Ride Planner vs Ride Wait Times
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ride Planner
Plan your theme park visits with real-time wait times, ride tracking, and park guides. Log your experiences, share achievements, and keep notes on attractions to maximize your adventure.
- Live wait times
- Track ride stats
- Share park achievements
- Ride reviews and notes
- Park guides with shows and dining
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Master Your Theme Park Adventure! Ride Planner is the ultimate companion for theme park enthusiasts. Whether you're visiting Disney, Universal, or local parks, Ride Planner helps you make the most of your day. Key Features: - Live Wait Times See real-time wait times for all your favorite rides. Never guess which line to join next. - Track Your Stats Log your rides and build your personal theme park history. Track total rides, unique attractions, and see detailed monthly recaps. - Share Your Progress Generate beautiful, shareable cards of your park achievements. Show off your "Most Ridden" rides and park completion progress to friends on social media. - Reviews & Notes Rate rides and leave personal notes. Remember exactly what you loved (or didn't) about every attraction. - Park Guides Access detailed park info, including shows and dining options, right at your fingertips. Privacy Policy: https://rideplanner.io/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ride Wait Times
This minimalist app quickly displays current wait times for your favorite theme park rides. It allows you to add favorite parks and rides, and automatically refreshes queue times without any bloat or advertisements.
- Favorite parks and rides
- Nearby park discovery
- Automatic queue time refresh
- Minimalist design
- Ad-free experience
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Are you tired of waiting for bloated apps to see your favorite rides' current wait times? No more. This minimalist app is fast and gives you the information you really want immediately. - Add your favorite parks - Add your favorite rides - See nearby parks - No bloat - No ads *ever* - Auto refreshes queue times. By default, fetches queue times every 1 minute from queue-times.com. Currently, queue-times.com updates every 5 minutes, so there will be some delay. Note: All data is provided by https://queue-times.com. This app is not responsible for any incorrect or missing data. Feel like supporting the cause? Buy me a coffee from inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ride Planner at every 6 days against Ride Wait Times's every 3 weeks. Ride Wait Times's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). 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. Ride Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Ride Wait Times sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ride Planner against 5.0 for Ride Wait Times. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ride Planner ships an update every 6 days, Ride Wait Times every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ride Planner | Ride Wait Times |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ultra Saturn LLC | Nathan Stoddart |
Customer experience
Ride Planner
Ride Wait Times
In-app purchases
Ride Planner
- Ride Planner Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Ride Planner Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
- Ride Planner Pro$49.99
Ride Wait Times
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Buy me a large coffee$2.99
Questions
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