Seating vs Seatbee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seating
Easily plan seating arrangements for any event with a variety of templates and floor plan options. Assign guests to specific seats, customize table layouts, and share your final designs.
- Seating chart templates
- Customizable table and floor plans
- Guest assignment to seats
- Event and guest management
- Shareable seating chart designs
- Table overview for events
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The seating chart app helps to plan seating for various occasions with lots of seating chart template options. Users can choose particular seating chart template and define table and chairs, and guests seating. It allows choosing various floor plans like rectangular, circular and square shape. This seating chart maker app is very useful to plan wedding seating chart, Reception seating chart, Engagement seating chart and conference meeting seating chart. Event Management in-app: - Create and update the event details - Add one or more tables for each event - Add one or more seats for each table - Create a table using the following information - Table number - Table shape - Adult count - Kid count - Smoking habit - Table color. - Assign guest for each seats in a table. - Add one or more Objects and Template images in the Seating Chart design page. - After creating the Seating Chart design, users can share it via Air Drop, Email, iCloud and also save it into device Photo Library. - To see an event as a Table Overview. In Table Overview, users can see all the guest names assigned in each table for an event. Guest Management in-app: - Add guest manually using the guest name. - Also add multiple guests from Contacts. - Rename and Delete the Particular guest. - Users can also see the event details of the particular guest. - Event details have information about the event name and table number of particular guest assigned.
Seatbee
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Plan your perfect seating arrangement in minutes with AI. Seatbee helps couples, wedding planners, and event hosts create beautiful seating plans — from guest list to table assignments. GUEST MANAGEMENT Add guests one by one, paste a list, or import a CSV. Track RSVPs, dietary needs, meals, parties, and categories. VISUAL EDITOR Drag and drop tables and venue objects on an interactive canvas. Upload your venue floor plan, set up your room shape, and arrange everything visually. AI-POWERED SEATING Let AI seat your guests automatically based on your rules. Keep groups together, separate feuding relatives, assign VIPs to the best tables. SEATING RULES Create parties, seat-together groups, keep-apart rules, and table assignments. The AI engine uses these to build the perfect arrangement. SHARE & EXPORT Export seating charts and place cards as PDF. Generate a guest QR code so attendees can find their table. Invite collaborators to plan together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Seatbee at none against Seating's shown. Seatbee also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). Seating's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Seating sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Seatbee sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seating ships an update every 3 months, Seatbee every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seating | Seatbee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SentientIT Software Solution | Shayan Mirzazadeh |
In-app purchases
Seating
- Seating Chart Template Premium$2.99
- Guests Seating Management$2.99
- Seating Chart for 10 Events$2.99
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- Add 100 Guests for Seating$2.99
Seatbee
- Monthly Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Event Pass$29.99
- Signature Pass$49.99
- Grand Event Pass$149.99








