Comparison

PixieList vs Starlit Magic

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

Head to head
About

PixieList

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Your day at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure just got a whole lot happier — and a whole lot shorter. PixieList helps you spend less time in line and more time on rides, eating churros, and hunting down hidden Mickeys. With live queue times, park maps, and maps pins to every attraction, snack stand, and restroom, you’re always just a tap away from the magic. Features you’ll love: • Live Wait Times: Stop guessing and start riding. See real-time wait times for all rides and shows in both parks. • Interactive Maps: Zoom, pan, and tap your way around the parks with detailed, easy-to-read maps. • Search Everything: Rides, restaurants, shows — if it’s in the park, we’ll help you find it fast. Whether it’s your first visit or your fiftieth, PixieList makes your Disneyland experience smoother, smarter, and way more magical. Download the Happiest App on Earth now!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

PixieList3 screens
Starlit Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PixieList at none against Starlit Magic's 1. PixieList also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Starlit Magic's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Starlit Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PixieList asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PixieList versus Starlit Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixieListStarlit Magic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB124 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMichael CritzDaniel Schieferstein

In-app purchases

None

PixieList

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Starlit Magic

One-time1
  • Starlit Magic Premium$12.99

Questions

Is PixieList free?
PixieList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starlit Magic free?
Starlit Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PixieList or Starlit Magic have ads?
Neither PixieList nor Starlit Magic shows ads.

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