Comparison

MagicWait for Disney World vs The Thrill Data App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MagicWait for Disney World

Get real-time wait times, park hours, and show schedules for Disney parks. Plan your day with interactive maps, food finders, and customizable alerts. Offers offline access and voice-activated planning.

Highlights
  • Real-time wait times
  • Park hours and event schedules
  • Interactive park maps
  • Food and menu finder
  • Customizable wait alerts
  • Offline access
  • Trip planning tools
Features
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Real-time wait times for all six theme parks across Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort, plus a trip planner and every park menu for the days you want to plan ahead. Built for the moment you are standing in the park, deciding what to do next. FREE AND STAYING FREE • Live wait times for Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, refreshed every minute during park hours • Lightning Lane Multi Pass return times and Single Pass pricing at a glance • Park hours, including Early Entry, Extended Evening and special events • Show and parade times, with reminders before they start • Wait alerts: get a notification the moment a ride drops below your number • Ride history with trip grouping, personal stats and manual entry • Favorites grouped by park for a fast morning check • Crowd levels and current weather at each park • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that keep wait times fresh, and a full Apple Watch app • Side by side on iPad and iPhone Duo: wait times next to the map, Today next to the list • Works offline with cached data when the network does not ASK MAGICWAIT Ask a question the way you would ask a friend: "what's worth doing right now?", "is this wait actually dropping?", "what should we do before the parade?" Answers come from live wait times, today's schedule and real trends. Included free, with a daily allowance. THE MAP Every attraction on a real park map, with wait times color coded so you can read a whole land at a glance. Tap any pin for details. Parade routes animate along their actual path. MAGICWAIT+ An optional subscription for people who are in the parks often. Plan your trip • Plan one day or a whole trip, the night before or months ahead • Say what you want in your own words and each day starts with those rides plus a few good picks • Early entry and party nights get their own sections, with each day's park hours and event times • Keep several trips and add days as plans change • Reminders before reservations, shows and Lightning Lane windows, and a heads-up when a ride on your list goes down • Ask MagicWait to change a day; you see every change first and can undo it Food Finder • Search every menu at both resorts by dish, restaurant or craving • Festival booths and party-only treats are labeled • Keep a list of restaurants and a list of snacks to try, and check them off as you go • Add a place to eat to your plan in one tap Also with MagicWait+ • Walk there: turn-by-turn walking directions to any attraction • Extended wait history: the full day's pattern, not just the last hour • Up to 20 active wait alerts instead of 3 • Seasonal themes and app icons • No ads • A much higher daily allowance for Ask MagicWait $3.99/month or $24.99/year. Cancel anytime in Settings. WHY MAGICWAIT No account and no sign-up screen. Open it and it works. Wait times come from ThemeParks.wiki, a free public community API, and the app is built to be fast on park Wi-Fi, which is to say on bad Wi-Fi. MagicWait is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company or any theme park operator. Disney, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, park, and attraction names are used solely as factual identifiers for the real-world destinations the app supports. All MagicWait branding, icons, screenshots, and graphics are original. Weather data provided by Apple Weather. Privacy Policy: https://magicwait.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://magicwait.com/terms

About

The Thrill Data App

Features
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Thrill Data is your theme park companion for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando and more — built on years of wait time data. As featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN and the Los Angeles Times — and named in a Jeopardy! clue. LIVE WAIT TIMES See current waits for every ride, with today's trend compared to a typical day, the best times to ride, and what's down right now. Your closest park loads automatically when you arrive. ALERTS THAT DO THE WATCHING Get a push notification when a wait drops below your number, when a ride comes back up, when Lightning Lane return times open, or when dining reservations become available. WAIT MAGIC Set up Lightning Lane searches for your party and let Thrill Data keep looking for better return times. A TRIP PLANNER THAT KNOWS THE CROWDS Pick your parks and must-do rides, and Thrill Data builds a day around historical wait patterns — inside your park hours, with park hopping, dining and shows. Mark rides you've booked a Lightning Lane for, see which rides are worth a Lightning Lane, and plan Halloween party nights with party-night wait data. Get reminders, share your plan, and check off rides as you go. LIGHTNING LANE INSIGHTS Live availability, sell-out times, prices, and how much time each Lightning Lane actually saves. DIG INTO THE DATA Crowd calendars, park and ride history, year-over-year comparisons, and a custom graph tool — type "Flight of Passage past 4 Saturdays" and get the chart. AND MORE A ride journal with photos and stats, streaks and badges, a food list for festival menus, scavenger hunts, and quick games built from real wait data. Thrill Data requires a Thrill Data account with a Plus membership. Thrill Data is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Walt Disney Company, Universal Parks & Resorts, or any park operator.

Screenshots

MagicWait for Disney World4 screens
The Thrill Data App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Thrill Data App at none against MagicWait for Disney World's 3. The Thrill Data App also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MagicWait for Disney World's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MagicWait for Disney World sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Thrill Data App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Thrill Data App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MagicWait for Disney World has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MagicWait for Disney World versus The Thrill Data App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagicWait for Disney WorldThe Thrill Data App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCasey ScullThrill Data LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MagicWait for Disney World

Subscriptions2
  • MagicWait+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • MagicWait+ Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

The Thrill Data App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MagicWait for Disney World free?
MagicWait for Disney World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Thrill Data App free?
The Thrill Data App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MagicWait for Disney World or The Thrill Data App?
The Thrill Data App is rated higher. MagicWait for Disney World averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while The Thrill Data App averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MagicWait for Disney World or The Thrill Data App have ads?
MagicWait for Disney World shows ads; The Thrill Data App does not.

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