Vela vs Marrigo

Plan your wedding together with clarity, simplicity, and confidence. This app is designed to help couples organize every step of their big day without overwhelm. From the first ideas to the final checklist, everything is structured so you can focus on what truly matters—celebrating your story. Stay on top of deadlines, track progress, and break down preparation into manageable tasks grouped by categories and timelines. Manage your guest list with ease and precision. Add guests, include “+1” options, track children, and seamlessly organize seating arrangements across tables. Visualize your reception layout and ensure every detail is thoughtfully planned. Whether your celebration is intimate or large, you’ll always have a clear overview of who’s coming and where they belong. Keep all your vendors in one place with essential details at your fingertips. Store contacts, prices, booking statuses, and personal ratings to make informed decisions quickly. Take full control of your budget by tracking expenses across categories and monitoring key metrics like cost per guest, helping you stay aligned with your financial plan without surprises. Capture the vision of your perfect wedding by saving inspiration photos and ideas in a dedicated space. Quickly browse and find references whenever you need them, turning your dream aesthetic into reality. The free plan includes essential limits for guests, tables, vendors, and inspiration items, with the option to upgrade for unlimited access and a seamless planning experience.

Marrigo is the wedding planner you'll actually love using. Plan everything from "yes" to "I do" — beautifully, privately, and entirely on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Designed for couples, not crowds. No social feed. No vendor marketplace pushing ads. Just a calm, thoughtfully crafted tool that helps you and your partner get to the big day organized, on budget, and on time. Everything you need to plan a wedding Wedding Countdown Home Screen widget, Lock Screen widget, Live Activity on the Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch complications counting the days to "I do." Smart Checklist Tell us your date and style. We build a personalized checklist with months-out timing. The Couple Task Splitter divides work fairly between partners. Smart Trim hides tasks that don't fit your wedding type. Recurring tasks, priorities, and reminders at 7 days, 1 day, and the morning of. Guest List and RSVPs Add guests one by one or import from Contacts or CSV. Track RSVPs across multiple events: rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception, brunch. Plus-ones, dietary, meal choice, side, group. Generate a QR-code RSVP card to share via Messages or print. Export CSV anytime. Print Avery 5160 address labels straight from the app. Budget Tracker Set a total budget. Marrigo allocates it by category based on your wedding style. Budget Advisor flags overspend versus benchmarks. Pie charts powered by Swift Charts. Vendor-linked expenses, paid tracking, CSV and PDF export. Multi-currency with a built-in converter. Vendor Manager 14 categories: photographer, florist, caterer, DJ, officiant, planner, and more. Status flow from researching to booked. 5-star rating, contract attachments, email templates, inquiry log. Side-by-side compare up to 3 vendors. Map view. Business card scanner powered by Apple Vision OCR. Seating Chart Drag-and-drop guests onto tables. Round, rectangle, square, oval, head table. Auto-arrange seats your wedding party first, then groups together. Copy seating between events. Day-of Timeline and Wedding Day Mode Sunrise-to-send-off template with golden-hour times calculated for your venue. Wedding Day Mode is a full-screen Now / Next / Upcoming view that keeps everyone on schedule. Ambient voice notes. Emergency vendor contacts. AirTag tracker for rings and dress. Inspiration with AI Moodboards Save dress, venue, flower, and decor inspiration from your photo library. Apple Image Playground generates moodboards in your style. Vision-powered auto-tagging and color cohesion scoring. Wedding Playlist 12 ceremony moments: processional, first dance, parent dance, cake cutting, send-off. Note your song picks for each moment — the DJ or coordinator gets a clean PDF. Wedding Journal and Voice Notes Capture engagement memories. Mood emoji per day. On-device voice transcription via Apple Speech. Vow Coach with Apple Intelligence Drafts your vows, toasts, and thank-you cards in 5 tones. Runs entirely on-device. Private AI, nothing leaves your iPhone. More included Honeymoon planner. Photo shotlist with 21 templates. Heirloom tracker for Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue. Wedding Party roles. Venue 3D scan with LiDAR RoomPlan. Invitation Studio. Sustainability score. Travel info. Accommodations. Day-of assets tracker. AI thank-you drafts. Avery thank-you labels. Why couples switch to Marrigo No account required. Syncs via iCloud — your Apple ID is all you need. Share with your partner via a private iCloud link. No tracking. Nothing shared with anyone, ever. Encrypted backups with your own passphrase. Built for every wedding — currency, dates, and language adapt to your locale. 39 languages. Full VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion support.