Comparison

Wedding Seating Chart vs Headtable

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

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About

Wedding Seating Chart

Features
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Compare seating versions before the final chart reaches your venue. Wedding Seating Chart: Compare turns your guest list and table setup into a clear, versioned reception plan. Build the first arrangement, duplicate it when RSVPs or family plans change, and see exactly who moved between versions. PLAN THE TABLES Add round, rectangular or head tables, set capacity, and arrange them to match the reception. Assign guests by tap or drag, keep unseated names visible, and find any guest in seconds. CHECK THE DETAILS Record parties, RSVP status, meals, accessibility notes, together rules and apart rules. This app flags capacity and guest-rule conflicts using only the information you enter. It never makes etiquette, accessibility or venue-compliance decisions for you. COMPARE REVISIONS Duplicate a sent baseline before making changes. Compare two named versions to see moved, added and removed guests, changed tables, new findings and resolved findings. Last-minute edits stay explainable instead of disappearing into a spreadsheet. HAND OFF A CLEAR PACKET Export a table diagram, per-table lists, an alphabetical guest lookup, meal and accessibility notes, findings, a version-change page and printable place cards. Everything is designed for a practical handoff to a planner, venue or caterer. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account is required. Guest and event data stay in local app storage unless you choose to export or share a file. There are no ads, invitations, public RSVP pages or remote AI. Free includes one event, 40 guests, five tables, two seating versions and a packet with a small footer. Pro unlocks unlimited events, guests, tables and versions, clean vendor packets, CSV exports, templates and advanced revision output. Some features require an in-app purchase. There is no free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kanac.github.io/syanac-legal/

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Headtable

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Seat every guest, stress-free. Headtable is the focused seating-chart planner for weddings, receptions, banquets and parties. Build your guest list, collect RSVPs online, drag guests onto tables, keep the right people together (and apart), then print a chart worthy of the day. THE CANVAS • Set up the room in one step: say how many guests and what size of table, and the tables appear • Round, oval, square, rectangular, head and sweetheart tables — add, name, rotate and arrange them on a pannable, zoomable canvas • Drag a guest chip onto any seat. Change your mind? Move them again in a second • Auto-arrange that respects your rules, then hand-tune • Dance floor, DJ booth, bar, cake table, gift table, stage — the pieces every real floor plan has • Trace your real venue: put a photo or floor plan under the canvas (Pro) • Unlimited undo. A guest can never be lost: the unseated tray always has them GUEST LIST • Groups (the Smiths +2), RSVP status, meal choice, dietary needs, VIPs and kids' meals • Paste a whole list, import from Contacts, or bring in a CSV from your spreadsheet • Keep-together and keep-apart rules — Headtable nudges you when a rule is broken, and never blocks you INVITATIONS & RSVP • Send each guest — or each household — a private invitation link by message • Guests reply without an app or account: coming or not, their meal, allergies, and a plus-one if you allow it • Add a cover photo, a few words, the time and the place; after replying, guests can save the date to their calendar and open the map • Replies land on your guest list and free the seats of anyone who can't come FOR THE CATERER • Per-table view: who is seated where, with meal counts • Confirmed-only tray, so you seat the people who are actually coming • Color-code the printed chart by meal, with a legend PRINT & SHARE (PRO) • The full print pack: a clean seating chart with no Headtable footer, per-table lists, an alphabetical "find your seat" escort list, and a caterer meal summary • Fold-over place cards (name on both sides) and table-number cards, ready to cut out • A find-my-seat QR code: guests scan it at the door, type their name and see their table • Multiple events — rehearsal dinner, ceremony, reception — and duplicate an event to try a variation without losing the original PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your guest list stays on your device until you choose to share something. Invitation links upload your invitation and guest names and keep your guests' replies for you; a find-my-seat page uploads only guest and table names. Both are deleted 30 days after the event, or as soon as you take them offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. HONEST PRICING Free: your whole guest list, unlimited tables and rules, and up to 50 seated guests — enough for most parties and small weddings — plus online invitations with your first 8 replies, your chart as a PDF and your list as a spreadsheet. Headtable Pro, one purchase shared through Family Sharing, seats everyone and adds every RSVP reply, the full print pack, a find-my-seat QR code, a venue photo under your plan and extra events. You plan an event once, and we price it that way. No subscription, ever. Made for iPhone and iPad, in light and dark.

Screenshots

Wedding Seating Chart4 screens
Headtable4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wedding Seating Chart and Headtable are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Wedding Seating Chart sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Headtable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wedding Seating Chart versus Headtable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWedding Seating ChartHeadtable
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony ChuiEvatech Innovations,TOO

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Wedding Seating Chart

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Seating Pro$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Seating Pro$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Seating Pro$99.99
1 purchases

Headtable

One-time1
  • Headtable Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Wedding Seating Chart free?
Wedding Seating Chart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Headtable free?
Headtable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wedding Seating Chart or Headtable have ads?
Neither Wedding Seating Chart nor Headtable shows ads.

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