Comparison

Wendus vs Wedding Planner

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

Head to head
About

Wendus

Features
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Wendus is a wedding seating chart, guest list and RSVP app for iPhone and iPad, with digital invitations your guests open on their own iPhone and your venue in 3D. Plan calmly, from the first guest list to the moment the last guest arrives. Seating chart and floor plan • Plan tables from your guest list in one step, with a head table and a seat kept free if you like. • Wendus seats every household, keeps apart the people who must sit apart, and tells you what it did. • Draw the room to scale, start from a listed reception hall, or import the venue's floor plan, then place tables, the stage, the dance floor and exits. • Walk the room in 3D and move, turn or add tables right there. • Seat orders, escort and place cards, and a caterer summary by table. Guest list and RSVP • Bring your list from Excel, CSV, Contacts or a pasted spreadsheet. Guests are grouped into households. • Ask for replies by WhatsApp, Messages or Mail with a ready-to-send message. • Paste a guest's reply and Wendus reads the answer, head count and meals for you to confirm. • Set a reply deadline and get gentle reminders. Digital invitations • Give each household its own invitation link. Guests on iPhone open it in Wendus, free for them, to see the dates, directions, add to calendar and their guest pass, and reply in a tap. • Find Your Seat: guests see the way from the entrance to their table, as a plan or in 3D, with their seat numbers. • Share wedding photos with every invited household. • Replies update your guest list by themselves. Anyone can still reply in the chat. • Invitations and photos are kept in your own iCloud and end-to-end encrypted. Nobody else, not even Wendus, can read them. The wedding day • Finalize the plan, send helpers what they need, and check guests in at the door by name or by scanning their QR guest pass, even offline. • Live arrivals keep every door in sync, with walk-ins, the run sheet and the kitchen's courses. Private by design • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. • Your wedding is stored on your device and encrypted, with encrypted backups and full deletion when it's over. Explore a complete sample wedding for free. Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, that lets you plan your own wedding for life and can be restored on your devices.

About

Wedding Planner

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Your wedding, beautifully organized. Vow is the calm, private, all-in-one wedding planner that keeps every checklist, budget, guest and detail in one place, so the months before your big day feel joyful instead of overwhelming. Most wedding apps make you create an account, hand over your data, and wade through ads and vendor upsells. Vow is the antidote. Pay once and own it for life, with no account to create, no ads, no marketplace upsells, and no tracking. Everything you enter stays on your device. WHAT'S INSIDE Smart wedding checklist and timeline Set your wedding date and Vow auto-schedules every task on a sensible timeline, from booking the venue to the final dress fitting. Check things off and watch your progress grow. Budget tracker See estimated versus actual spending by category, mark items paid, and always know exactly where your money is going. Guest list with RSVP and meals Track who is invited, who has replied, and each guest's meal choice in one tidy list. Seating chart Build your tables and assign guests to seats with a clear, visual layout. Vendor manager Keep every vendor's contact details, quotes and notes together, so nothing slips through the cracks. Countdown widget Add a home screen or lock screen widget that counts down the days to your wedding. FREE AND PREMIUM Vow is free to use for the full wedding checklist and the countdown widget. Premium unlocks the budget tracker, guest list, seating chart and vendor manager. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No login. No analytics. No third-party tracking. Your data lives on your device. Optional backup uses your own private iCloud (Apple), never a third party. SUBSCRIPTION Vow is free to use for your checklist and countdown. Premium unlocks the budget tracker, guest list, seating chart and vendor manager. Premium is available as a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial, an annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID Account Settings. The Lifetime purchase is a one-time payment and does not renew. Restore purchases any time from the app settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.appharbour.com/vow/privacy.html

Screenshots

Wendus4 screens
Wedding Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wendus at every 2 weeks against Wedding Planner's every 2 months. 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. Wendus sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Wedding Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wendus ships an update every 2 weeks, Wedding Planner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Wendus versus Wedding Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWendusWedding Planner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAziz SabaApp Harbour ApS

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wendus

One-time2
  • Wendus Premium Lifetime$19.00
  • One Wedding Pass$50.00
3 purchases

Wedding Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Annual Premium$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$24.99

Questions

Is Wendus free?
Wendus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Planner free?
Wedding Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wendus or Wedding Planner have ads?
Neither Wendus nor Wedding Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wendus or Wedding Planner?
Wendus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Wedding Planner every 2 months. Most recently, Wendus was updated on October 31, 2026 and Wedding Planner on November 5, 2026.

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