Comparison

Occasions vs Wedding Program

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

Head to head
About

Occasions

This app simplifies wedding planning by consolidating all essential information in one accessible location. It helps manage guest lists, budgets, vendor bookings, and schedules, reducing stress for engaged couples. Features include a countdown, to-do lists, and seating arrangements.

Highlights
  • Countdown to wedding day
  • Budget planner
  • Guest list management
  • To-Do list
  • Vendor bookings tracker
  • Seating planner
  • Schedule organizer
Features
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Everything you are planning, in one place: who is coming, where they are sitting, what it costs, who you are paying, and what happens when. On your iPhone and iPad, from the engagement to the thank-you cards. THE OVERVIEW Open the app and the day is there. How long you have, how many have replied, what the budget is doing, which suppliers are still owed. Every number comes from your plan, and anything overdue rises to the top on its own. THE GUEST LIST Invite people to the whole day or just the evening, track who has replied, and keep plus-ones attached to the person who brought them. Headcounts update themselves as replies come in, so the number you give the caterer is the number you actually have. Dietary and access needs sit on the guest, not in a note somewhere else. SEATING Lay the room out with the tables you actually have: round, long, a top table, a cake table, a dance floor. Drag guests into seats while the app counts who is still standing, and it flags a seat held by somebody who has since declined. Print it or send a PDF when the venue asks. MONEY Set what you expect to spend by category, and the app fills in what you have committed from the suppliers you have booked. Categories cannot out-promise the budget, and going over is reported rather than rewritten. THE RUNNING ORDER Hair at eight, photographer at ten, cars at half past one. Build the order for the day itself, and separate ones for the rehearsal and the morning after. The gaps show between the entries, because the free forty-five minutes matters as much as the things either side of it. SUPPLIERS The venue, the florist, the photographer, the band. Contacts, quotes, what is agreed and what is still owed. Each supplier is filed under a budget category, so booking one updates the budget without you telling it twice. Deposits carry dates, so money due next month is visible this month. TO-DOS A new plan arrives with a wedding checklist already in it: the things everybody has to do, roughly when they are usually done. Take what you want, ignore the rest, and share the tasks out. SCRAPBOOK A wall you pin things to: photographs, a link to the venue you liked, a voice note from the florist. Keep several boards, one per thing still undecided. ON THE HOME SCREEN Three widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen countdowns and Control Centre buttons. Tick a task off from the Home Screen and it is done in the app. On the day itself a Live Activity holds the running order on the Lock Screen, with a button to move things on when something runs late. NO ASSUMPTIONS A new plan asks for partner one and partner two. If that is not what you call yourselves, set it to bride and groom, bride and bride, or groom and groom, and the app uses your words. ALSO IN THERE Catering by course. Colour palettes lifted from a photograph. Thank-you tracking. Spreadsheet import and PDF export. Fifteen accent themes and six app icons. A finished wedding is archived in full rather than deleted. SYNC AND SHARING With a subscription your wedding syncs through your own iCloud, so every device shows the same guest list and balance owing. Then share it with the person you are marrying. They open it on their own Apple Account and are in the same wedding, not a copy: they tick a task off and it is ticked for you. They do not need a subscription of their own. PRIVACY It all goes through Apple. No account to create with us, and no copy of your guest list on a server we control. WHAT IT COSTS Free to use for one wedding, with up to twenty-five items in each list. A subscription lifts the limits and adds sync and sharing, and covers Occasion Plans: Events too. Personal covers one wedding, Planner up to ten, and Unlimited as many as you need. Each is sold monthly or yearly and starts with one month free. Personal Forever is a single payment for one wedding and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://www.occasionplans.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.occasionplans.com/privacy

About

Wedding Program

Plan your wedding with ease using this comprehensive organizer. Track your budget, manage guest lists and seating arrangements, and keep all your important wedding details in one place. Stay on top of tasks and never forget a detail with helpful reminders.

Highlights
  • Wedding day countdown
  • Budget and transaction tracking
  • Guest list and table arrangement
  • Invitation status management
  • To-do list with reminders
  • Gift list and thank you note management
  • Vendor information tracking
Features
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A simply app to keep you organized when planning wedding. If your wedding is coming, you will need this app to track your schedule, keep budget, arrange guests and tables, and manage invitations, music list, gift list and thank you note etc. Everything will go smoothly with you the help of Wedding Program, you don’t need to worry about the huge things to do, and forget to this or that, just install this app and keep everything in control. Key Feature: ⁃ Wedding day countdown. ⁃ Default schedules and you can also custom your own. ⁃ Manage to do list and completed list. ⁃ Share schedule by Twitter, Facebook or message. ⁃ Set reminders for schedule. ⁃ Track vendors’ info for the matters. ⁃ Create budgets for wedding. ⁃ Track transactions for each budget. ⁃ Arrange guests and tables. ⁃ Track invitations by different group: Not Send, Waiting for Answer, Accepted and Refused. ⁃ Design music list for each process. ⁃ Manage gift list and thank you note. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

Screenshots

Occasions4 screens
Wedding Program4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Occasions at none against Wedding Program's shown. Occasions also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Wedding Program's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Occasions sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Wedding Program sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. 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 — 3.7 for Occasions against 3.8 for Wedding Program. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Occasions's written reviews are positive against 73% of Wedding Program's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Occasions ships an update every 2 months, Wedding Program every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Occasions versus Wedding Program: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOccasionsWedding Program
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)3.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreateful LtdLINKLINKS LTD

Customer experience

Occasions

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.6%

Wedding Program

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral27.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Occasions

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Guest list and notes section not functioning properly
  • Seating chart feature freezing or crashing for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to group guests by family/couple
  • Include dietary requirements and meal options
  • Integrate with cloud storage for backup/sync
  • Provide more pre-made checklists and templates
  • Allow easier rearrangement of seating chart

Wedding Program

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Occasions

Subscriptions5
  • Personal Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Planner Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Personal Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
Show 2 more
  • Planner Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly1 Month trial$149.991 Year
One-time5
  • 1 Additional Plan Bundle$0.99
  • Full version$2.99
  • 5 Additional Plan Bundle$3.99
Show 2 more
  • 10 Additional Plan Bundle$14.99
  • Personal Forever$49.99
2 purchases

Wedding Program

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months$2.996 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$11.99

Questions

Is Occasions free?
Occasions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Program free?
Wedding Program is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Occasions or Wedding Program?
Wedding Program is rated higher. Occasions averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Wedding Program averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Occasions or Wedding Program have ads?
Wedding Program shows ads; Occasions does not.
Which is updated more often, Occasions or Wedding Program?
Occasions ships an update every 2 months, and Wedding Program every 9 months. Most recently, Occasions was updated on September 23, 2026 and Wedding Program on August 20, 2026.

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