Disney World Lines (TP) vs Starlit Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Disney World Lines (TP)
This app helps you save time and money at Walt Disney World by providing unbiased information and data. It offers park recommendations, crowd calendars, customized touring plans, and real-time wait times for attractions. You can also find park schedules, searchable menus with prices, and lightning lane suggestions.
- Park recommendations
- Crowd calendar
- Customized touring plans
- Real-time wait times
- Lightning Lane suggestions
- Park schedules
- Searchable menus with prices
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LINES by TouringPlans will help you save time and money during your Walt Disney World trip. We created Lines to help you know where to go and what to do during your Disney vacation. No other app – even Disney’s official app – gives you as much unbiased information and time-tested data at your fingertips. LINES features include: · PARK RECOMMENDATIONS for the next 10 days. · CROWD CALENDAR, so you know how busy each park will be for the next 10 days. · Customized, step-by-step TOURING PLANS for each Disney park so you save time waiting in line for any attractions—or all attractions. · REAL-TIME UPDATES to show you what to ride now, what to wait to ride, and even what attractions are offline (with an estimated return time). · ACCURATE WAIT TIMES using predictive technology and crowd-sourced live data to let you know how long you really will wait in line, no matter what the posted time says. · LIGHTNING LANE suggestions, to help you make choices to save you time. · COMPLETE PARK SCHEDULES including operating hours, parades, shows, and more. · SEARCHABLE MENUS WITH PRICES to help you find a Mickey Bar in EPCOT or the best use of a snack credit in Magic Kingdom. An invaluable help for people with allergies, dietary restrictions, or those looking for a favorite food. · PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE. Our Disney trip planning tools have been featured by USA Today, The New York Times, Parents Magazine, AAA, major news networks, and newspapers, magazines, television shows, and radio shows. Since 1986, we’ve helped more than 3 million families plan their Walt Disney World Vacations. Note: Some LINES features, such as full crowd calendar access and all attraction wait times require an in-app subscription purchase for access. Other LINES features, such as customized touring plans, menus, and Lines Chat are completely free. Your in-app subscription includes 365 days of access to TouringPlans.com, the internet’s most popular subscription-based site for Disney trip planning. LINES by TouringPlans is not affiliated with or sponsored by the Walt Disney corporation or Walt Disney World.
Starlit Magic
This Walt Disney World companion app offers real-time wait times, park maps, and planning tools. Discover dining options, resort recommendations, and trip deadlines. Explore attractions, hidden gems, and create lasting memories with a digital scrapbook.
- Live wait times
- Dining and resort search
- Trip deadline reminders
- Park maps with custom pins
- Hidden Mickey and Golden 50 guides
- Digital trip scrapbook
- Dish and drink search
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The Walt Disney World companion app built by a fan, for fans. Pay once, own it forever. No subscription, no ads, no account needed. NEW • Drink search: in Dining, search any drink by name to see every place that pours it. • Dish Search: search 20,000+ verified Walt Disney World menu items, with prices. Allergy searches match the items Disney itself labels allergy-friendly. • Your Trip Deadlines: every date your trip has to hit, from dining reservations and Lightning Lane to package payments and MagicBand+ orders, worked out from your dates and hotel. Starlit Magic reminds you; it never books. • A new light look, with refreshed art throughout. PLAN THE TRIP • Dining Oracle: narrow 355+ restaurants to your best 3, with prices. • Resort Oracle: answer five questions and narrow all 33 resorts to your best 3. • The Essentials: how Walt Disney World works, explained plainly and kept current. 48 articles in 9 chapters, each checked against Disney's official site and dated. • Today's Plan: your whole park day, time-stamped, with the reasoning behind every pick. • When to Go: a month-by-month guide to which weeks win, which weeks bite, and why. • Top Picks: 2,000+ ranked picks. • Trip countdowns and booking-window reminders. IN THE PARKS • Live wait times for all four parks. • Park maps that show where you are, with custom pins. • The Golden 50: find Disney's 36 golden character sculptures, grouped into stops across the four parks, and check them off as you go. • Hundreds of Hidden Mickeys, with directions. • 10 self-guided bar crawls. Drinking Around the World is free for everyone. • Pin trading boards, park trivia, and the 10 best spots to watch Luminous. REMEMBER IT • Storybook: a page for every day of your trip, with your mood, a note and up to 10 photos, synced through your own iCloud. Share any day as a Story card, and keep every past trip in Your Stories. FREE FOR EVERYONE Live wait times, park maps, Storybook, Your Trip Deadlines and booking-window reminders, The Golden 50 list and check-offs, a free preview on every Dish Search, Drinking Around the World, the top 3 picks on every Top Picks list, and The Essentials chapters on families, dining needs and accessibility. PREMIUM: $12.99, ONE TIME Dining Oracle, Today's Plan, all 33 Resorts, every Dish Search match, every pick on every Top Picks list, all of The Essentials, Hidden Mickey directions, all 10 bar crawls, exactly where to find each of The Golden 50, and every future Premium feature. No subscription, ever. Starlit Magic is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Starlit Magic at every 10 days against Disney World Lines (TP)'s every 8 months. Starlit Magic also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Disney World Lines (TP)'s advantage is ratings volume (4.9K vs 2) and chart position (#87 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Disney World Lines (TP) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Starlit Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Starlit Magic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disney World Lines (TP) has 4.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Disney World Lines (TP)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Starlit Magic's.
Disney World Lines (TP) ships an update every 8 months, Starlit Magic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disney World Lines (TP) | Starlit Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.9K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TouringPlans.com | Daniel Schieferstein |
Customer experience
Disney World Lines (TP)
Starlit Magic
Bugs and requests
Disney World Lines (TP)
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes when trying to add reservations
- Saved plans not syncing properly across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Interactive park maps in the app
- Real-time ride closure updates
- Improved integration with Disney's Genie+ system
- Ability to share plans with other users
Starlit Magic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Disney World Lines (TP)
- One Year Subscription2 variants$24.99
Starlit Magic
- Starlit Magic Premium$12.99
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