flySEA vs WildSideWA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
flySEA
Navigate your airport experience with ease. Find the shortest security lines, locate dining and shopping, and discover amenities. Get real-time flight updates and ground transportation information to make your journey smooth.
- TSA security checkpoint wait times
- Parking spot reminder
- Airport directory and map
- Explore amenities
- Find your flight and gate
- Ground transportation information
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The Sea-Tac app will help you get to your gate calm, cool and collected! Whether you’re looking for the fastest TSA security checkpoint line, the closest dining options to your gate or the fastest transportation to get you to downtown Seattle, the Sea-Tac app can help. Take advantage of Sea-Tac’s free Wi-Fi and download the official Sea-Tac Airport app for terminal maps, flight information and transportation tips. Features: * TSA security checkpoint wait times: Find the most convenient line with up-to-date wait time information * Parking spot reminder: Snap a photo of your parking spot to skip post-flight wandering * Shopping, dining and relaxing: Look at the airport directory and map to see all of our dining and retail options throughout the airport * Explore our amenities: Get the most comfortable visit with our water bottle filling stations, nursing suites, pet relief areas, cell phone charging stations, children’s play area and more * Find your flight: Enter your flight number to get your gate location and alert notifications * Ground transportation: Find information on airporters, courtesy shuttles, limos, public transit (buses or Link light rail), rental cars, taxis, app-based rideshare (Lyft, Uber, Wingz) and more
WildSideWA
Discover events, attractions, dining, and lodging for Hood Canal and South Puget Sound. This guide offers tips for outdoor adventures like hiking, paddling, and exploring waterfalls. Plan your perfect road trip with insider information for an unforgettable visit.
- Event listings
- Attraction discovery
- Dining recommendations
- Lodging information
- Outdoor adventure tips
- Road trip planning
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Welcome to Washington's Wild Side Guide, showcasing what's happening, what to see and do, where to eat and sleep and tips and tricks to make the best out of your visit to Hood Canal and South Puget Sound. Embark on the ultimate road trip and find adventure on Hood Canal. Discover outdoor adventure, explore the Olympics and countless waterfalls and hikes and learn the best places to play and relax. An easy drive from Seattle or Portland, HOOD CANAL is a natural fjord that sits between the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains in Mason County, Washington. The area hosts plenty of outdoor activities including paddling, hiking, SCUBA, racing and even skydiving. Visit for the solitude, oysters and waterfalls – return again and again for year round hiking trails, fantastic views and amazing people!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WildSideWA at 100% against flySEA's 8%. WildSideWA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). flySEA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (157 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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.
WildSideWA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: flySEA has 157 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of flySEA's written reviews are positive against 100% of WildSideWA's.
flySEA ships an update every 3 months, WildSideWA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | flySEA | WildSideWA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (157 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Port of Seattle | Northwest Event Organizers |
Customer experience
flySEA
WildSideWA
Bugs and requests
flySEA
Reported bugs
13 issues- Security wait times not displaying or updating
- App crashes when selecting retail shops
- Flight search returns 'Not Found' errors
- Map resets zoom level unexpectedly
- Blank white screens on multiple tabs
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- Flight information tabs non-functional
- Unresponsive refresh button
- Incorrect gate and terminal information
- Persistent flight alerts despite disabling
- Notification toggle not working
- Crashes with iOS 12 and iPhone X
- Clunky navigation requiring excessive taps
- Incorrect parking rate information
Requested features
12 requests- Direct turn-by-turn navigation between specific gates
- TSA PreCheck checkpoint identification on map
- Multiple location viewing on single map
- Real-time train and light rail status
- Traffic and parking lot availability information
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- Centralized dining hours display with filtering
- Web-based security wait times access
- International flight departure information
- Searchable location finder on map
- Pet relief area locations
- Flight number and destination search functionality
- Accurate travel time estimates between locations
WildSideWA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
flySEA
No in-app purchases
WildSideWA
No in-app purchases
