WDW Boost vs Starlit Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WDW Boost
This app helps Walt Disney World visitors plan their trip and navigate the parks. It provides real-time wait times for attractions, dining information, restroom locations, and places to cool down.
- Attraction wait times
- Cooling station finder
- Restroom locations
- Restaurant menus and filtering
- Trip planning tools
- Park navigation
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WDW Boost helps you make the most of your trip to Walt Disney World by providing insight and tools to help you plan and enjoy your visit in the following areas: - Attractions - Cool Me - Restrooms - Dining - Planning Attractions The Attractions page lists the attractions in the park you are visiting, showing how long it would take to walk to each attraction, how long you will wait in line, and how long it will be until you experience an attraction (including getting there and queuing). Cool Me The Cool Me page lists places to cool down in the park you are visiting. Helps you find a place to cool down, find the nearest place to cool down, and see Cool Me locations on a map. Restrooms The Restrooms page lists the Restrooms in the park you are visiting. Helps you find themed restrooms, companion restrooms, and discover the quietest restrooms. Dining The Dining page lists all the restaurants in Walt Disney World. Helps you find somewhere to eat, and includes a fast menu explorer that allows you to view menu items for multiple restaurants along with advanced filtering options. Planning The Planning page helps you plan your trip to make the most of your visit. Helps you find the best time to go and find a place to stay. Unofficial It is an unofficial Walt Disney World fan app and has no affiliations with the Walt Disney Company or any of its subsidiaries. Privacy We value your privacy. We do not collect, store, or share any personal information about our visitors.
Starlit Magic
Plan your Walt Disney World trip with live wait times, insider guides, and a personalized daily itinerary. Features include offline maps, group location sharing, and a comprehensive dining directory. Unlock even more planning tools with a one-time purchase.
- Personalized daily itinerary builder
- Live attraction wait times
- Offline park maps
- Group location sharing
- Comprehensive dining directory
- Hidden Mickey locations
- Park trivia and guides
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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 IN 2.1 - Storybook photos: add up to 10 photos to each day, synced through your own iCloud, and share any day as a Story card. - 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 so you know how fresh it is. - Top Picks: 2,000+ ranked picks across 151 lists in 8 sections. - The Golden 50: find all 50 golden character statues across the four parks and check them off as you go. - Booking-window reminders: Starlit reminds you when your dining window opens and, for on-property hotel guests, your Lightning Lane window. Starlit reminds you; it never books. 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 three. - When to Go: a month-by-month guide to which weeks win, which weeks bite, and why. - Today's Plan: your whole park day, time-stamped, with the reasoning behind every pick. - Trip countdowns that keep you on track. IN THE PARKS - Live wait times for all four parks. - Park maps that show where you are, with custom pins and offline support. - 10 self-guided bar crawls, including Drinking Around the World, free at every stop. - Hundreds of Hidden Mickeys, with directions. - 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 your photos. Your Stories keeps every past trip in one place. FREE FOR EVERYONE Live wait times, park maps, Storybook, booking-window reminders, The Golden 50 list and check-offs, 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 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 in-app purchases: WDW Boost at none against Starlit Magic's 1. WDW Boost also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Starlit Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WDW Boost asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WDW Boost against 5.0 for Starlit Magic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WDW Boost ships an update weekly, Starlit Magic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WDW Boost | Starlit Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ian Bryce | Daniel Schieferstein |
Customer experience
WDW Boost
Starlit Magic
In-app purchases
WDW Boost
No in-app purchases
Starlit Magic
- Starlit Magic Premium$12.99
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