deckle.page or Joy?
Joy is a wedding planning app: a website, a registry, and an app for you and your guests. We make one thing, your wedding’s website and its paper as one design. Here is the difference, read from Joy’s own pages, including where Joy is better.
The website
deckle.pageFree, with no paid tier
JoyFree
Your own web address
deckle.pageAbout $21 a year for a .com: twice what the registry charges, with our half shown. It never renews by itself
JoyAbout $19.99 a year1Cheaper there
An account before you see your site
deckle.pageNo. Two names and a date, and it exists
JoyYes2
Ad trackers on a guest’s page
deckle.pageNone. A guest’s page makes no request to any other company
JoyYes: Criteo, DoubleClick, Taboola, Outbrain and other ad networks on their featured example3
Guest details and other companies
deckle.pageNever shared, never sold
JoyIts policy says it may “sell” or “share” data with ad networks, and lists guests as a category (policy of 28 August 2026)4
What a guest’s phone downloads
deckle.page1.4 MB on our example with sixteen photos, and no scripts
Joy4.8 MB and 62 scripts on their featured example3
Paper that matches the site
deckle.pagePrint-ready files in the same design, free to print anywhere. We don’t sell printed cards yet
JoyMatching printed invitations1Better there
Registry
deckle.pageA link to the registry you choose
JoyBuilt in1Better there
Phone app
deckle.pageNo
JoyYes1Better there
A password on the page
deckle.pageYes, free
JoyYes, per page1
Choose Joy if
you want a registry, an app for you and your guests, and printed invitations you can order today.
Choose deckle.page if
you want to see your site before giving anyone your email, your guests’ details kept to yourselves, and a page that opens fast on any phone, with paper in the same design.
See yours in ten secondsMoving from Joy
Start a page with your names and date, put your schedule and venue in the editor, and add a link to the registry you already have. Your guests reply on deckle.page; nothing on Joy has to change.