Seatsy vs PDFz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seatsy
Design event seating charts with an unlimited canvas and powerful guest management tools. Import guest lists, drag-and-drop assignments, and create precise floor plans. Syncs across devices and exports layouts as images.
- Unlimited canvas for any event size
- Drag-and-drop table and guest placement
- CSV/XLSX guest list import
- Spreadsheet-style bulk guest editing
- Precise floor planner with templates
- iCloud sync across devices
- Export layouts as PNG images
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From intimate dinners to conferences with hundreds of guests, Seatsy combines detailed guest management with a precise visual floor planner. Import CSV, TSV, or XLSX guest lists, bulk-edit details in spreadsheet mode, assign seats by drag and drop, arrange tables on a flexible canvas, and export PNG layouts or CSV guest lists. No account is required. Work fully offline with automatic saving, or enable iCloud sync to keep events updated across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. FLOOR PLAN & TABLE LAYOUTS • Adjust the canvas width and length for larger venue layouts • Drag and drop tables with snap-to-grid precision and magnetic alignment guides • Zoom, rotate, and fine-tune table placement • Choose round, rectangular, rectangular-with-ends, or banquet tables • Start with templates for VIP lounges, head tables, sweetheart tables, kids’ corners, cocktail tables, conference tables, family tables, and vendor tables SPREADSHEET MODE & IMPORT/EXPORT • Edit multiple guests at once in a spreadsheet-style grid • Import CSV/TSV/XLSX files with smart column mapping and saved preferences • Paste tab- or comma-separated data directly from the clipboard • Assign guests to tables during import or manually • Export the full guest list with table assignments as CSV SMART GUEST MANAGEMENT • Drag and drop guests onto seats; assign, unassign, lock, or reserve seats • Use 4-character initials on guest badges for easier identification • Add notes, VIP status, built-in tags, or custom tags • Search and filter guest details and seating status • Access a detailed in-app help guide SMART SEATING ACTIONS • Auto-Fill Open Seats to place unassigned guests instantly • Shuffle movable guests while preserving locked seats • Distribute VIPs evenly across tables MULTI-DEVICE & EVENT WORKFLOW • Create, duplicate, and rename event plans • Optionally sync events across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud • Work offline with automatic saving and sync when iCloud becomes available • See table, seat, seated, and unassigned guest counts at a glance GETTING STARTED Create an event, add tables or start from a template, import or enter guests, and assign them to seats. Open Floor Plan to arrange the tables and refine the final layout. Seatsy works for weddings, receptions, banquets, conferences, corporate dinners, galas, parties, classrooms, and other events that need organized seating. Seatsy includes a free starter plan. Upgrade in Settings to unlock the full planning workspace. Terms of Use: https://pipsapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://pipsapps.com/privacy.html
PDFz
Easily scan documents, convert images to PDFs, and merge or split files. Secure your sensitive information with passwords and watermarks. Organize pages, optimize file sizes, and share securely.
- High-quality document scanning
- Convert images to PDF
- Merge and split PDFs
- Password protection
- Add watermarks and signatures
- Organize pages
- Secure sharing
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PDFz turns your iPhone into a complete PDF office: scan, edit, sign, fill forms, convert and share — in English and Arabic, side by side. SCAN ANYTHING • Point the camera. The page is found, straightened and cleaned before you lift your thumb. • Filters for shadows, handwriting and colour. Multi-page in one go. • ID cards: front and back on a single page. Passport and visa photos in official sizes. • Long receipts stitched from several shots. Books split into left and right pages. EDIT IT LIKE A DOCUMENT, NOT A PICTURE • Edit the text that is already on the page. Move and resize images. Add, reorder and rotate pages. • Text, markup and signatures are live layers you can move — not pixels you have to redo. • Watermark, page numbers, permanent redaction, full undo history. SIGN AND FILL • Draw your signature, type it, or lift it from paper. It stays saved on the device. • Fill real PDF forms: tick boxes, dropdowns, required fields — and it stays a form. • Start from a blank page and build your own form. CONVERT • PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPoint with layout, tables and bilingual text kept in reading order. Processed on the PDFz server and deleted the moment it finishes. • Images to PDF, PDF to images, one long image, print. ORGANISE AND FIND • Search the words inside every document — OCR included. • Merge, split, extract pages. Compress with the new size shown before you commit. • Password-protect any PDF. Lock folders with Face ID. • Share over Wi-Fi to any browser on your network. No cloud account. TRANSLATE • Translate a whole document on the page and save it, or translate live through the camera. MADE FOR ARABIC AND ENGLISH Right-to-left layout, bilingual pages that stay side by side, Arabic and English OCR. Available in 49 languages. PRIVACY No account. Scanning, editing, signing and OCR run on the device. Conversion files are deleted from the server as soon as your download is ready. PDFz PLUS Some features need PDFz Plus — weekly, monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PDFz at 100% against Seatsy's 0%. PDFz also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Seatsy's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Seatsy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. PDFz asks for nothing beyond the download.
PDFz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Seatsy's written reviews are positive against 100% of PDFz's.
Seatsy ships an update weekly, PDFz every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seatsy | PDFz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alona Nesterenko | Khaled Khalifa |
Customer experience
Seatsy
PDFz
In-app purchases
Seatsy
- Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Subscription$19.99
PDFz
No in-app purchases







