Comparison

SeatPlan vs Seating Chart

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

Head to head
About

SeatPlan

Features
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SeatPlan helps planners, venue teams, and hosts turn a guest or attendee list into a clear seating plan without spreadsheet chaos. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Track guests, RSVP status, emails, and plus-ones - Group VIPs, family, sponsors, and custom attendee tags - Build tables with live capacity, open-seat visibility, and quick filters - Use Smart Fill for smaller events for free, then unlock larger-event Smart Fill with SeatPlan Pro - Export your seating plan as a PDF and rebalance everyone from scratch when plans change SEATPLAN PRO SeatPlan Pro is a monthly subscription for active planning months. Free plans can manage up to 50 guests and 8 tables, and Smart Fill stays free for up to 4 tables or 30 accepted guests. SeatPlan Pro unlocks larger-event Smart Fill, PDF export, and Rebalance All. Cancel anytime from the App Store subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://nexora-company-self.vercel.app/en/products/seatplan/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ WHO IT IS FOR SeatPlan is built for conferences, galas, ceremonies, hosted dinners, school events, and private gatherings where you need a fast way to organize guests and keep seating decisions visible for the whole team. WHY TEAMS LIKE IT SeatPlan keeps the overview, guest details, table readiness, and subscription-backed power features in one place so you can move from planning to final seating with less back-and-forth.

About

Seating Chart

Features
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Type the names. Add the rules. Get a chart. Seat these two together. Keep apart the two who should not share a table. Fix someone to the head table. Keep someone off table three. The solver takes those rules and assigns every seat around them. It tells you who it could not seat. Other seating apps hand you a grid and let you drag names. When the room does not work, they stay quiet. This one names the person: "Kira Lund could not be placed at Table 3 โ€” it is full." That is a sentence you can act on. You add a seat, drop a rule, or decide it is fine. Pinned seats stay put. Long-press any seat to pin it. Solve again, change the tables, add ten more guests โ€” the seats you fixed do not move. The most common complaint about the best-reviewed app in this category is that it rearranges the layout on its own. This one cannot: pinning is the one thing the solver is not allowed to touch. No guest limit. Not on guests, not on tables, not on rules, not on events. There is no upgrade screen because there is nothing to upgrade to. The whole app is here. It is not only for weddings. 24 layout presets across weddings, classrooms, banquets, meetings, parties and community halls. Round tables, long banquet runs, U-shapes, classroom rows, bar counters. Every table can have its own shape and its own number of seats. Share the chart. One card with every table, every name, and how many rules held. Send it to the caterer, pin it to the classroom door, text it to the group. No account. Works in airplane mode. Guest names never leave your iPhone โ€” nothing is uploaded, and the app asks for no permissions at all.

Screenshots

SeatPlan4 screens
Seating Chart3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seating Chart at none against SeatPlan's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SeatPlan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Seating Chart asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
SeatPlan versus Seating Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeatPlanSeating Chart
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size53 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXINHAO HEJinwan Kim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SeatPlan

Subscriptions1
  • SeatPlan Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
None

Seating Chart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SeatPlan free?
SeatPlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seating Chart free?
Seating Chart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SeatPlan or Seating Chart have ads?
Neither SeatPlan nor Seating Chart shows ads.

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