Comparison

Pro Party Planner vs Occasions

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

Head to head
About

Pro Party Planner

This app streamlines event organization by centralizing guest management, budgeting, and logistics. It offers real-time RSVP tracking, collaborative planning, seating chart creation, and smart shopping lists. Visualize event details with augmented reality for a comprehensive planning experience.

Highlights
  • Guest list management
  • Budget and shopping list
  • Real-time RSVP tracking
  • Collaborative planning
  • Seating chart creation
  • Augmented reality visualization
  • Guest check-in
Features
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Recognized by CNET as the best all-in-one party planning app. Manage guests, budget, seating, and logistics — all in one place. Now with an AI-powered planner that builds your entire event planning in minutes. Whether you're organizing a birthday party, corporate conference, fundraiser, trade show, or any event in between, Pro Party Planner takes you from idea to execution faster than ever. NEW — AI Party Planner Answer a few quick questions and our built-in AI chat creates a personalized task list and timeline for your event. No more guessing what to do first — get a complete planning roadmap in seconds, then customize it however you like. Manage Everything in One Place - Centralize guest details, track demographics, participation, gifts, menu choices, budget, and logistics — all from a single dashboard. - Send Invitations & Track RSVPs in Real-Time - Send email invitations and watch RSVPs update instantly. Guests don't need an account or app to respond. Zero-spam policy. Their data stays private. - Seamless Guest Check-In Collaborate & Delegate - Invite teammates or assistants to co-plan in real time. Everyone stays in sync — no miscommunication. - Drag-and-Drop Seating Charts Smart Budget & Shopping Lists - Supplies auto-organized by department, quantities calculated based on guest count and menu selections. Attach receipts, add web links, and assign collaborators. From small gatherings to large-scale conferences, Pro Party Planner is the only app you need. Download it today and start planning like a pro. For weddings, check out our dedicated app: Pro Wedding Planner. About the Premium Subscription: • The premium subscription is an auto-renewable subscription recurring every month. • Payment will be charged to 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 • 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 by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zyscompany.com/privacy-policy

About

Occasions

Simplify event planning with this comprehensive tool. Keep all essential details organized in one accessible place, from guest lists and budgets to vendor bookings and to-do lists. Reduce stress and make any event run smoothly.

Highlights
  • Countdown timer
  • Budget planner
  • Guest list management
  • To-do lists
  • Vendor booking tracker
  • Seating planner
  • Schedule organizer
Features
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Birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, retirement dos, work parties, fundraisers, reunions. Everything you need to run them, on your iPhone and iPad. ONE APP, NOT FIFTEEN TEMPLATES Nothing here assumes what kind of event you are running. You define its parts: a drinks reception and a dinner, a ceremony and a lunch, or one long afternoon. Guests, suppliers and schedules attach to a part rather than the whole event. A fiftieth birthday and a company away-day are not the same event, and neither has to pretend to be a wedding. THE OVERVIEW Open the app and the event is there. How long you have, how many have replied, what the budget is doing, which suppliers are still owed. Every number comes from the plan, and anything overdue rises to the top on its own. THE GUEST LIST Invite people to the whole event or one part of it, track who has replied, and keep plus-ones attached to whoever brought them. Headcounts update as replies come in, so the number you give the venue is the number you have. Dietary and access needs sit on the guest, not in a note somewhere else. SEATING Build the room from what the venue gives you: round tables, long tables, a bar, a stage, a dance floor. Put people in seats while the app counts who is still standing, and it flags a seat held by somebody who dropped out. 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 Doors at seven, speeches after the main course, band on at nine. Build the running order for the event, and separate ones for the set-up and the clear-down. The gaps show between the entries, because the empty half hour matters as much as the things either side. SUPPLIERS The venue, the caterer, the band, the hire company. 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 checklist in it: the things most events need doing, roughly when they are usually done. Take what is useful, ignore the rest, and share the tasks out. SCRAPBOOK A wall you pin things to: photographs, links, sketches, a voice note from the caterer. Keep several boards, one per undecided thing. 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 night a Live Activity holds the running order on the Lock Screen, with a button to move things on when one runs late. 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 event is archived in full rather than deleted. SYNC AND SHARING With a subscription your event syncs through your own iCloud, so every device shows the same guest list and balance owing. Then share it with whoever is running it with you: a partner, a co-organiser, whoever books the venue. They open it on their own Apple Account and are in the same event, not a copy. They do not need a subscription of their own. 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 event, with up to twenty-five items in each list. A subscription lifts the limits, adds sync and sharing, and covers Occasion Plans: Weddings too. Personal covers one event, 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 event and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://www.occasionplans.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.occasionplans.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pro Party Planner4 screens
Occasions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Occasions at free with in-app purchases against Pro Party Planner's subscription. Pro Party Planner's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (47% vs 37%). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pro Party Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Occasions sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Party Planner ships an update fortnightly, Occasions every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pro Party Planner versus Occasions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro Party PlannerOccasions
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews — better37.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZyscoCreateful Ltd

Customer experience

Pro Party Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral15.4%
Negative37.5%

Occasions

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative51.9%

Bugs and requests

Pro Party Planner

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes when importing contacts
  • App crashes when adding pictures to profiles
  • Syncing fails between iPhone and iPad
  • Invite links show dashes instead of working URLs
  • Collaboration invites not received
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  • Facebook sync causes app to close
  • Budget calculations frozen or incorrect
  • Guest list displays wrong information
  • Cannot delete items from lists
  • Timeline feature limited to 2 months
  • Insufficient permissions/authentication errors
  • App won't open on certain devices
  • Keyboard closing causes crashes
  • Dropdown menu selections unresponsive
  • Guest RSVP functionality broken
  • Seating chart drag-and-drop not working as advertised

Requested features

20 requests
  • Direct contact import from phone address book
  • Ability to add custom budget categories
  • Print functionality for seating charts and guest lists
  • Export to PDF or CSV formats
  • Facebook event integration improvements
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  • Shopping list separate from task list
  • Price-per-plate budget calculations
  • Ability to assign multiple people to tasks
  • Post-event task scheduling (days/weeks after)
  • Specific due dates for tasks instead of preset timeframes
  • Guest plus-one tracking
  • Day of week display on date selection
  • In-app communication/messaging between collaborators
  • Modern, minimalist UI redesign
  • Monthly calendar view
  • Seating arrangement improvements
  • Picture sharing and storage features
  • Virtual event planning tools
  • Ability to delete items and functions
  • Better tutorial and documentation

Occasions

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pro Party Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription (yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Synch and Collaborate (1 Year)$4.99
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
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  • 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
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  • 10 Additional Plan Bundle$14.99
  • Personal Forever$49.99

Questions

Is Pro Party Planner free?
Pro Party Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Occasions free?
Occasions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pro Party Planner or Occasions have ads?
Neither Pro Party Planner nor Occasions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pro Party Planner or Occasions?
Pro Party Planner ships an update fortnightly, and Occasions every 2 months. Most recently, Pro Party Planner was updated on October 17, 2026 and Occasions on October 24, 2026.

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