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10 iPhone Apps for Planning the Perfect Wedding

via Mashable! by Jeana Lee Tahnk on 6/1/11

Summer is right around the corner, and with that warmer weather comes wedding season. Seeing your friends and loved ones getting married is one of life's greatest joys. For anyone who has planned a wedding, well, you know what it's like. There's the dress, the band, the reception site, the photographer, the flowers and the countless other details that somehow all need to be pulled together.

Back in the heyday, brides and grooms wielded their trusty notebooks and Excel spreadsheets with copious notes on vendor contact information, budget details, dates and reminders. But now, thanks to fancy smartphones and apps, everything you need can be found in one place — even in one app, in some cases.

The following 10 apps are great for planning, managing, or just getting some wedding ideas. When the big day finally arrives, and everything has fallen into place because you've stayed so organized, all you'll have to do is meet eyes with your spouse-to-be and have your apps to thank for what will undoubtedly be one of the happiest days of your life.

Ain't love grand?

1. iWedding Deluxe — the Wedding Planner

Is it pricey? Yes. Is it comprehensive? Yes. iWedding Deluxe is an all-encompassing app that can be your home base for anything and everything wedding-related. Of course, all the major organizational categories like budget, venue information, contact information and to-dos are covered, but there are tons of extras like tools for finding nearby vendors, links to wedding favors, photo storage for items that inspire you, guest list details, and even a function that lets you record whether Uncle Bob wants the salmon or steak for his entrée. There's also a countdown timeline that provides advice on things you should get accomplished as you lead up to the big day.

Cost: $9.99

2. Plan Your Wedding with Mindy Weiss

If you follow celebrity weddings at all, it's likely you know of Mindy Weiss, "celebrity wedding planner to the stars." She has certainly earned the title, planning weddings for A-listers like Ellen Degeneres, Heidi Klum and Gwen Stefani. Her eponymous app is chock-full of wedding expertise and includes video clips from Mindy herself, creative ideas, current wedding trends and up-to-date access to collections from the hottest designers. If you're into celebrity life, this app gets you one step closer to living it.

Cost: $7.99

3. BRIDES Wedding Genius 2.0

This app is definitely geared more toward brides than grooms. BRIDES Wedding Genius 2.0 is a visually stimulating app that will fill the bride with inspiration for wedding dresses, rings and honeymoon destinations. There are hundreds of photos in this app that will help narrow down styles and top picks, as well as let brides save favorites and locate retailers in her area that have her favorite items.

Cost: FREE

4. Wedding Budget

If you need a straightforward budgeting app to keep track of the long list of costs, deposits, final payments and how much money you have left, Wedding Budget is a good app to have. It breaks down costs into categories such as ceremony, flowers, music, photography, gown, etc., tells you how much you have allocated, how much you have left, and when the next payment is due.

Cost: FREE

5. Wedding 911 by The Knot

Getting engaged is relatively easy, but the questions start up once the rock is on that finger and the big day is just 12 to 18 months away. When should we start looking for a site? Who pays for what? Do I have to feed the vendors? Wedding 911 aims to ease pre-wedding anxiety and answer common questions that most people have when planning the big day. The answers are provided by Carley Roney, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the ultimate wedding website, TheKnot.com.

Cost: FREE

6. WeddingScan

One of the perks of getting engaged — aside from committing yourself to another person for the rest of your life, of course — is creating your wedding registry! Walking around Crate & Barrel with a barcode scanner, now that's fun. But why limit yourself to just one or two major retailers? This app lets you scan any barcode from any store into your phone and create a centralized registry on WeddingScan.com.

Cost: $2.99

7. Wedding Row

Once planning is underway, it can be hard to decide on your wedding vision. There are so many options and so many decisions to make. During the process, it's likely you'll look through a lot of wedding websites and magazines to get inspired. While you're doing that, you can use Wedding Row as your main resource for collecting all the "potentials" until you've decided they're "definites." The app keeps different "inspiration boards" of pictures you've collected or items you've taken photos of along the way so you can eventually narrow down your choices and have the wedding of your dreams.

Cost: $1.99

8. Fun Wedding

Your band or DJ has asked you for a "top requests" lists and a "do not play" list. Once you've written down your top three songs of all time, you may be at a loss as to what else you want to include. Fun Wedding provides song selections in categories like bride & groom, bride & father, groom & mother, as well as the top 200 most requested songs and breakout hits from the 1950s to present day. This app is a great resource for making sure people dance the night away.

Cost: $0.99

9. Wedding Flowers Moodboard

Flowers are sometimes an afterthought until the ceremony, band, photographer and reception site have been decided upon. They are, however, an important part of every wedding celebration. The bride's bouquet usually loses its luster as the night wears on, but it is front and center when it gets held down the aisle. There are so many choices when it comes to bouquet arrangements. Wedding Flowers Moodboard provides brides with many different images and ideas for creating their perfect color and flower arrangement.

Cost: $1.99

10. Destination Weddings and Honeymoons Guides

Destination weddings are popular but they can add several more steps to the wedding planning process. The Destination Weddings and Honeymoons Guides is a complement to the Bonnier publication. It is a resource of beautiful locations for wedding sites or honeymoons in the Caribbean, Mexico, the Pacific and more. The app provides incredible images of these locales, along with resort details and contact information. (For iPad only).

Cost: FREE