Wedding Planner by WeddingWire vs Nextup Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wedding Planner by WeddingWire
This free app helps you plan your entire wedding from start to finish. Discover local vendors, create a personalized wedding website, manage your budget and guest list, and find inspiration for every detail. It offers virtual venue tours and a wedding countdown to keep you organized.
- Local vendor search with reviews
- Virtual wedding venue tours
- Customizable wedding websites
- Wedding invitation design
- Personalized wedding checklist
- Budget tracking
- Guest list management
- Wedding registry aggregation
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We do weddings. Ready to plan yours? Wedding Planner by WeddingWire is the only (free!) wedding app you’ll ever need. Start planning today with: Local Vendors: Search over 250,000 local wedding professionals, get pricing and availability details and read 3+ million reviews from couples like you. 360º Virtual Wedding Venue Tours: Save time and make more informed decisions by taking an interactive tour of wedding venues before you visit. Free Wedding Websites: Customize your wedding website in a snap, share wedding details, add your registry and collect RSVPs. Wedding Invitations: Shop beautiful and affordable invitations with matching wedding websites. Personalize your paper in minutes with our easy wedding invitation maker. Wedding Checklist: We’ll create a list of wedding tasks for you based on your wedding date. Your to-do list is completely customizable and accessible from anywhere. Wedding Budget: Keep track of how much you’re spending on your venue, wedding dress, flowers, caterer, cake and more! Wedding Guest List: Easily organize your guest list. Track meal selections and RSVPs for all of your wedding guests. Wedding Registry: Add all of your wedding registries to one simple list and share it on your wedding website. Wedding Inspiration: Get inspired by photo galleries of real weddings, wedding dresses, flowers, cakes, invitations, favors and jewelry. Plus, find looks for the bride, groom and wedding party… and so much more. Community: Gather ideas and advice from other engaged couples who are also going through the wedding planning process. Wedding Countdown: Track the time left until your wedding day—just pop in your wedding date and begin counting down! Download Wedding Planner by WeddingWire and start planning the easy way. CA Privacy: https://www.weddingwire.com/ca-collection-notice/
Nextup Events
This app provides guests with a personalized event schedule directly on their lock screen. It filters activities based on your role, offers real-time updates, and includes built-in directions. Joining is simple with no account required.
- Personalized event schedule
- Lock screen Live Activities
- Role-based activity filtering
- Real-time updates and announcements
- Built-in venue directions
- No account sign-up required
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Nextup is the event app for guests - your personalized schedule, right on your lock screen. When someone invites you to a wedding, corporate event, or group trip through Nextup, you get a schedule built specifically for your role. No more chasing the group chat or wondering what happens next. YOUR SCHEDULE, YOUR ROLE Every guest sees only what's relevant to them - bridesmaids get bridesmaid activities, family gets family activities. Your schedule is filtered, personal, and always up to date. ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S NEXT Nextup lives on your lock screen through iOS Live Activities. The current activity, the next one, the time, the place - all there without opening the app. REAL-TIME UPDATES If the organizer makes a change or sends an announcement, you'll know immediately. No refresh needed, no group text confusion. DIRECTIONS BUILT IN Each activity includes directions to the venue. One tap, and you're on your way. ZERO FRICTION TO JOIN No account. No sign-up. Just enter the access code from your invitation or scan the QR code. That's it. Nextup is free for all guests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nextup Events at none against Wedding Planner by WeddingWire's shown. Nextup Events also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Wedding Planner by WeddingWire's advantage is ratings volume (46K vs 16) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nextup Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wedding Planner by WeddingWire has 46K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Wedding Planner by WeddingWire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nextup Events's.
Wedding Planner by WeddingWire ships an update every 5 weeks, Nextup Events every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wedding Planner by WeddingWire | Nextup Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (46K ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WeddingWire | NEXTUP APP LLC |
Customer experience
Wedding Planner by WeddingWire
Nextup Events
Bugs and requests
Wedding Planner by WeddingWire
Reported bugs
3 issues- App refreshes and loses progress when switching between screens
- Guest list management features not working as expected
- Inconsistent behavior when trying to disable or delete wedding website
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to delete or archive old messages and discussions
- More flexible budget tracking with detailed expense logging
- Option to customize or remove unnecessary planning categories
- Better integration with external wedding planning tools and websites
- Improved search functionality and vendor filtering
Nextup Events
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wedding Planner by WeddingWire
No in-app purchases
Nextup Events
No in-app purchases
Questions
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