Comparison

Spot vs Damnlines

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

Head to head
About

Spot

Secure reservations at top New York City restaurants without the wait. Choose your desired time and location, and let the app handle the booking. Become a regular at your favorite dining spots with a required membership.

Highlights
  • Restaurant reservations
  • NYC's best restaurants
  • Choose reservation time
  • Choose reservation location
  • Membership required
  • Become a regular
Features
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Spot gets you reservations at the best restaurants in New York City. Choose when and where you want to go and leave the booking to Spot. Stop waiting for Resy notifies that never show up, and become a regular at the places you actually want to eat. Membership A membership is required to access Spot’s full functionality. Membership is available via a monthly recurring subscription, and access to Spot is only granted to users who have an active subscription. More info Terms of Service: https://spot.nyc/terms Privacy Policy: https://spot.nyc/privacy Get in touch: https://spot.nyc/contact

About

Damnlines

This app provides live camera feeds and estimated wait times for popular restaurants in New York City. See the length of the line before you leave home and get alerts when it drops to optimize your dining experience.

Highlights
  • Live camera feeds of restaurant lines
  • Estimated wait times
  • Best time to visit recommendations
  • Line drop alerts
  • City-wide view of lines
  • Privacy-focused public sidewalk views
Features
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See the line before you go. No one likes waiting in a damn line. Damnlines is the live line-camera network for New York City's most-wanted restaurants. Cameras watch the sidewalk outside the city's buzziest spots, so you can check the wait before you leave - not after you've walked twenty blocks. WHAT YOU GET • Live feeds - real cameras on the line outside NYC's most-talked-about restaurants, updated by the minute. • Real wait times - we count the people in line and estimate the wait, so you know if it's a walk-in or a 45-minute standby. • Best time to go - see each spot's rhythm hour by hour and pick the quiet window. • Line alerts - set a threshold and we'll ping you the moment the line drops or clears. Go when it's actually worth it. • The whole city at a glance - every location on one screen, sorted so the shortest lines rise to the top. New York runs on lines. The best pizza, the buzziest new opening, the ice cream spot everyone's posting — they all come with a wait. Damnlines turns that wait into information: watch it live, know the number, and time your trip so you walk right up. PRIVACY Feeds are wide public-sidewalk views, and faces are blurred. We show the line, not the people in it. Free to use. New locations added regularly. Know a spot with a legendary line? Tell us: ciao@damnlines.com

Screenshots

Spot4 screens
Damnlines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Damnlines at 5.0 against Spot's 4.1. Damnlines also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). Spot's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and chart position (#85 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support 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. Spot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Damnlines asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Damnlines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spot has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spot ships an update every 6 days, Damnlines every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Spot versus Damnlines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpotDamnlines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActually Useful IntelligenceG26 LLC

Customer experience

Spot

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Damnlines

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Spot

Subscriptions2
  • Lite Membership7 Days trial$15.001 Month
  • Pro Membership7 Days trial$50.001 Month
None

Damnlines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spot free?
Spot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Damnlines free?
Damnlines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spot or Damnlines?
Damnlines is rated higher. Spot averages 4.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Damnlines averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spot or Damnlines have ads?
Neither Spot nor Damnlines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spot or Damnlines?
Spot ships an update every 6 days, and Damnlines every 2 days. Most recently, Spot was updated on October 25, 2026 and Damnlines on October 6, 2026.

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