Total Party Planner vs Cater+Event
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Total Party Planner
Manage event details, including menus, staffing, and financials. Search for events, contacts, and staff with advanced filtering options. This app extends a cloud-based catering software solution.
- Event calendar view
- Advanced event search
- Contact management
- Staff management
- Financial details review
- Menu and beverage details
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The Total Party Planner App is a value add extension to our full cloud based catering software solution. Check the event calendar by selecting a specific day. Easily switch between days, months, and years. Search for events based on a date range or more advanced parameters such as title, invoice number, salesperson, contact name, etc. Review pertinent event information including menu, beverage, rental, miscellaneous, staffing, and financial details. Search for contacts and view address, phone, and email details. Search for staff members and view address, phone, and email details.
Cater+Event
Access all event details for Catersource + The Special Event and The Art of Catering Food 2025. Plan your experience, connect with attendees, and explore the exhibitor hall.
- Event details access
- Session information
- Experience planning
- Attendee networking
- Exhibitor hall exploration
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Download the CS+TSE/AOCF mobile app to gain access to all details for Catersource + The Special Event and The Art of Catering Food 2025. You will be able to access sessions, plan your experience, connect with other attendees, and explore the exhibitor hall through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cater+Event at 4.2 against Total Party Planner's 1.6. Cater+Event also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (29% vs 9%). Total Party Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cater+Event holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cater+Event has 85 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Total Party Planner's written reviews are positive against 29% of Cater+Event's.
Total Party Planner ships an update every 4 weeks, Cater+Event weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Total Party Planner | Cater+Event |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (17 ratings) | 4.2 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Total Party Planner Software LLC | Informa UK Limited |
Customer experience
Total Party Planner
Cater+Event
In-app purchases
Total Party Planner
No in-app purchases
Cater+Event
No in-app purchases
