Astra vs Fête

Automated savings and bank transfers

Astra is the easiest way to keep track your money, across all of your accounts, and automatically put funds aside for your savings goals—anything from going on vacation to buying a house. Simply connect your bank accounts, create savings goals, and manage the movement of your money with programmable “actions.” All you have to do is choose which accounts, the frequency, and the amount. No more remembering to schedule a transfer between your accounts or keeping a complicated spreadsheet to manage your cash flow.

Easy as a text, classy as an invitation card!

Fête is a new mobile app that helps you and your friends send and receive “smart invitation cards.” The app provides a one-stop experience to discover and collaboratively plan social outings all through your mobile device.

Right now, over 10 billion digital invitations are sent out per year through Facebook, Evite, text message, and email. The problem is that less than 3 out of 10 people respond, causing very few invitations to actually materialize into real events. Fête aims to solve this problem.

To start, users create stylish invitation cards customized for their event. The card creator can choose to allow guests to suggest and vote for their favorite place and desired date without time-consuming back and forth conversation. With ratings, descriptions, and calendars readily available within the app, providing input is streamlined and simple.

Then, the invitation cards automatically and intelligently follow up with guests at the right time, with the appropriate message. Whether or not friends have the iPhone or Android app, everyone can interact with the cards over text message, through the app, and soon through their email and calendar. On average, the invitations generate a RSVP rate of over 80%. No more having to remind friends about the upcoming event or pestering them for a simple RSVP.