THE LOT vs Covalish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
THE LOT
Easily browse movie releases, find showtimes, select seats, and purchase tickets. Discover chef-driven restaurant menus and stay updated on upcoming events. Access your purchased tickets directly for a seamless experience.
- Browse movie releases
- Find showtimes
- Pick seats
- Purchase tickets
- Discover restaurant menus
- View upcoming events
- Access purchased tickets
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CINEMAS - Browse through all the latest movie releases on our redesigned home screen. Find showtimes, pick your seats and purchase tickets faster than ever. Always have the best seats in the house by pre-booking for upcoming films. RESTAURANT - Discover our chef-driven menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. EVENTS - Don’t miss out! There is always something going on at THE LOT. Stay up to date about upcoming events. MY TICKETS - Get direct access to your recently purchased tickets and go straight to your seat.
Covalish
This app facilitates real-life friendships by suggesting meetups with curated conversation starters. It matches users based on their profiles and guarantees engaging interactions. The goal is to help users build meaningful connections and expand their social circle.
- Friendship matching
- Scheduled real-life meetups
- Guided conversation questions
- Profile-based matching
- Feedback system for future matches
- Expand social circle
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Covalish is a frictionless funnel to new friendships, in real life, starting in San Diego. After you sign up, we get to know you. When we have someone for you to meet, we'll give you a time and place and you just say if you're 'in' or 'out.' Meet in real life and we'll guarantee an easy conversation with our flow of fun and interesting questions that are scientifically proven to accelerate getting to know someone. After the meet-up, let us know how it went. If you two clicked, we'll schedule you to meet again. Over the course of a year, we'll introduce you to 10, 20, 30 or more new people you're likely to click with. Every conversation will be at least fine, most will be very good, and a few of the people you meet will become real-life friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Covalish at 80% against THE LOT's 15%. Covalish also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). THE LOT's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Covalish holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of THE LOT's written reviews are positive against 80% of Covalish's.
THE LOT ships an update every 2 months, Covalish monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | THE LOT | Covalish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Boffo Cinemas, LLC | Unsquander LLC |
Customer experience
THE LOT
Covalish
Bugs and requests
THE LOT
Reported bugs
95 issues- 🐛 App is not working
- 🐛 Screen is blank
- 🐛 Cannot move past blank screen
- 🐛 Login is hard
- 🐛 Doesn't stay logged in
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- 🐛 Doesn't allow password visibility on wrong password
- 🐛 Never tracks past history
- 🐛 Signs in and out randomly
- 🐛 App glitches a lot
- 🐛 Doesn't save card
- 🐛 Button icons double/duplicate
- 🐛 App does not save purchased tickets
- 🐛 Webviews all over the place
- 🐛 Cannot bring up saved credit cards
- 🐛 Lacks security for payment card credentials
- 🐛 Last update 6 months ago
- 🐛 Embedded menus lack 'Back' button
- 🐛 Have to start over at Home menu to compare showtimes
- 🐛 Have to enter credit card info every time
- 🐛 Auto fill and saving credit cards not working
- 🐛 Cannot correct typo in name
- 🐛 No login option anymore
- 🐛 Purchases don't save
- 🐛 Order book disappears if accidentally leave page
- 🐛 Online feature doesn't work
- 🐛 Errors galore
- 🐛 Nothing under user profile works
- 🐛 Slide to pay feature is trash
- 🐛 App freezes on slide to pay
- 🐛 Seats previously chosen are unavailable
- 🐛 Slider/wheel function for expiration date does not work
- 🐛 App didn't save purchased tickets
- 🐛 No movies showing on landing page
- 🐛 Cannot pre-order movies
- 🐛 Tons of bugs
- 🐛 No bug fixes for 8 months
- 🐛 Website is unusable
- 🐛 Submit button does nothing
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize Apple Pay
- 🐛 Cannot select month or year of credit card
- 🐛 Have to click 'terms and conditions' box every time
- 🐛 App starts from scratch when buying more tickets
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize logged in member status
- 🐛 Nothing showing up in tickets
- 🐛 App would not register correct credit card expiration date
- 🐛 Added extra seats
- 🐛 Wouldn't accept vouchers
- 🐛 Moved seats
- 🐛 Cannot access tickets
- 🐛 Payment feature does not work
- 🐛 'Slide to pay' function does not work
- 🐛 App looks beautiful but doesn't work
- 🐛 Makes me login every time
- 🐛 Defaults to wrong theater
- 🐛 Doesn't save card information
- 🐛 Doesn't show purchased tickets
- 🐛 Payment unsuccessful but card charged
- 🐛 Purchased tickets twice
- 🐛 Never receive credit for purchases with loyalty card
- 🐛 Cannot renew membership
- 🐛 Loyalty club not active since 2018
- 🐛 Cannot delete inactive membership message
- 🐛 Special offer tickets not in account
- 🐛 Cannot retrieve password
- 🐛 Password request button does nothing
- 🐛 Site will not allow password change
- 🐛 Crashes often
- 🐛 Repeated error messages
- 🐛 Cannot redeem points for tickets
- 🐛 App always glitching and breaking down
- 🐛 Cannot add credit card to account
- 🐛 Repeated error messages
- 🐛 Cannot put card on file
- 🐛 Cannot use Apple Pay to purchase
- 🐛 Have to get CC out every time
- 🐛 Haven't received credit for purchases at theater
- 🐛 No Apple Pay or iPhone X support
- 🐛 "Something went wrong" message when accessing purchases
- 🐛 Cannot use app to get inside the theater
- 🐛 Telling theater about problem for a year with no resolution
- 🐛 Won't log into account
- 🐛 Repeated "something went wrong" message when accessing purchases
- 🐛 Apple Pay option does not work
- 🐛 Regular credit card payments not working
- 🐛 App stuck on loading
- 🐛 Mobile website sends you in circles
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Sometimes removes 'my fave theater'
- 🐛 Bought tickets for wrong theater
- 🐛 App is always glitching and breaking down
- 🐛 Optimized for iPhone 4S
- 🐛 App needs work
- 🐛 Payments not working
- 🐛 App doesn't work anymore
- 🐛 Stuck on loading
Requested features
27 requests- 💡 Add Apple Pay support
- 💡 Add PayPal support
- 💡 Auto-populate credit cards from password apps
- 💡 Persistent login with Face ID
- 💡 Save tickets to Apple Wallet
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- 💡 Persistent login
- 💡 iPhone Live Activity reminders
- 💡 Push notification reminders
- 💡 Store purchases in Wallet
- 💡 Work with Apple Watch
- 💡 Add iPhone X support
- 💡 Add support for newer iPhones
- 💡 Allow users to read terms and conditions before agreeing
- 💡 Remember preferred theater
- 💡 Allow users to renew membership
- 💡 Allow users to update personal information
- 💡 Add a 'Back' button to embedded menus
- 💡 Allow users to compare seating for different showtimes without starting over
- 💡 Allow users to save credit card information
- 💡 Allow users to save payment details
- 💡 Allow users to redeem points for tickets
- 💡 Add a dark mode option
- 💡 Implement a better system for ticket purchase
- 💡 Improve the user interface
- 💡 Invest in a better tech experience
- 💡 Hire a real app developer
- 💡 Add a link to terms and conditions during signup
Covalish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
THE LOT
No in-app purchases
Covalish
No in-app purchases
