Write your list of dishes, share the link, and let people claim what they are bringing. Nobody downloads anything and nobody makes an account — guests open the link in whatever browser they already have, tap a dish, and type their name.
Every person you ask to install something is a person who might not. For a dinner with twelve guests, an app requirement quietly costs you the three least tech-confident people at the table — usually the ones bringing the best dishes.
A link works for everyone: an iPhone, an Android, a laptop, a parent who has never downloaded anything.
A shared spreadsheet lets everyone type anything, which is how you get four pasta salads and no bread. Give each dish a number instead — one turkey, two pies, three bottles of wine. Once that many people have claimed it, it closes.
Free · no account · takes about a minute
Yes. They open the link, tap a dish and type their name. No account, no app, no password.
A single shared list with a number against each dish, sent as one link into the group chat. That gives everyone the same view and closes each dish once it is covered.
It works, but nothing stops two people claiming the same dish or overwriting each other, and it is awkward on a phone — which is where most people will open it.