Roam vs Damnlines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roam
Discover and claim exclusive offers from local businesses by exploring your neighborhood. This app encourages you to step outside, find hidden gems, and support your community with real-world rewards.
- Discover nearby rewards
- Claim exclusive offers
- Interactive live map
- Support local businesses
- Real-world rewards
- Limited availability drops
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Walk around your neighborhood, open the map, and discover rewards waiting nearby. When you're within range, claim exclusive offers from local businesses — from free coffee to limited-time experiences. It’s simple: • Explore your city • Find rewards near you • Be the first to claim • Support local businesses Roam encourages you to step outside, discover new spots, and engage with your community in a whole new way. Whether you're wandering Manhattan after school, grabbing coffee with friends, or exploring a new neighborhood — there might be something waiting for you. Why Roam? • Real-world rewards • Limited availability drops • Interactive live map • Discover hidden gems • Support local businesses Roam: because who doesn't love free stuff?
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Damnlines at every 2 days against Roam's every 6 weeks. Roam's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Roam against 5.0 for Damnlines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roam has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Roam ships an update every 6 weeks, Damnlines every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roam | Damnlines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barrie Covit | G26 LLC |
Customer experience
Roam
Damnlines
In-app purchases
Roam
No in-app purchases
Damnlines
No in-app purchases
