Toastie: Invite Groups & RSVP

Geoff Hibble

About this app

If you're still planning with group chats, you need to try Toastie, the new invite app.
○ Toastie makes getting friends together as simple as possible.
○ Create an activity, add your friends, and see who's coming.
○ Works for movie nights, throwing parties, and anything in between.

MISSION
○ Everyone should be able to easily connect with friends.
○ Loneliness is a very real problem, and we're doing our part to help by keeping Toastie completely free for everyone.

MAIN BENEFITS AND FEATURES
○ Gets people together - Simplifies the process of getting friends together.
○ Easily plan ahead - Oversee all upcoming activities in one place.
○ Effortless responding - Respond to new activities in two clicks.
○ No strangers - Only hear from people who have your number.
○ Invite right away - Able to invite both Toastie members and non-members.
○ Visible responses - Clearly see people's responses to your activities.
○ Groups - Create groups of friends. Add whole groups at a time to your activities.
○ Phone number accounts - No bots, fake accounts, or spammers.
○ Intuitive design - A minimalist design with usability in mind.

TARGET AUDIENCE
○ Everyone should use Toastie. All you need is a smart device and a desire to connect with friends.

Perfect for:
○ Families trying to spend more time together.
○ Students wanting to hang out with friends.
○ Couples looking to find time to spend with each other.
○ Organizers looking to plan functions.
○ Extroverts trying to organize their busy social schedules.
○ Introverts wanting an easier way to invite friends.

TARGET USE CASE
○ Toastie's use case is summarized by "I feel like doing this, let me see which of my friends would like to join."

Applying itself to:
○ Planning activities with friends such as rock climbing, surfing, tennis, or the beach.
○ Organizing events such as work events, fundraisers, or school meetings.
○ Hosting parties, dinners, potlucks, or gatherings.

GROUP CHAT COMPARISON
○ The current method most people use to get their friends together is some form of group chat.
○ We built Toastie looking to improve some of the drawbacks of planning with a group chat.
○ Here's some of the biggest problems we have addressed:

○ Problem: Plans getting buried in the chat feed.
○ Solution: All invites are displayed clearly on the home screen.

○ Problem: No clear dashboard where you can see your upcoming plans across multiple group chats.
○ Solution: Organize all upcoming activities on a home screen, clearly see the number of people going, who's hosting, dates, and times.

○ Problem: Can't easily distinguish between chat between friends and invites from friends.
○ Solution: Currently, every Toastie notification you receive will be a new invite or a new person attending.

○ Problem: Inviting friends usually means constructing a lengthy paragraph explaining the event details.
○ Solution: We've simplified the process. We have different fields for activity title, date, time, duration, location, and details. So all you have to do is enter the relevant info.

○ Problem: Usually not all of your friends are in a single group chat, so you have to send multiple invites.
○ Solution: Groups on Toastie have more of a quick select function. This allows you to invite multiple groups to a single activity and as well as add or remove individuals as you see fit.

FINAL REMARK
○ Don't let any more of your plans fall through, download Toastie now and discover just how easy it is to get your friends together.