many bachelorette ideas start: themes, outfits, decorations and party favors. A shared board lets the group collect looks before anyone buys anything. It is for inspiration, not for the schedule or the money, so most groups use it alongside something else.

Splitwise: the money

Splitwise tracks shared expenses and balances, and is free on iPhone, Android and the web, with a paid Pro tier. Many people already have it, which makes it an easy choice for the costs. It does not hold the plan, so it pairs with whatever does.

Awayfolk: the shared trip

Awayfolk is one shared trip for the whole group: everyone joins from one link and signs in with Google or email, adds ideas and marks the ones they want. The chosen ideas go on the days and the map, with the bookings, shared and private packing lists, and the expenses: split evenly or by exact amounts, so the bride can pay nothing. Planners can make cards secret, so only they see the surprises.

Core planning is free. It does not sell bookings, move money or scan receipts, and it is a web app, not an App Store app.

How to choose

If you want to book the party’s activities in the same app, look at Batch. If you want the plan, the surprises and the money in one free shared trip, look at Awayfolk, and keep a Pinterest board for the looks. Whichever you choose, agree on it before the first link lands in the group chat, and keep it to two apps at most.

Try a ready-made weekend

The Nashville bachelorette weekend is an example trip with the classic places on a map. Copy it, invite the bridesmaids and change everything you like.