Comparison

Seatsy vs Seatly

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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From intimate dinners to galas and conferences with hundreds of guests, Seatsy brings your guest list and your floor plan together. Import guests from a spreadsheet, drag them onto seats, lay out the room with tables, a dance floor and a stage, then print place cards, escort cards and seating charts. No account needed. Seatsy works offline and saves automatically, and iCloud sync keeps your events up to date on iPhone, iPad and Mac. SEATING • Drag guests onto seats, or tap an empty seat and pick a guest • Drag one seated guest onto another to swap their seats • Lock a guest's seat or reserve an empty one • See first names or initials right on the seats • Fill Open Seats in one tap: guests with the same tags sit together • Shuffle guests while locked seats stay put • Spread VIPs evenly across tables • Clear all seats at once, while locked seats stay in place FLOOR PLAN • Set the room size in meters or feet • Mark the dance floor, stage, DJ, bar, buffet, entrance or your own areas, in real sizes • Drag tables into place with snap-to-grid and alignment guides • Zoom, rotate and fine-tune every table • Round, rectangular, rectangular with end seats, and banquet tables • Add up to 10 matching tables at once, or start from ready-made layouts • Jump from any table to its place on the floor plan • Save the floor plan as an image GUESTS • Add notes, VIP status, built-in tags and your own tags • Search by name, note, tag or table, and sort A–Z or Z–A • Edit many guests at once in a spreadsheet-style table • Manage all your tags in one place • Built-in help guide IMPORT, EXPORT & PRINT • Import CSV, TSV or XLSX files with smart column matching that remembers your choices • Paste a guest list straight from the clipboard • Assign tables during import and create missing tables automatically • Export your guest list with table assignments as CSV • Print or save as PDF: seating chart poster, table lists, place cards and escort cards, on Letter or A4 EVENTS & SYNC • Create, duplicate and rename events • See tables, seats, seated guests and open seats at a glance • On iPad and Mac, tables appear in two columns • Works offline, and syncs through iCloud when it's available Perfect for weddings, receptions, banquets, conferences, corporate dinners, galas, parties, classrooms and any event that needs organized seating. FREE AND PREMIUM The free plan includes one event with up to 30 guests and any number of tables, with every seating and floor plan tool. Premium adds unlimited events and guests, printing and PDF export, and floor plan images without a watermark. Premium is available as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://pipsapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://pipsapps.com/privacy.html

About

Seatly

Features
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Planning who sits where at a wedding, party or classroom? Seatly turns a list of names into a printable seating chart poster and an alphabetical guest list, right on your iPhone. Paste your names, choose event tables or classroom desks, then drag people into place. Export two PDFs: a landscape poster of the room and a guest list that tells everyone where to sit. • EVENT TABLES OR CLASSROOM — up to 40 round or rectangular tables with 2–16 seats each, or a classroom grid of up to 15 rows × 12 columns with the front of the room marked. • PASTE YOUR LIST — one name per line, or comma-separated on a single line. Names fill the seats in order. • DRAG TO ARRANGE — drag a seat onto another to swap two people, drag a waiting name onto an empty seat, or long-press to unseat someone. Shuffle or Auto-fill with one tap. • POSTER PDF — a landscape chart in Letter, A4 or 11×17 with table numbers and every name in place, plus an optional title. • ALPHABETICAL GUEST LIST — each guest with their table and seat (or row and seat), so people find their place fast. Anyone not yet seated is listed separately. • PRINT, SHARE OR SAVE — print the poster from the app, share both PDFs at once or save them to Files. Everything is made on your device; no account and no sign-up needed. Your first chart export is free. A one-time $4.99 unlock gives you unlimited seating charts. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

Seatsy4 screens
Seatly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Seatly at every 3 days against Seatsy's every 8 days. Seatly also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). 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. Seatsy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Seatly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seatsy ships an update every 8 days, Seatly every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Seatsy versus Seatly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeatsySeatly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlona NesterenkoJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Seatsy

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$19.99
1 purchases

Seatly

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Seatsy free?
Seatsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seatly free?
Seatly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seatsy or Seatly have ads?
Neither Seatsy nor Seatly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seatsy or Seatly?
Seatsy ships an update every 8 days, and Seatly every 3 days. Most recently, Seatsy was updated on October 19, 2026 and Seatly on October 19, 2026.

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