MARTIAL vs Headtable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
MARTIAL
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Martial is the all-in-one app for martial arts academies and their students. Whether you train or you run the school, Martial keeps everything in one place. FOR STUDENTS ⢠Book and manage your classes ⢠Track your membership and payments ⢠Follow your progress and belt rank ⢠Check in fast with your personal QR code ⢠Discover martial arts schools near you ⢠Get notified by your academy FOR ACADEMIES ⢠Manage your class schedule and instructors ⢠Handle memberships, pricing and payments ⢠Keep track of your students in one dashboard ⢠Communicate with your community Train smarter. Run your academy better. All from your phone.
Headtable
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Design your floor plan to scale, collect RSVPs online and seat every guest ā in one app, for one price. Headtable is the seating chart planner for weddings, receptions, banquets and parties, from a dinner party to 100 tables. Lay out the room, seat guests on the floor plan or table by table, plan with your partner and print a chart worthy of the day ā offline, with no account. THE FLOOR PLAN ⢠Enter your room's size and plan to scale ā Headtable flags tables that sit too close ⢠Set up the whole room in one step, up to 100 tables, and save a room to reuse for your next event ⢠Round, oval, square, head and sweetheart tables, banquets up to 60 chairs, one-sided or joined tables ⢠Dance floor, DJ booth, bar, cake and gift tables, stage; trace your venue from a photo (Pro) SEATING ⢠Switch between the floor plan and a grid of every table, each chair where it really is ⢠Drag a guest onto any seat, or tap them to pick a table ⢠Color-code guests by group, with a ring for whose side they're on, in colors you choose ⢠Search any guest or table, and tap anyone to edit their group, meal, dietary needs or note ⢠Seat the head table first; Auto-arrange fills the rest, keeps families together and follows your rules ⢠Keep-together and keep-apart rules that nudge you, and never block you ⢠Lock finished tables, shuffle a dinner party, undo anything, and keep unseated guests in a tray ⢠No list yet? Type the names you know and each takes a seat GUEST LIST ⢠Groups you can fold away (the Smiths +2), sides, RSVP status, meal choice, dietary needs, VIPs, kids' meals and a note on any guest ⢠Paste a whole list, import from Contacts, or open a CSV or Excel file, including exports from Zola, The Knot and Joy ⢠Export your guest list as a CSV at any time, free PLAN TOGETHER ⢠Up to four people ā your partner, a parent, your planner ā edit the same plan from their own phones, and changes appear in seconds. Inviting needs Pro; joining is free INVITATIONS & RSVP ⢠Send each guest or household a private link; they reply without an app or account: coming or not, meal, allergies and a plus-one ⢠Several venues, each with a time and a map, in your chosen design, with Add to Calendar ⢠Replies land on your guest list and free the seats of anyone who can't come FOR THE CATERER AND THE DAY ⢠Per-table view with meal counts, and a printed chart color-coded by meal ⢠A web page for your venue and caterer with every table, meal and dietary need, updated as you change seats (Pro) ⢠One tap turns the finished chart into a PDF for Messages, WhatsApp or Mail ⢠Send each guest their seat in a personal text or email: "You're at Table 4" ⢠Day-of check-in at the door ⢠Quiet reminders 8, 4 and 2 weeks out PRINT & SHARE ⢠The full print pack (Pro): a clean seating chart, per-table lists, an alphabetical escort list and a caterer meal summary in eight designs, plus place cards and table-number cards ⢠A find-my-seat QR code (Pro): guests scan it at the door, type their name and see their table ⢠Your own look (Pro): paper, accent color, font and art on every chart, card and invitation ⢠A free Story card: your names, date and design as a picture for Instagram or TikTok ⢠Several events, and Duplicate to try a second seating plan (Pro) WORKS OFFLINE, PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your guest list and chart live on your iPhone or iPad, so Headtable works with no connection. Invitation links, the find-my-seat and venue pages and a shared plan upload only what they need ā never phone numbers or emails ā and are deleted 30 days after the event. No account, no ads, no tracking. HONEST PRICING Free: your whole guest list, unlimited tables and rules, up to 50 seated guests, invitations with your first 8 replies, your chart as a PDF, and joining a shared plan. Headtable Pro, one purchase with Family Sharing, seats everyone and adds every reply, the full print pack, the QR code, the venue page, a venue photo, planning together and extra events. No subscription, ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MARTIAL at none against Headtable's 1. MARTIAL also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Headtable's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Headtable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MARTIAL asks for nothing beyond the download.
MARTIAL ships an update every 6 months, Headtable every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MARTIAL | Headtable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martial App Ltd | Evatech Innovations,TOO |
In-app purchases
MARTIAL
No in-app purchases
Headtable
- Headtable Pro$12.99









