Storytime vs Invyted
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Storytime and Invyted both send creators to venues in exchange for content, and both work in New York City. Invyted is gifted-only, accepts creators with 10,000+ followers, and runs mainly in London and the UK on a monthly subscription341. Storytime starts at $10 per influencer collab, lets you reward with a comped visit, code, gift card or cash, and is live in six US markets.
Storytime publishes this page, so we are one of the options compared. Every fact about Invyted comes from its own website, linked in the sources at the end and checked on November 11, 2026. Where a company doesn’t publish something, we say so.
| Storytime | Invyted | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Local influencer marketing: creators near you visit in person and post about your business. Storytime’s team sets up and runs each campaign from your request. | An invite-only community that connects brands with vetted influencers for gifted restaurant visits, events and product gifting.1 |
| Published price | Starting at $10 per influencer collab (see pricing). | Not shown on its pages, which route brands to a demo. The site’s structured data says pricing starts at £299 a month with unlimited creator packages.21 |
| What creators get | A reward you set: a comped visit shown on the creator’s Collab Pass, a promo code, gift card, link or cash. | Gifts only: a meal, experience or product, usually for the creator and one guest. No cash.34 |
| How creators are chosen | Creators qualify by where their followers live and a Storytime creator score. You set up to three reward tiers; qualifying creators join from the app. | You list an offer; creators with 10,000+ followers request it, book an instant slot or redeem it in store. You decide on requests.54 |
| Where creator data comes from | Creators connect their Instagram account through Meta’s official API, so follower location, reach and post performance come from Instagram itself. | Creators connect Instagram or TikTok in the app. No API is named; its terms say engagement may be measured with platform analytics, third-party tools or internal methods, with screenshots when a post isn’t tracked.674 |
| How visits and posts are checked | GPS check-in at your venue, your staff validate the creator’s Collab Pass, and Instagram Stories are detected through the API and reviewed. | Posts are tracked through required tags of the brand and Invyted; in-store offers are redeemed with a code.4 |
| Where it operates | Live in New York City, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons. Limited access elsewhere in the US; online campaigns nationwide. | London and major UK cities, plus New York City.1 |
| Platforms | Instagram Stories, Reels and feed posts. TikTok posts are checked by hand. The creator app is iPhone-only. | Instagram Stories, Reels and feed posts, and TikTok. The minimum is 2 Instagram Stories or 1 TikTok.84 |
Choose Storytime if
- Your business is in New York City, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia or the Hamptons.
- You want the option to pay creators in cash, codes or gift cards, not only gifts.
- You want smaller local creators too, chosen on where their followers live rather than follower count alone.
- You want a GPS check-in and a Collab Pass your staff validate at every visit.
Choose Invyted if
Pricing compared
Storytime starts at $10 per influencer collab; our pricing page shows what is included.
Invyted’s visible pages don’t show a price and send brands to book a demo2. Its site’s structured data says pricing starts at £299 a month with unlimited creator packages1. It says there are no separate influencer payments: you pay the subscription and provide the gift8.
How creators are matched and checked
On Invyted you list an offer; creators request it, book an instant slot or walk in and redeem it, and you decide on requests54. You can review each creator’s audience analytics and past performance before accepting9. Creators need 10,000+ followers, a 0.5% average engagement rate and 400 average Story views47.
On Storytime, our team builds the campaign, and creators qualify by where their followers live and a Storytime creator score, then join from the app. You can require approval, rate creators and block them.
Invyted tracks posts through required tags of the brand and Invyted4. Storytime records a GPS check-in and a validated Collab Pass at the visit, then detects Stories through the Instagram API and reviews them.
Where the creator data comes from
Storytime creators connect their Instagram professional account through Instagram Login, Meta’s official API, and we read follower cities, countries, age and gender, reach and post results from Instagram.
Invyted creators connect Instagram or TikTok in its app; it doesn’t name an API. Its terms say engagement may be measured with platform analytics, third-party tools or internal methods, and it asks creators for screenshots when a post isn’t tracked674.
Markets
Invyted operates in London, major UK cities and New York City1. Storytime is live in New York City, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons, with limited access elsewhere in the US and online campaigns nationwide. In New York, the deciding questions are reward type and creator size.
Four questions to ask any platform before you buy
Prices and promises are easy to compare. These four answers tell you what you will actually get. Here are ours; ask the same of anyone else.
- How many creators completed a visit near my location in the last 30 days? Storytime: your dashboard shows collaborations by location and date range.
- What share of each creator’s followers live in my city, and where does that number come from? Storytime: from Instagram itself, through the creator’s connected account.
- What is my total cost per live post, including food, product or cash? Storytime: starting at $10 per influencer collab; our pricing page shows what is included.
- How do you confirm the visit happened and the post went live? Storytime: a GPS check-in, a Collab Pass your staff validate, and Story detection through the Instagram API.
Frequently asked questions
Can I pay creators in cash on Invyted?
No. Invyted says every collaboration is a gift exchanged for content3. Storytime offers cash as one of several reward options.
What does Invyted cost?
Its visible pages ask you to book a demo2; its structured data says from £299 a month1. Storytime starts at $10 per influencer collab.
What do creators post?
Invyted’s minimum is 2 Instagram Stories or 1 TikTok4. Storytime covers Instagram Stories, Reels and feed posts, plus TikTok posts checked by hand.
Do either work for product brands with no venue?
Invyted offers product gifting by mail5. Storytime runs online campaigns nationwide rewarded with a code, link, gift card or cash; it doesn’t ship products for you.
Sources
Facts about other companies come only from their own websites. Prices and plans change; check the linked page before you buy.
- Invyted home page, checked on
- Invyted book a demo, checked on
- Invyted vs influencer marketing platforms, checked on
- Invyted FAQ, checked on
- Invyted for brands, checked on
- Invyted: how it works for influencers, checked on
- Invyted terms of use, checked on
- Invyted: influencer marketing for restaurants, checked on
- Invyted brand step-by-step guide, checked on
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Starting at $10 per influencer collab, with creators whose audience data comes from Instagram itself.