Event Planning Apps

The Pro Party Planner app ($5) helps you manage your event from start to finish. There's a section for all your party needs: guest list, menu, drinks, entertainment, decorations, and favors. Even better: organizational tabs for the shopping list, tasks list, and party timeline keep everything in order.

Not much of a mixologoist? Enter the Speakeasy Cocktails app ($5). It has everything you need to create cool, party-perfect drinks. The how-to app includes HD video tutorials, instructional graphics, hundreds of recipes, a buying guide, and a glossary with 190 key liquor terms.

Liza's Simple Soirée Party Planner app ($2) is an easy-to-use guide for entertaining. Event planning expert Liza Rivera Salta put her tried and tested tips into a simple interface so that you can plan your menu, record RSVPs, and coordinate shopping lists all in one place.

If you plan to cook for a group, the free Pepperplate (free) app is an ideal way to manage your recipes and combine dishes into a customized menu for the event. The best part: multiple cooking timers help you stay sane during the prep period.

For a quick and easy way to get the fun going, download the Party Games! app ($1). There are six game modes — Catch Phrase, Charades, Speed Charades, Pictionary, Pictionary Duel, and Speed Pictionary — plus rules for each game type, an audio and visual timer, and simple scorekeeping options. The app itself includes thousands of words and phrases, but you can also customize your own word list for personalized games to up the laugh factor.

Hoping to create a few unique playlists for your party? Try the Spotify app, which is free for the first 48 hours. After two days, you can listen to your device's music library for free or subscribe to Spotify Premium to stream anything from the Spotify library.

The free Party & Event Planner (free) app features a party countdown, an expense planner, customized to-do lists, push notifications for open tasks, a guest list manager, and a calculator to help you figure out how much drink supplies to buy based on guests' drinking habits.