The Canva alternative that fills the games in for you
Canva is a lovely design canvas, and you can absolutely build a bingo card in it. It is also a lot of manual work: you place each square, type each word, and then you have one board, not a different one for every guest. Festafetti does the opposite. Type your words once and it lays out the unique cards and the rest of the games for you.
Festafetti vs Canva, at a glance
| Festafetti | Canva | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once, per party | Free plan, or Pro around $15/mo or $120/yr |
| Words to games | Type once, laid out automatically | Place and type each square by hand |
| Unique card per guest | Yes, up to 200 from one word list | One board unless you build a bulk workflow |
| What you get | Five matching games from one list | A blank canvas you design yourself |
| Account needed | None to preview | Canva account |
| Best fit | Hosts who want it printed fast | People who want to design each game by hand |
Canva pricing and features here were checked in August 2026and can change. Confirm the current details on the tool's own site before you decide.
How Canva works
Canva has a free plan that covers a lot, and Canva Pro is a subscription, commonly around $15 a month or $120 a year for one person. Either way, a party game in Canva is a design you build by hand, placing and typing every word yourself, and a bingo card you design is one board unless you set up a bulk-data workflow to vary it.
Festafetti is one payment of $19 per party. You preview the whole pack free, with no account, and pay only when you want the clean, print-ready PDFs.
When Festafetti fits
Festafetti is the better pick if you have a party and no wish to design each game. Type your words, pick a theme, and it builds a different bingo card for every guest, a word scramble, a quiz, a scavenger hunt, and advice cards, all matching and print-ready. You print when it looks right.
When Canva fits
Canva is the better pick if designing is the point. If you want total control over fonts, colors, and layout, enjoy the process, and one shared bingo board is fine for your crowd, its editor is hard to beat and the free plan goes far.
Games for a specific party
Questions
Is there a faster way than making party games in Canva?
Yes, if the slow part for you is placing and typing every square. Canva gives you a blank design to fill in by hand. Festafetti takes your list of words and lays out a unique bingo card per guest plus a scramble, quiz, scavenger hunt, and advice cards automatically, so you skip the design work and go straight to previewing and printing.
Can Canva make a different bingo card for every guest?
Not easily. A bingo card you design in Canva is one board unless you set up a bulk-data workflow, which is advanced. Festafetti builds a different card for every guest from one word list by default, up to 200, so the game runs to a real winner.
Is Canva free for party games?
Canva has a free plan that can make party printables, though some elements sit behind Canva Pro. Festafetti is free to build and preview the whole watermarked pack, and one payment per party removes the watermark on every game. Confirm Canva's current plan details on their site.