Seat Puzzle Alternative for Google Sheets Guest Lists
Seat Puzzle is a capable floor-plan and seating tool for any kind of event. Seat the Day is built for weddings, around the Google Sheet you already keep.
Quick Verdict
Seat Puzzle runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and the web. It draws to-scale floor plans with rooms, walls and a large item library, manages a guest list with RSVPs, meals and +1s, and lets you share floor plans with anyone using Seat Puzzle. Event planners like it for showing clients a layout.
We’re narrower: your guest list stays in your own Google Sheet and syncs both ways, and the same list builds catering counts, a shot list and a Who’s Who sheet for your photographer.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Seat Puzzle | Seat the Day |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Any event, plus detailed floor plans | Weddings of 50–200 guests |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, web | Web, on any device |
| Guest list source | Built in the app, or imported | Live two-way sync with your Google Sheet |
| Collaboration | Shared floor plans with other Seat Puzzle users | Anyone with access to your Sheet |
| Meals | Meal choices and totals per table | Catering counts for the whole guest list, including vendor meals |
| Floor plan | To scale, multiple rooms, walls and doors | Table layout |
| Photographer handoff | Not listed on their site | Shot list and Who’s Who face sheet |
Why Couples Choose Us
1. Your Sheet stays the source of truth
With Seat Puzzle your guest list lives in Seat Puzzle. With us it stays in your own Google Sheet, and edits flow both ways, so the people helping you don’t need an account with another app.
2. Catering counts that include everyone
Kitchen numbers cover the whole guest list plus vendor meals, not just the guests already seated.
3. A handoff for your photographer
A shot list with live guest groups and table numbers, and a printed Who’s Who so your photographer can find the people who matter.
Where Seat Puzzle Wins
Detailed floor plans
To-scale rooms up to 500 ft square, walls, doors and a big library of items. If the layout of the room is the hard part, Seat Puzzle is built for it.
Native apps
Apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android, alongside the web version.
RSVPs and checklists
Online RSVP forms and an event checklist live in the same app.
The Bottom Line
Use Seat Puzzle if:- You need a detailed, to-scale floor plan of the venue
- You want RSVPs, a checklist and seating in one app
- Your guest list lives in a Google Sheet and you want it to stay there
- You want catering counts, a shot list and Who’s Who from the same list
Keep your list in your Sheet
Start freeWhere the comparison stops
Everything above compares seating charts, because that is what these tools do. Seat the Day treats your guest list as the thing you keep, and seating as one of the things it builds.
The same list also builds a photography shot list covering the whole celebration, from the rehearsal dinner to the after party — with live guest groups and the table numbers your photographer needs during the reception. And Who’s Who, a printed face-reference sheet so a photographer who has never met your family can find your 93-year-old grandmother, and tell the mother of the bride from her sister.
Neither has an equivalent in the tools on this page.
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