Official Comic vs THE LOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Official Comic
Access the official digital guide for San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. Find event schedules, maps, exhibitor details, guest information, and exclusive item listings.
- Event schedules
- Interactive maps
- Exhibitor directory
- Special guest listings
- Exclusive item information
- Latest news
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Get the official digital guide to San Diego Comic-Con International and WonderCon. Download this free app for the latest event schedules, maps, exhibitors, special guests, exclusive items, news and more!
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Official Comic at 3.1 against THE LOT's 1.6. Official Comic also leads on ratings volume (459 vs 18) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). THE LOT's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Official Comic holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Official Comic has 459 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Official Comic's written reviews are positive against 15% of THE LOT's.
Official Comic ships an update every 3 months, THE LOT every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Official Comic | THE LOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (459 ratings) — better | 1.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews — better | 14.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 459 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | San Diego Comic Convention Inc | Boffo Cinemas, LLC |
Customer experience
Official Comic
THE LOT
User reviews
Official Comic
From 459 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful for navigating the convention
- 👍 Useful for finding schedules and events
- 🗺️ Provides detailed maps and floor plans
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
- 🔑 Login and account issues
- 📆 Outdated or incorrect schedule information
- 🤖 Poor user interface and navigation
THE LOT
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ App looks beautiful
- 👍 Easy to navigate and responsive
- 👍 Functional and looks great
- 👍 All necessary info available
- 👍 Easy to use for purchasing tickets
Room to improve
- 👎 Horrible app experience
- 👎 Stone Age app
- 👎 Insanely difficult to use
- 👎 Really bad app
- 👎 Clunky and hard to use
Bugs and requests
Official Comic
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch or during use
- Login credentials not working
- Sync issues between app and website
- Incorrect or missing schedule data
- Navigation issues and confusing UI
Requested features
5 requests- Add search functionality for schedules and events
- Improve syncing and account management
- Provide more detailed event information
- Enhance map features with better resolution and interactivity
- Implement a grid-style schedule view
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
In-app purchases
Official Comic
No in-app purchases
THE LOT
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Official Comic free?
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Which has better reviews, Official Comic or THE LOT?
Do Official Comic or THE LOT have ads?
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