Wedding Seating Chart Planner vs Wedding Planner AI Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wedding Seating Chart Planner
Create detailed event layouts with guest lists, RSVPs, and floor plans. This tool helps organize weddings, parties, and corporate events, offering features like guest menus, import options, and collaborative planning. Share and print your designs easily.
- Guest list management with RSVPs
- Customizable floor plan design
- Guest menu tracking
- Import guest lists from spreadsheets
- Collaborative event planning
- Offline functionality
- PDF and photo sharing
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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
Wedding Planner AI Assistant
Plan your entire wedding with this comprehensive app. Features include an AI-powered seating chart generator, guest list management with RSVP tracking, budget and timeline tools, and a customizable checklist. Collaborate with others in real-time across devices.
- AI automatic seating chart generation
- Drag-and-drop reception and ceremony layout design
- Guest list management with RSVP tracking
- Budget calculator and expense tracking
- Customizable wedding checklist and timeline
- Real-time collaboration with partners and planners
- Print-ready table plans and guest lists
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Wedding Planner AI Assistant is the wedding seating chart maker that grew into an all-in-one wedding planning app. Draw the reception floor plan, seat every guest by drag & drop or in one tap with automatic seating, print the table plan for the venue — then manage the guest list and RSVPs, checklist, budget and timeline in the same project, with your partner, family or a professional wedding planner, on iPhone, iPad and the free web app at planning.wedding. NEW: AUTOMATIC SEATING • One button seats your whole guest list in a second — by role, closest to the couple first • The maid of honor and best man take the couple's sides, then the wedding party, parents, relatives and friends • Families always sit together, at one table • Fill the free seats or reseat everyone; the whole seating plan is one Undo away • Then add the final polish: drag a guest onto another guest to swap them, or onto a free seat to move them RECEPTION SEATING CHART • Tables of any shape — round, banquet, long rectangular, square, curved and custom — with the seats you need • The head table or sweetheart table, a dance floor, stage, bar, buffet, trees and décor; rulers to check the real distances • Drag & drop guests onto seats, number seats and tables automatically, hide empty seats, rotate and resize tables with two fingers • Guest train: the next guests to seat wait beside the chart — drag them onto a table or a seat • Swap seated guests with one drag; undo and redo every step; duplicate tables • Meal choices and dietary needs shown on the seating plan for the caterer CEREMONY SEATING • Rows of chairs with an aisle and the wedding arch — the same guests, the same drag & drop • The ceremony layout lives next to the reception layout in one project TABLE PLAN TO PRINT • Print-ready PDF in poster sizes: the seated table plan, an empty floor plan, a catering plan with every meal, per-table details and the guest list by table • Share it with the venue, the caterer and your wedding planner in one tap GUEST LIST & RSVP • Track invitations, RSVPs, meals and dietary needs; design digital invites with the free wedding invitation maker on the web • Import guests from a spreadsheet with AI assistance — names, families and roles are recognized for you • Collect responses online through your wedding website and see them instantly • Group guests by family, side and role: bride, groom, parents, bridesmaids, groomsmen, friends • Export the guest list as PDF or XLS CHECKLIST, BUDGET & TIMELINE • Wedding checklist templates, month by month, plus a wedding countdown on your free wedding website • Budget calculator: planned and actual costs by category, payments, due dates and who pays • Event itinerary for the wedding day: ceremony, reception, speeches, first dance, minute by minute • Venues and vendors: dates, locations, weather for the date, contacts, notes and photos on one line PLAN TOGETHER • Real-time sync between iPhone, iPad and the web app — every change appears everywhere instantly • Invite family, friends or your planner to collaborate — no account needed for guests • Share a link or a QR code; a wedding planner can manage several weddings from one account AND MORE • Overview: an infographic of the whole celebration — guests, budget, timeline and progress at a glance • Use a wedding photo QR code on the web to collect guests' pictures in your album; save notes for speeches and vows • Not only weddings: birthdays, anniversaries, corporate events and any party with a table plan • Multiple languages, Sign in with Apple • Free to start — no sign-up required The free web app at planning.wedding also creates your wedding website, place cards, escort cards, table numbers, menus, welcome signs and programs — all from the same guest list and seating chart. Your projects are securely stored in the cloud and instantly synced across devices. The planning tools are free; Premium unlocks print-ready exports and extra features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wedding Planner AI Assistant at 100% against Wedding Seating Chart Planner's 31%. Wedding Planner AI Assistant also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Wedding Seating Chart Planner's advantage is ratings volume (401 vs 6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Wedding Seating Chart Planner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Wedding Planner AI Assistant sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wedding Planner AI Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wedding Seating Chart Planner has 401 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Wedding Seating Chart Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wedding Planner AI Assistant's.
Wedding Seating Chart Planner ships an update every 9 days, Wedding Planner AI Assistant every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wedding Seating Chart Planner | Wedding Planner AI Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (401 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 401 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puzzle Party, LLC | Wedding Planning Assistant LLC |
Customer experience
Wedding Seating Chart Planner
Wedding Planner AI Assistant
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 AI Assistant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wedding Seating Chart Planner
- 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
- Seat Puzzle - All Access$139.99
Wedding Planner AI Assistant
- AI Credits$9.99
- AI Credits$19.99
- Premium$29.99
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- AI Credits$29.99
- AI Credits$39.99
- AI Credits$49.99
Questions
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