Comparison

Occasions vs ShereIQ

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

Head to head
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

About

ShereIQ

Organize all your celebrations, from weddings to birthdays, with an AI-powered event planner. Manage budgets, track guests and RSVPs, and keep vendor details in one place. Get personalized suggestions and timelines to make planning seamless.

Highlights
  • AI-powered event planning assistant
  • Budget tracking and management
  • Guest list and RSVP management
  • Task management and reminders
  • Vendor information tracking
  • Customizable event timelines
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
Features
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ShereIQ is the all-in-one planner for weddings, birthdays, showers, holidays, nights out and trips. Plan on your own or invite others to plan with you, and keep every detail in one calm, beautiful place. START IN SECONDS - Ready-made templates — a 30th birthday, baby shower, dinner party, 5-day city trip and more arrive with tasks, a schedule and a budget - Each plan gets only the tools it needs: events, nights out and trips PLAN EVERY DETAIL - Smart task lists with categories, due dates, priorities and filters - Budget tracking with itemised estimates vs. actuals, plus cost splitting with tap-to-pay request links - Guest management — RSVPs, meal choices, plus-ones, notes and gift thank-yous - Visual seating chart — drag and drop guests onto tables - Menu planner — dishes by course, dietary labels, portion guides and a check that every guest is covered - Vendor tracking — bookings, contracts, payments and side-by-side comparisons - Day-of timeline you can build from templates in seconds NIGHTS OUT AND TRIPS - Night Out — line up stops with times and travel time, and roll the dice when you can't decide - Trips — a day-by-day itinerary, bookings with confirmation numbers (paste an email or scan a screenshot), packing and pre-trip checklists, and travellers - Favourites — save the places, activities and meals you love and reuse them any time PLAN TOGETHER Share a plan and work as a team. Collaborators see the same tasks, guests and budget, plus shared notes and a team chat for every plan — synced through iCloud. STAYS WITH YOU - Smart reminders the evening before and the morning of, with nudges for overdue tasks and payments - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your countdown - Siri and Shortcuts — ask what's on today, or add a task or a dish by voice - Share a clean plan page with guests — schedule, menu and dress code, nothing private - Beautiful themes, in light and dark - Available in English, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch and 日本語 OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT Meet Amani, an optional planning assistant. Connect your own AI account (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and more) for tailored advice, menu ideas, draft timelines and budget estimates. Your key stays on your device, and everything in ShereIQ works fully without it. FREE & PLUS ShereIQ is free to try: create 2 plans with up to 5 of each item per plan (tasks, guests, vendors, budget items, timeline items, dishes and ideas) and save 10 favourites. Upgrade to ShereIQ Plus for: - Unlimited plans and unlimited items of every kind - Trips and every template - Unlimited favourites - Exclusive Aurora & Onyx themes and a Plus badge Plans: Monthly, Yearly, or a one-time purchase for unlimited forever. Start planning your next celebration today — solo or together. ShereIQ Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. The one-time purchase is a single, non-recurring payment. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/shereiq/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Occasions4 screens
ShereIQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShereIQ at 100% against Occasions's 37%. ShereIQ also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Occasions sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ShereIQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Occasions ships an update every 2 months, ShereIQ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Occasions versus ShereIQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOccasionsShereIQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreateful LtdPhilip Tarimo

Customer experience

Occasions

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

ShereIQ

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
4 purchases

ShereIQ

Subscriptions3
  • Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • ShareIQ Starter Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Occasions free?
Occasions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShereIQ free?
ShereIQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Occasions or ShereIQ have ads?
Neither Occasions nor ShereIQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Occasions or ShereIQ?
Occasions ships an update every 2 months, and ShereIQ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Occasions was updated on October 26, 2026 and ShereIQ on October 25, 2026.

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