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Response from developer
Hi, sorry the app felt inconvenient. You can move guests and search by name, so nobody has to be deleted and added again. Here is the short way to do it: Find a guest by name If the person does not have a seat yet: 1. On the main screen, open the Unassigned Guests card at the bottom. If it is collapsed, tap it or the arrow. 2. In Search guests, notes, tags, type the name, a note, or a tag. 3. Press and hold the colored name card and drag it onto an empty seat on a table card. Empty seats are marked with +. If the person is already seated, that bottom search will not show them. It only lists people without a seat. 1. Tap the people icon at the top left to open Guests. 2. Type the name in Search guests, notes, tags. 3. On the right, tap the underlined table name, or Unassigned. 4. In Select Table, choose the table. The guest moves to the first open seat there. A full table cannot be selected. To choose the exact seat, close Guests and stay on the main screen with the table cards. Find that table, press and hold the circle with the initials, and drag it onto an empty seat. Do this on the main screen. The Floor Plan screen only moves tables. Do not look for a name in Select Guest. That window opens when you tap + on an empty seat, and it is a long list with no search. Move a guest to another seat On the main screen, not on Floor Plan: 1. Press and hold the circle with the initials. 2. Drag it onto an empty seat, marked with +. This can be the same table or another table on this screen. 3. Let go. The old seat becomes free. The guest stays in the list. Swap two guests There is no swap button. On the main screen, use an empty seat: 1. Drag the first guest onto any empty seat. 2. Drag the second guest onto the seat that just opened. 3. Drag the first guest onto the second guest’s old seat. If there is no empty seat: 1. Press and hold the first guest’s circle until the menu appears, then tap Remove Guest. 2. The guest is not deleted. They appear at the bottom in Unassigned Guests. 3. Drag the second guest onto the free seat. 4. Search for the first guest at the bottom and drag them onto the second guest’s old seat. If you drop a guest onto a seat that is already taken, the person who was sitting there is not deleted. They move to Unassigned Guests. Search for them there and seat them again. What removes a guest from a seat, and what deletes them Remove Guest only takes the person off the chair. You can also drag their circle down onto the Unassigned Guests card. Either way, the guest stays in the list. The guest is deleted only if you swipe left in Guests, tap Delete Guest in their card, or tap the trash icon in the guest table. You do not need those to change a seat. If a seat shows a lock, press and hold its circle on the main screen and tap Unlock Seat. A locked guest cannot be dragged, and in Guests the table name cannot be tapped while it says (Locked). If you have any questions, email me at info@pipsapps.com
Deceptive app
You’ll need a subscription for that.
In fact, if you want to do almost any modifications you’ll need a subscription.
I didn’t expect all of it to be free but only giving you one table to play with it’s essentially useless otherwise.
Just be up front and make it a paid app to download.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. While the free version is limited to one table, the statement that almost every modification requires a subscription is inaccurate. The free version supports one event, lets you add one fully customizable table, and allows you to add up to 20 guests. You can edit guest names, notes, VIP status, tags and initials; customize the table’s name, shape, color and number of seats; and assign, move, unassign and lock guests. It also includes spreadsheet-style guest editing, CSV/TSV/XLSX and clipboard import, CSV guest-list export, and the interactive Floor Plan with dragging, rotation, zoom, grid snapping, alignment guides and adjustable room dimensions. iCloud synchronization is also available in the free version.
Do not waste your time!!
Great potential, needs improvement
Expanding the guest entry in the form of a spreadsheet, else linking to a spreadsheet that the user can add fields for information needed and using this spreadsheet for guest initials. I’m now doing an event for 325 attendees. Let the user add as many tables as needed, not just what fits on your grid, else allow the user to enter the room size and add tables accordingly. Contact me for more ideas of improvement.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. I’ve already made updates based on your suggestions. If you have more ideas, I’m always open to them. You can reach me anytime at info@pipsapps.com.
