Comparison

Ride Planner 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

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.

Highlights
  • Live wait times
  • Track ride stats
  • Share park achievements
  • Ride reviews and notes
  • Park guides with shows and dining
Features
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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/

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

Ride Planner4 screens
Starlit Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Starlit Magic at 17.0 against Ride Planner's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ride Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Starlit Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ride Planner against 5.0 for Starlit Magic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ride Planner ships an update every 6 days, Starlit Magic every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ride Planner versus Starlit Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRide PlannerStarlit Magic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB124 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUltra Saturn LLCDaniel Schieferstein

Customer experience

Ride Planner

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Starlit Magic

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ride Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Ride Planner Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Ride Planner Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ride Planner Pro$49.99
1 purchases

Starlit Magic

One-time1
  • Starlit Magic Premium$12.99

Questions

Is Ride Planner free?
Ride Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starlit Magic free?
Starlit Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ride Planner or Starlit Magic?
Ride Planner and Starlit Magic are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ride Planner or Starlit Magic have ads?
Neither Ride Planner nor Starlit Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ride Planner or Starlit Magic?
Ride Planner ships an update every 6 days, and Starlit Magic every 10 days. Most recently, Ride Planner was updated on November 5, 2026 and Starlit Magic on November 5, 2026.

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