QLess vs NotifyMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QLess
Manage your waiting experience by joining virtual lines at various businesses. See your real-time position and estimated wait time, and receive notifications when it's your turn. Reclaim your time and avoid physical queues.
- Find QLess businesses
- Join virtual lines
- Manage line position
- Real-time wait time forecast
- Notifications when near front
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QLess Mobile Queuing lets you take control of your waiting experience at hundreds of different businesses around the world. We have given back over 5,700 years of otherwise-wasted time to over 100 million users so far. You can use this app to: • Find QLess businesses near you • Join their virtual lines • Manage your spot in line while you wait, including seeing your forecast wait time and position in line in real-time, and moving back in line if you need more time • Get notified when you've reached the front of the line QLess businesses include: • Stores • DMVs • State, city, and federal government offices • Urgent care, doctors' offices, and hospitals • Colleges • Restaurants • Auto dealers • Animal shelters • Car rentals • Insurance agencies • Shooting ranges • Tax services • Salons • Family entertainment centers Wait forecasts are estimates, and may change at any time due to changes in staff availability, emergencies and other unpredictable factors.
NotifyMe
Easily subscribe to updates from local businesses without sharing personal information. Control the types of notifications you receive, ensuring you only get alerts for things that interest you.
- Subscribe to local business updates
- Control notification types
- No personal information required
- Search for businesses
- Receive relevant alerts
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Do you have a favorite local business? Do you wish you could easily subscribe to hear updates from them without having to give out any personal info? Do you want to be able to control exactly what kind of notifications you receive from them? Then this is for you! Easily search for your favorite business, subscribe to hear from them, and only get notified when something of interest to you comes up; all without having to provide any personal information.
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Verdict
QLess and NotifyMe both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of NotifyMe's written reviews are positive against 50% of QLess's. QLess's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.3 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for QLess against 5.0 for NotifyMe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QLess has 12K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of QLess's written reviews are positive against 100% of NotifyMe's.
QLess ships an update every 2 months, NotifyMe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QLess | NotifyMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QLess Inc. | NotifyMe, LLC |
Customer experience
QLess
NotifyMe
Bugs and requests
QLess
Reported bugs
4 issues- Confirmation button not working
- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent line placement
- Inability to track current line position
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to cancel/reschedule appointments
- Improve search functionality
- Provide more detailed line status updates
- Integrate with more businesses and government offices
- Add user profiles and favorites
NotifyMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QLess
No in-app purchases
NotifyMe
No in-app purchases
