Comparison

Wedding Planner vs Guest

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

Head to head
About

Wedding Planner

Easily create custom seating charts and event layouts for any occasion. Drag and drop tables and guests, manage guest lists, and share your final plans instantly. Supports offline planning and collaboration.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Flexible table layouts
  • Smart seating tools
  • Guest list management
  • Offline planning
  • Shareable charts (image, PDF)
Features
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Effortless Seating Charts for Any Event Plan the perfect seating arrangement in minutes with an intuitive drag and drop interface. Seat Maker helps you create seating charts, table layouts, and full room plans for weddings, parties, dinners, classrooms, and corporate events. No matter the occasion or venue, creating a custom seating plan is stress-free. - Drag & Drop Simplicity: Add tables and guests in seconds. Rearrange seating with a quick drag and drop to design your ideal seating plan. - Flexible Table Layouts: Choose round, square, rectangular, or triangular tables to match your floor plan. Resize and label tables to fit any venue. - Smart Seating Tools: Group guests by party, lock VIP seats, and use the shuffle feature to automatically explore new arrangements. Make changes on the fly until every seat is perfect. - Guest List Management: Import or enter your guest list effortlessly. Assign names (even add fun avatars or icons) and Seat Maker keeps track of who's seated where. - Offline planning: Edit seating plans saved on your device without an internet connection. Optional account syncing and web sharing use online services. The app also uses data for analytics and advertising measurement. Privacy Policy: https://www.seatmakerapp.com/privacy - Share & Collaborate: Instantly share your seating chart as an image, PDF, or via message. Whether you’re an event planner by profession or organizing a celebration for the first time, Seat Maker adapts to your needs. It's built to handle it all: from elegant wedding seating charts and corporate galas to casual dinner parties and family reunions. Plan More of Your Event Create an event website, collect RSVPs, design invitation cards, and manage private event messages. Import guests with email addresses, keep venue information with your event, and save floor plans to reopen from History. Get planning help from the Seat Maker assistant when available on your device. Premium features require eligible paid access. Where available, choose a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. See the app for current plans and terms. FAQ: https://www.seatmakerapp.com/faq Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Guest

This app streamlines wedding communication for guests, couples, and planners. Guests can RSVP, ask questions, and get event details, while couples can manage RSVPs and guest inquiries. Planners can organize wedding details and tasks.

Highlights
  • Guest RSVPs and event attendance
  • Ask wedding-related questions
  • View event schedules and details
  • Couple manages RSVPs and inquiries
  • Guest check-in with QR code scanning
  • Wedding task management for planners
Features
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Guest-ly is the calm place for every guest and every question at a wedding. FOR GUESTS Open your invitation with the code the couple sent you. Find your name, answer for each person and each event, and add everything to your calendar. Ask the concierge anything about the day: parking, hotels, the dress code, the shuttle. Questions only the couple can answer reach them, and their reply lands back in the app. On the wedding day the app tells you where to be right now. FOR COUPLES See every RSVP as it arrives, the questions guests are asking, and the few things that need you today. Answer a guest from your phone. Record an RSVP you received in person. On the day, check guests in at the door with a scan, even without signal. FOR PLANNERS All your weddings in one place: a Today view across them, guest lists, requests to the couple, tasks and, when the agency allows it, door check-in. Propose a change; the couple approves and it applies itself. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Widgets for the countdown, new replies, today's plan and the wedding day, plus a Live Activity for the day's schedule and the door check-in. FOR BIG SCREENS On the iPhone Duo and in any wide window, lists and records sit side by side. New couples can create their account right in the app and set up their wedding in a minute. Guest-ly is a companion to the wedding service at guest-ly.com. There is nothing to buy in the app.

Screenshots

Wedding Planner4 screens
Guest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guest at 5.0 against Wedding Planner's 4.1. Guest also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Wedding Planner's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Wedding Planner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Guest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wedding Planner has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wedding Planner ships an update every 5 days, Guest fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Wedding Planner versus Guest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWedding PlannerGuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (58 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAustin FrankelNICOLAS GABRIEL ZANLQRQ QASJFH-ANQS

Customer experience

Wedding Planner

All ratings58 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Guest

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Wedding Planner

Subscriptions7
  • Seat Maker Pro$5.997 Days
  • Seat Maker Pro2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Seat Maker Pro3 Days trial$7.997 Days
Show 4 more
  • Seat Maker Pro3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Seat Maker Pro3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Seat Maker Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Seat Maker Pro3 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Seat Maker Pro$17.99
None

Guest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wedding Planner free?
Wedding Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guest free?
Guest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wedding Planner or Guest?
Guest is rated higher. Wedding Planner averages 4.1 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Guest averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Wedding Planner or Guest have ads?
Neither Wedding Planner nor Guest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wedding Planner or Guest?
Wedding Planner ships an update every 5 days, and Guest fortnightly. Most recently, Wedding Planner was updated on October 31, 2026 and Guest on October 31, 2026.

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