Comparison

Seatsy vs Seating Chart

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

Head to head
About

Seatsy

Easily plan seating arrangements for any event, from small gatherings to large conferences. Import guest lists, design floor plans with custom tables and areas, and generate print-ready seating charts and place cards.

Highlights
  • Guest list import from spreadsheets
  • Drag-and-drop seating arrangement
  • Customizable floor plan design
  • Printable seating charts and place cards
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync across devices
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

Seating Chart

Features
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Plan the room. Seat every guest. Print the chart. Seating Chart is a table planner built for one job: getting everyone at your wedding, reception or event into the right seat. Lay out the venue to scale, drop in tables, and drag guests to their chairs. PLAN THE ROOM • Enter your venue's real size in feet or meters • A dot grid, alignment guides and live edge clearances keep everything square • Start from 7 ready-made layouts: ballroom, garden ceremony, cocktail, gala, long feast, conference and birthday • Save your own layouts and reuse them PLACE ANYTHING • 47 objects, including round, banquet, square, oval, U-shape, serpentine, head and cocktail tables • Dance floors, bars, stages, arches, exits and more • Drag, pinch to zoom, rotate with 15° snapping, and resize from any corner • Lock, hide and reorder objects SEAT YOUR GUESTS • Import guests from Contacts, or from a CSV file exported from Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets • Drag a guest onto a table for the next free chair, or onto one specific chair • Drop a guest onto a taken chair to swap the two • Every occupied chair shows the guest's initials AUTO-SEAT • Fill your tables automatically, keeping families and groups together wherever there's room • See exactly who was seated and who is still left CATCH PROBLEMS EARLY • Live checks flag over-full tables, unseated guests, too few seats, and tables that mix too many groups PRINT AND SHARE • Export a PDF with the floor plan to scale, a table-by-table seat list, and an A–Z guest list for the door • Print it, save it to Files, or send it to your planner, caterer or venue WORKS EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple, Google or email, and your charts sync across your devices • Keep editing without a connection. Changes sync when you're back online Made for weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, banquets, galas, conferences, reunions, graduations, anniversaries, quinceañeras, bar and bat mitzvahs, fundraisers and dinner parties. Free Trial, with no ads. Privacy Policy: https://seating-chart-tarawneh.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://seating-chart-tarawneh.web.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Seatsy4 screens
Seating Chart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Seating Chart at 15.0 against Seatsy's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Seating Chart sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seatsy ships an update weekly, Seating Chart every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Seatsy versus Seating Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeatsySeating Chart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlona NesterenkoMotaz Tarawneh

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Seatsy

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$24.99
4 purchases

Seating Chart

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Seating Charts Pro7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Seating Charts Pro – Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Seatsy free?
Seatsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seating Chart free?
Seating Chart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seatsy or Seating Chart have ads?
Neither Seatsy nor Seating Chart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seatsy or Seating Chart?
Seatsy ships an update weekly, and Seating Chart every 4 days. Most recently, Seatsy was updated on November 9, 2026 and Seating Chart on November 6, 2026.

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