Comparison

Wedding Seating Chart Planner vs Wedding Planner ‎

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wedding Seating Chart Planner

Create event layouts and manage guest lists for various occasions. Organize seating arrangements, track RSVPs, and build guest menus. Collaborate with others and share your event plans easily.

Highlights
  • Extensive item library (tables, seats, dance floor)
  • Guest list builder with RSVP tracking
  • Event checklist and due date management
  • Guest menu building
  • Import guest list from spreadsheet
  • Guest +1s and party grouping
  • Collaborative event planning
Features
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Seat Puzzle is the best way to create lightweight mockups for your events. Professionals use Seat Puzzle to manage events for all their clients and look great on the job. Easily organize your space, manage the guest list, and keep track of RSVPs. It‘s great for weddings, corporate events, social parties, baby showers, trivia night, and more. Features include: · An extensive item library including tables and seats, the dance floor, the DJ Booth. · Guest list builder. Keep track of RSVPs, see who's coming, how many guests are VIPs or children. · Keep track of your event checklist and due dates. Check things off as you go. · Build a guest menu and see a breakdown of who ordered what. · Import a guest list from a spreadsheet. · Guest +1s and guest parties to group guests together into any size party. · Build a floor plan up to 500 ft by 500 ft. Supports metric system. · Includes audio / video, computer equipment, sports, and outdoors items for even more types of events. · Collaborate with friends, family, clients, and vendors together on your event. · Share a PDF or a photo of your floor plans with your clients, vendors, event planner, wedding coordinator, or significant other. · Print your floor plan or post it to social media. · Works 100% offline. · Automatically syncs through your Seat Puzzle account across all your devices. · Create and manage unlimited events. · Add custom photo items to your floor plan catalog. · Draw custom venue outlines and set floor plan backgrounds. · Use the table wizard to estimate tables from guest count and seats per table. · Plan with round, rectangle, square, oval, U-shaped, and serpentine tables. · Add highboys, theater chairs, benches, pews, walls, doors, windows, and room segments. · Customize the grid with dots or lines, spacing, and color. · Control item names, dimensions, font size, and seat label display. · Show guest names as initials, first names, or full names. · Highlight guest parties and tags directly on seats. · Update guests in bulk, including attendance, tags, parties, and seating. · Seat multiple guests together at the same table. · Track attendance for individual guests or whole parties. · View guest reports for seating, RSVPs, VIPs, children, infants, and accessibility needs. · Export guest spreadsheets to CSV. · Customize PDF exports with guest pages, grouping, sorting, and rotation. · Reuse event templates or copy an existing floor plan. · Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for countdowns, event summaries, and event lists. · Use App Shortcuts to open events, add guests, and search events. · Share view-only or editable event links with permissions, recipients, login options, and expiry dates. Download and try a free demo today! About the Seat Puzzle Membership Subscription: • Seat Puzzle is available as a subscription on either a weekly, monthly, or annual recurring basis, cancelable at any time. • Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited when purchasing a new subscription. Privacy policy: https://seatpuzzle.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://seatpuzzle.com/termsofuse.html

About

Wedding Planner ‎

This app helps you organize your wedding preparations with a personalized checklist, budget tracker, and timeline planner. Keep all your important contacts and memories in one place, and even sync with your partner. Enjoy special features like a wedding journal and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Personalized checklist
  • Budget tracking
  • Wedding day timeline
  • Contact organization
  • Sync & backup
  • Wedding journal
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Wedding Planner is the perfect companion to have while preparing for your big day. It's packed with a personalized checklist of all the essential to-dos for you and your partner's "I dos." You'll feel so much more at ease to know what has been done and what still needs to be done - there's no better app to use for all your wedding needs, so start planning with Wedding Planner today! And it's so much more than just a checklist. Here are some of Wedding Planner's amazingly helpful features: • Sync & Backup: Invite your partner to participate or simply back up your data for peace of mind. • Categories: If you ever feel lost, you can find any checklist item by category from Accessories to Stationery. • Photos: Keep your favorite photos of you and your loved one right on the home screen to remind yourself of what this is all about every time you open the app. • Music: Add your special song and listen while you get things done. • Budget: Set a budget and get an estimate of how much to spend on each expense. • Journal: Keep a wedding journal for all the days leading up to the wedding - these are memories worth saving. • Day-of: Plan the timeline of events on your wedding day and easily share it with vendors, friends, and family. • Contacts: Put all your important wedding contacts in one place and organize them by category. • Apple Watch: Check off your to-dos and view your wedding countdown and photo on Apple Watch! • And more! In addition to the free features listed above, we also offer Wedding Planner Premium as a subscription. Wedding Planner Premium subscribers will have access to an ad-free experience and unlimited storage. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Wedding Seating Chart Planner4 screens
Wedding Planner ‎4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wedding Seating Chart Planner and Wedding Planner ‎ both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Wedding Planner ‎'s written reviews are positive against 31% of Wedding Seating Chart Planner's. Wedding Planner ‎ also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 390). Wedding Seating Chart Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wedding Seating Chart Planner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Wedding Planner ‎ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Wedding Seating Chart Planner against 4.5 for Wedding Planner ‎. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wedding Planner ‎ has 3.7K ratings behind it against 390, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Wedding Seating Chart Planner's written reviews are positive against 82% of Wedding Planner ‎'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wedding Seating Chart Planner ships an update every 9 days, Wedding Planner ‎ every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wedding Seating Chart Planner versus Wedding Planner ‎: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWedding Seating Chart PlannerWedding Planner ‎
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (390 ratings)4.5 (3.7K ratings)
Positive reviews31.3% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3903.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.212.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuzzle Party, LLCSevenlogics, Inc.

Customer experience

Wedding Seating Chart Planner

All ratings390 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative59.4%

Wedding Planner ‎

All ratings3,658 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral6.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.6%

Bugs and requests

Wedding Seating Chart Planner

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Ruined charts with incorrect table settings
  • Tables and centerpieces reappearing
  • App constantly rearranges table layouts
  • Guest list duplicates guests
  • Plus one replaces original guest name
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  • App glitches when opening, data appears lost
  • Undo option forgets some moves, deletes names
  • App freezes/crashes when moving people
  • Guest seating chart keeps moving around
  • App crushes on phone and Mac
  • Free trial stops plan mid-way without warning
  • App is buggy with incomplete features
  • Buttons would not work, unresponsive to touch
  • App crashes when trying to move anyone around
  • App glitches out when trying to add guests
  • Venue size changed automatically and couldn't revert
  • Tap screen giving trouble to move tables
  • Difficulty using phone with the app
  • App does not update or change after purchase
  • Cannot get into the app
  • Objects do not move once placed on canvas
  • App is unuseable
  • App is not easy to use
  • Cannot turn tables at certain angles
  • Free trial gives pop-up to pay to continue
  • App doesn't seem to provide measurements for setup
  • Layout design elements are hard to align
  • App freezes/crashes when trying to move people around

Requested features

20 requests
  • Basic instructions would be nice
  • More building shapes (hexagons, octagons)
  • Adjustable shapes and background scaling
  • Ability to rotate items/tables
  • More customization for seats at tables
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  • Ability to add text
  • Change color of seating
  • Differentiate different seats
  • Add notes for spacing
  • Stadium or concert seating options
  • Better instructions on how to use it
  • Copy/Mirror option for layout elements
  • Food table icons
  • Larger dance floor options
  • More features in the professional app
  • Greater variety of colors
  • Instructions on how to use the program effectively
  • Modify multiple table measurements
  • Add seats on the table
  • Add Audio visual elements

Wedding Planner ‎

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Wedding Seating Chart Planner

Subscriptions7
  • Wedding Planning Saver$3.991 Month
  • Pro Membership - Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Seat Puzzle Monthly Saver$7.991 Month
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  • Seat Puzzle Easter Egg Promo1 Month trial$13.991 Month
  • Monthly Membership Pro Seating1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Membership for Year3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Pro Membership - Annual3 Days trial$129.991 Year
One-time1
  • Seat Puzzle - All Access$139.99
1 purchases

Wedding Planner ‎

Subscriptions1
  • Wedding Planner Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Wedding Seating Chart Planner free?
Wedding Seating Chart Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Planner ‎ free?
Wedding Planner ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wedding Seating Chart Planner or Wedding Planner ‎?
Wedding Seating Chart Planner and Wedding Planner ‎ are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 390 and 3.7K ratings respectively.
Do Wedding Seating Chart Planner or Wedding Planner ‎ have ads?
Both Wedding Seating Chart Planner and Wedding Planner ‎ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Wedding Seating Chart Planner or Wedding Planner ‎?
Wedding Seating Chart Planner ships an update every 9 days, and Wedding Planner ‎ every 4 months. Most recently, Wedding Seating Chart Planner was updated on September 29, 2026 and Wedding Planner ‎ on September 29, 2026.

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