Wedding Planner by PlanWed vs Seatsy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wedding Planner by PlanWed
This app helps couples organize their wedding by tracking budgets, managing guest lists, creating seating charts, and setting task reminders. It also offers digital invitations and a countdown to the big day.
- Budget tracking with category breakdown
- Guest list management with RSVP tracking
- Drag-and-drop seating chart designer
- Smart task list with reminders
- Wedding countdown widget
- Digital invitations and guest RSVP
- Partner collaboration
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Plan your wedding together without juggling spreadsheets, notes and group chats. PlanWed is an all-in-one wedding planning app for couples. Manage your wedding budget, guest list, RSVPs, seating chart, checklist, vendors and wedding-day timeline from your phone, tablet or computer. Everything stays synced, so you and your partner always have the same plan. A wedding website made for your guests Create a beautiful personal wedding page and share it by link, WhatsApp or QR code. Guests can open it in their browser with no app download or account required. Guests can: • RSVP and update their response • Add meal choices and dietary requirements • View your schedule, venue, travel and accommodation details • Find their assigned table • Read FAQs and open registry links • Share photos and leave wishes in your guestbook Keep every detail organized • Track your wedding budget, expenses and payments • Build a guest list with parties, plus-ones and RSVP status • Design a seating chart with flexible table shapes and assigned seats • Follow a wedding checklist, add custom tasks and set reminders • Keep vendor details, contacts and payments together • Create your wedding-day timeline and use Wedding Day Mode • See your countdown and planning progress at a glance Plan together, everywhere Invite your partner and update the same wedding plan in real time. Plan from your phone or tablet, then use the larger web workspace for seating charts and detailed edits. Turn guest memories into a keepsake With Wedding Pass, collect guest photos and wishes through your wedding website, then turn them into a beautifully designed Keepsake Wedding Book PDF to save and share after the celebration. Wedding Pass is a one-time purchase and does not renew. PlanWed includes optional Premium subscriptions and Wedding Pass for additional planning tools and keepsakes. Subscription and trial availability is shown before purchase. Support: hello@planwed.app Website: https://planwed.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Seatsy
Design event seating charts with an unlimited canvas and powerful guest management tools. Import guest lists, drag-and-drop assignments, and create precise floor plans. Syncs across devices and exports layouts as images.
- Unlimited canvas for any event size
- Drag-and-drop table and guest placement
- CSV/XLSX guest list import
- Spreadsheet-style bulk guest editing
- Precise floor planner with templates
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export layouts as PNG images
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From intimate dinners to galas and conferences with hundreds of guests, Seatsy brings your guest list and your floor plan together. Import guests from a spreadsheet, drag them onto seats, lay out the room with tables, a dance floor and a stage, then print place cards, escort cards and seating charts. No account needed. Seatsy works offline and saves automatically, and iCloud sync keeps your events up to date on iPhone, iPad and Mac. SEATING • Drag guests onto seats, or tap an empty seat and pick a guest • Drag one seated guest onto another to swap their seats • Lock a guest's seat or reserve an empty one • See first names or initials right on the seats • Fill Open Seats in one tap: guests with the same tags sit together • Shuffle guests while locked seats stay put • Spread VIPs evenly across tables • Clear all seats at once, while locked seats stay in place FLOOR PLAN • Set the room size in meters or feet • Mark the dance floor, stage, DJ, bar, buffet, entrance or your own areas, in real sizes • Drag tables into place with snap-to-grid and alignment guides • Zoom, rotate and fine-tune every table • Round, rectangular, rectangular with end seats, and banquet tables • Add up to 10 matching tables at once, or start from ready-made layouts • Jump from any table to its place on the floor plan • Save the floor plan as an image GUESTS • Add notes, VIP status, built-in tags and your own tags • Search by name, note, tag or table, and sort A–Z or Z–A • Edit many guests at once in a spreadsheet-style table • Manage all your tags in one place • Built-in help guide IMPORT, EXPORT & PRINT • Import CSV, TSV or XLSX files with smart column matching that remembers your choices • Paste a guest list straight from the clipboard • Assign tables during import and create missing tables automatically • Export your guest list with table assignments as CSV • Print or save as PDF: seating chart poster, table lists, place cards and escort cards, on Letter or A4 EVENTS & SYNC • Create, duplicate and rename events • See tables, seats, seated guests and open seats at a glance • On iPad and Mac, tables appear in two columns • Works offline, and syncs through iCloud when it's available Perfect for weddings, receptions, banquets, conferences, corporate dinners, galas, parties, classrooms and any event that needs organized seating. FREE AND PREMIUM The free plan includes one event with up to 30 guests and any number of tables, with every seating and floor plan tool. Premium adds unlimited events and guests, printing and PDF export, and floor plan images without a watermark. Premium is available as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://pipsapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://pipsapps.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wedding Planner by PlanWed at every 2 days against Seatsy's every 8 days. Wedding Planner by PlanWed also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Seatsy's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Wedding Planner by PlanWed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Seatsy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Wedding Planner by PlanWed against 3.9 for Seatsy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seatsy has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wedding Planner by PlanWed ships an update every 2 days, Seatsy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wedding Planner by PlanWed | Seatsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chat studios, MB | Alona Nesterenko |
Customer experience
Wedding Planner by PlanWed
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In-app purchases
Wedding Planner by PlanWed
- Unlimited access14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Unlimited access14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Wedding Pass$34.99
Seatsy
- Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Subscription$19.99
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