Comparison

Wedding Seating Chart vs Headtable

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

Head to head
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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Design your floor plan to scale, collect RSVPs online and seat every guest — in one app, for one price. Headtable is the seating chart planner for weddings, receptions, banquets and parties, from a dinner party to 100 tables. Lay out the room, seat guests on the floor plan or table by table, plan with your partner and print a chart worthy of the day — offline, with no account. THE FLOOR PLAN • Enter your room's size and plan to scale — Headtable flags tables that sit too close • Set up the whole room in one step, up to 100 tables, and save a room to reuse for your next event • Round, oval, square, head and sweetheart tables, banquets up to 60 chairs, one-sided or joined tables • Dance floor, DJ booth, bar, cake and gift tables, stage; trace your venue from a photo (Pro) SEATING • Switch between the floor plan and a grid of every table, each chair where it really is • Drag a guest onto any seat, or tap them to pick a table • Color-code guests by group, with a ring for whose side they're on, in colors you choose • Search any guest or table, and tap anyone to edit their group, meal, dietary needs or note • Seat the head table first; Auto-arrange fills the rest, keeps families together and follows your rules • Keep-together and keep-apart rules that nudge you, and never block you • Lock finished tables, shuffle a dinner party, undo anything, and keep unseated guests in a tray • No list yet? Type the names you know and each takes a seat GUEST LIST • Groups you can fold away (the Smiths +2), sides, RSVP status, meal choice, dietary needs, VIPs, kids' meals and a note on any guest • Paste a whole list, import from Contacts, or open a CSV or Excel file, including exports from Zola, The Knot and Joy • Export your guest list as a CSV at any time, free PLAN TOGETHER • Up to four people — your partner, a parent, your planner — edit the same plan from their own phones, and changes appear in seconds. Inviting needs Pro; joining is free INVITATIONS & RSVP • Send each guest or household a private link; they reply without an app or account: coming or not, meal, allergies and a plus-one • Several venues, each with a time and a map, in your chosen design, with Add to Calendar • Replies land on your guest list and free the seats of anyone who can't come FOR THE CATERER AND THE DAY • Per-table view with meal counts, and a printed chart color-coded by meal • A web page for your venue and caterer with every table, meal and dietary need, updated as you change seats (Pro) • One tap turns the finished chart into a PDF for Messages, WhatsApp or Mail • Send each guest their seat in a personal text or email: "You're at Table 4" • Day-of check-in at the door • Quiet reminders 8, 4 and 2 weeks out PRINT & SHARE • The full print pack (Pro): a clean seating chart, per-table lists, an alphabetical escort list and a caterer meal summary in eight designs, plus place cards and table-number cards • A find-my-seat QR code (Pro): guests scan it at the door, type their name and see their table • Your own look (Pro): paper, accent color, font and art on every chart, card and invitation • A free Story card: your names, date and design as a picture for Instagram or TikTok • Several events, and Duplicate to try a second seating plan (Pro) WORKS OFFLINE, PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your guest list and chart live on your iPhone or iPad, so Headtable works with no connection. Invitation links, the find-my-seat and venue pages and a shared plan upload only what they need — never phone numbers or emails — and are deleted 30 days after the event. No account, no ads, no tracking. HONEST PRICING Free: your whole guest list, unlimited tables and rules, up to 50 seated guests, invitations with your first 8 replies, your chart as a PDF, and joining a shared plan. Headtable Pro, one purchase with Family Sharing, seats everyone and adds every reply, the full print pack, the QR code, the venue page, a venue photo, planning together and extra events. No subscription, ever.

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 MB16 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$12.99

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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