# Occasion Plans: Events — Event & party planner, guests

> Comprehensive event planning tool for iPad with budgeting, guest lists, and scheduling. (iPhone/iPad app by Createful Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/occasion-plans-events/id593483306 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Createful Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/371472060)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 46 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2013-04-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/occasion-plans-events/id593483306/reviews.md

## What is Occasion Plans?

Birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, retirement dos, work parties, fundraisers, reunions. Everything you need to run them, on your iPhone and iPad.

ONE APP, NOT FIFTEEN TEMPLATES
Nothing here assumes what kind of event you are running. You define its parts: a drinks reception and a dinner, a ceremony and a lunch, or one long afternoon. Guests, suppliers and schedules attach to a part rather than the whole event. A fiftieth birthday and a company away-day are not the same event, and neither has to pretend to be a wedding.

THE OVERVIEW
Open the app and the event is there. How long you have, how many have replied, what the budget is doing, which suppliers are still owed. Every number comes from the plan, and anything overdue rises to the top on its own.

THE GUEST LIST
Invite people to the whole event or one part of it, track who has replied, and keep plus-ones attached to whoever brought them. Headcounts update as replies come in, so the number you give the venue is the number you have. Dietary and access needs sit on the guest, not in a note somewhere else.

SEATING
Build the room from what the venue gives you: round tables, long tables, a bar, a stage, a dance floor. Put people in seats while the app counts who is still standing, and it flags a seat held by somebody who dropped out. Print it or send a PDF when the venue asks.

MONEY
Set what you expect to spend by category, and the app fills in what you have committed from the suppliers you have booked. Categories cannot out-promise the budget, and going over is reported rather than rewritten.

THE RUNNING ORDER
Doors at seven, speeches after the main course, band on at nine. Build the running order for the event, and separate ones for the set-up and the clear-down. The gaps show between the entries, because the empty half hour matters as much as the things either side.

SUPPLIERS
The venue, the caterer, the band, the hire company. Contacts, quotes, what is agreed and what is still owed. Each supplier is filed under a budget category, so booking one updates the budget without you telling it twice. Deposits carry dates, so money due next month is visible this month.

TO-DOS
A new plan arrives with a checklist in it: the things most events need doing, roughly when they are usually done. Take what is useful, ignore the rest, and share the tasks out.

SCRAPBOOK
A wall you pin things to: photographs, links, sketches, a voice note from the caterer. Keep several boards, one per undecided thing.

ON THE HOME SCREEN
Three widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen countdowns and Control Centre buttons. Tick a task off from the Home Screen and it is done in the app. On the night a Live Activity holds the running order on the Lock Screen, with a button to move things on when one runs late.

ALSO IN THERE
Catering by course. Colour palettes lifted from a photograph. Thank-you tracking. Spreadsheet import and PDF export. Fifteen accent themes and six app icons. A finished event is archived in full rather than deleted.

SYNC AND SHARING
With a subscription your event syncs through your own iCloud, so every device shows the same guest list and balance owing. Then share it with whoever is running it with you: a partner, a co-organiser, whoever books the venue. They open it on their own Apple Account and are in the same event, not a copy. They do not need a subscription of their own. It all goes through Apple: no account to create with us, and no copy of your guest list on a server we control.

WHAT IT COSTS
Free to use for one event, with up to twenty-five items in each list. A subscription lifts the limits, adds sync and sharing, and covers Occasion Plans: Weddings too.

Personal covers one event, Planner up to ten, and Unlimited as many as you need. Each is sold monthly or yearly and starts with one month free. Personal Forever is a single payment for one event and does not renew.

Terms of Use: https://www.occasionplans.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.occasionplans.com/privacy

## Key features

- Countdown timer
- Budget planner
- Guest list management
- To-do lists
- Vendor booking tracker
- Seating planner
- Schedule organizer

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Additional Plan Bundle | $0.99 | one-time |
| 10 Additional Plan Bundle | $14.99 | one-time |
| 5 Additional Plan Bundle | $3.99 | one-time |
| Full version | $2.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 27)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/occasion-plans-events/id593483306/reviews.md

### 4/5 — I like it

*2020-08-07*

I like how the app is set up. However, I wish I could plan more than one event at a time.

### 5/5 — Great!

*2020-02-29*

This is a great if you’re planning a party!

### 1/5 — Not good at all

*2019-03-06*

If u want to plan more than 1 thing u have to pay.  & very confusing.

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2018-11-07*

Cannot get past the event name. It moves down where I cannot click on the continue button.

### 1/5 — Help me escape this madness

*2018-10-09*

After searching I thought this was the app to rescue me after months of searching. The free version looked fine and as soon as I pay for the premium the screen acts funky and is useless.  I want my money back and want the free version.  I do not have time for this shenanigan, fix this now or give me my mullah back and revert me back to the app that works.

### 2/5 — Very Limited Capability

*2018-09-28*

I have been an event planner for 25 years and have been searching for a good app. I would not recommend this, very limited capability. Missing a lot of components necessary for planning an event.

### 3/5 — Great free app!!

*2018-09-07*

The free version of this app is great!! However, I purchased an additional event so I can plan two events at once a few years ago. I don’t know if it was an update to the app or the fact that I got a new iPad but the purchased content is gone. I’ve tried to restore my purchases but it doesn’t register. Support is no help at all. Their suggestion: “Buy it again”. Why should I spend another $2?? If it happened already once, I’m sure it will happen again.

The actual content of the app is great. Under the Guest List, I wish I could separate the kids from adults under one of the filters. I use this app every year to plan my son’s birthday party and it works out great.

### 1/5 — Frustrated

*2018-06-18*

I can’t add any text!! I keep getting a large black bar at the top and pushes everything down so that I can’t save anything that I type!!

### 4/5 — User-friendly

*2018-02-22*

It's nice... so far so good!!!

### 4/5 — Cool app

*2017-10-22*

Just planned a bday party about to plan a Halloween party. Love the app!

## Frequently asked questions about Occasion Plans

### What does the Event Planner for iPad app do?

This app helps you plan any event easily and without stress. It allows you to keep all important information, such as guest lists, budgets, vendor bookings, and to-do lists, in one central location on your iPad.

### What are the key features of this event planning app?

Key features include a countdown to your event, a budget planner, guest list management, to-do lists, vendor booking tracking, a seating planner, notes, a color scheme chooser, a schedule organizer, and a thank you helper list.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. This means you can access core functionalities for free, with optional purchases available for additional features or content.

### What kind of events can I plan with this app?

This app is designed for planning any type of event, making it versatile for parties, gatherings, corporate functions, and more. While it's a general event planner, a separate app is recommended for detailed wedding planning.

### Can I share my event information with others?

Yes, you can export essential event information via email. This feature allows you to easily share details like guest lists, budgets, or schedules with collaborators, vendors, or family members.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2026-09-02

Version 2.0 is the app rebuilt from the ground up, and the first version that runs on iPhone as well as iPad.

YOUR OLD PLANS COME WITH YOU
This arrives as an update to the app you already have, so your icon stays where it is. The first time it opens it finds the database the old version left behind and imports it: plans, guests, budgets, suppliers and the rest. It reads the old files without altering them, and it runs once. If something looks missing afterwards, please do not delete the app, because that removes the old data with it. Get in touch first.

WHAT YOU PAID FOR IS HONOURED
If you bought the full unlock in the old app, or bought extra plan credits, they carry over. Long-standing customers keep their unlock without doing anything. If an old purchase is not recognised, open Settings and use Restore purchases, signed in with the Apple ID you originally bought it with.

NEW IN THIS VERSION
iPhone support, with every screen laid out for a phone rather than shrunk down from an iPad.
Event parts you define yourself, so a reception and a dinner, or one long afternoon, are planned the same way without picking a template.
iCloud sync, so a plan moves between your own devices.
Plan sharing, so a co-organiser opens the same event on their own Apple Account and edits it alongside you.
Seating built from the room you have actually been given, with the tables, the bar and the stage drawn as real shapes, and warnings for seats held by people who have dropped out.
A scrapbook for the things still undecided: photographs, links, sketches and voice notes, kept on boards.
Widgets in every size, Lock Screen countdowns, Control Centre buttons, and a Live Activity that holds the running order on the Lock Screen on the night.
Colour palettes you can lift straight from a photograph.
Archiving, so a finished event is kept in full and closed to changes rather than deleted.
Fifteen accent themes and six app icons.
Export to PDF and spreadsheet from every screen, and guest list import from a spreadsheet.

Something not working? occasionplans.com/support has notes on the import, on iCloud sync, and on what carries over from the old app.

### 1.17.4 — 2017-05-16

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Minor bug fixes.

### 1.17.3 — 2017-05-10

Minor bug fixes.

### 1.17.0 — 2017-03-06

Migrated to Realm Database

### 1.16.3 — 2017-01-11

Minor bug fixes.

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