Instaseat vs DoorGuy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instaseat
See your position on a restaurant's waitlist and get ahead of the line with priority seating for a small fee. Spend less time waiting and more time enjoying your meal with loved ones.
- View waitlist position
- Add name to waitlist
- Priority seating option
- Restaurant waitlist management
- Reduce wait times
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Use this app to see your place in line when you add your name to a participating restaurant’s waitlist. Instaseat also offers Priority Seating. Using Priority Seating, customers will be able to move up to the top of the list for a small fee. Less time in line, more time with friends and family.
DoorGuy
Discover real-time cover charges and drink specials at local bars. See where the crowd is with a recent check-in feed, with anonymous options for privacy. Plan your perfect night out without unexpected costs.
- Real-time cover charge updates
- Crowd-sourced cover price information
- View drink deals and happy hour specials
- Recent check-in feed to see crowd location
- Anonymous check-in option
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Stressed about scrounging up a twenty for cover? Don’t worry, you know the DoorGuy. - Check what the cover charge is before you get in line. Using crowd-sourced information, DoorGuy allows you to get real-time updates on current cover prices at your favorite bars. - View all the drink deals and happy hour specials in one place — cheap drunkards rejoice. - See where the crowd is at. The recent check-in feed allows you to see what bars people[a][b] in your area have checked into. Anon check-in available for the privacy geeks. Download the app today to make friends with the DoorGuy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instaseat at 5.0 against DoorGuy's 4.4. Instaseat also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). DoorGuy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). 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.
Instaseat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DoorGuy has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Instaseat ships an update fortnightly, DoorGuy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instaseat | DoorGuy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matt Jenne | James Dolan |
Customer experience
Instaseat
DoorGuy
In-app purchases
Instaseat
No in-app purchases
DoorGuy
No in-app purchases
