Takeoff Timer vs TSA Wait Times
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Takeoff Timer
This app calculates the optimal time to depart for your flight by analyzing 17 real-time factors. It provides a personalized timeline from leaving home to takeoff, ensuring you arrive at the airport with the right amount of time.
- Real-time factor analysis
- Personalized departure timeline
- Live traffic and TSA wait times
- Smart departure notifications
- Home screen countdown widget
- Works with all flights
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Never stress about when to leave for the airport again. Takeoff Timer turns your flight into one exact departure time — built from 17 real-time factors like live traffic, TSA waits, and how you travel. Then it keeps watching your flight and tells you the moment anything changes. NEW — FLIGHT DELAY ALERTS • We monitor your saved flights around the clock • Delayed or cancelled? A push hits your phone within minutes • Your lock-screen countdown updates automatically • You decide: keep your original plan, or shift your whole timeline to the new departure — recalculated with fresh traffic HOW IT WORKS 1. Search your route (LAX → JFK) 2. Pick your flight from real-time results 3. Get your personal timeline: leave home → drive → security → boarding → takeoff WHAT WE ANALYZE — 17 FACTORS • Live traffic on your exact route • Real-time TSA waits, direct from 18 airports' own feeds • Weather, federal holidays, and peak travel days • Airport size and terminal complexity • Checked bags, TSA PreCheck, CLEAR • Alternative flights on your airline if you miss it • Kids, elderly, or slower-moving travelers • Parking, rideshare, or transit • …and more FEATURES • Live countdown on your lock screen and home screen widget • Flight delay + cancellation alerts • Smart "time to leave" notifications • A travel profile that tunes every timeline to you • Works with all US domestic and international flights TRUSTED BY TRAVELERS 770,000+ travelers helped in the last 90 days. As featured in USA TODAY, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL. Built by a frequent flyer who was tired of guessing. Privacy Policy: https://www.takeofftimer.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TSA Wait Times
Plan airport departures with security wait time estimates and a personal flight planner. Get terminal-level breakdowns, source quality, and confidence labels for US airports. Schedule reminders to check conditions before you leave.
- Security wait time estimates
- Airport-published data
- Terminal-level breakdowns
- Personal flight planner
- Leave time calculations
- Favorites and reminders
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TSA Wait Times helps you plan smarter airport departures with security wait estimates, source and confidence labels, favorites, reminders, and a personal flight planner. WAIT ESTIMATES WITH SOURCE LABELS Search US airports by city, code, or name. Each result shows Standard and TSA PreCheck estimates, terminal-level breakdowns where available, source quality, confidence, and when the estimate was updated. Airport-published checkpoint sources are integrated for ABE, BOS, BWI, CHS, CLE, CLT, CMH, CVG, DAL, DCA, DFW, DTW, ELP, EWR, GRR, GSP, HOU, IAD, IAH, JAX, JFK, LAS, LAX, LEX, LGA, MCO, MHT, MIA, MSP, MYR, OMA, PDX, PHL, PHX, PIT, PSP, SEA, SFO, SLC, TUL, and XNA. Coverage varies by airport and lane; PreCheck may be estimated where the official source only publishes Standard waits. Other airports, including ATL and ORD, use labeled planning estimates. FLIGHT PLANNER Enter your flight time, drive time, expected TSA wait, and extra buffer. The app calculates when to leave and breaks down the plan minute by minute. If you have already checked an airport's wait estimate, the planner can use that value automatically. FAVORITES Save your most-used airports for quick access. WAIT HISTORY Lookups are saved locally so you can review past estimates. You can also log your actual wait time to compare the estimate against your own experience. REMINDERS Schedule a notification before your calculated leave time so you remember to check conditions again before heading to the airport. TRANSPARENT DATA Wait times are labeled by source. If an airport feed cannot refresh, the app may show an airport-published reading no more than five minutes old, clearly labeled Cached with its original timestamp and a notice. Older cached readings are discarded and the app uses a labeled historical planning estimate. The app avoids presenting modeled estimates as live TSA data. Always verify with TSA, MyTSA, your airline, or the airport before travel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Takeoff Timer at 100% against TSA Wait Times's 0%. Takeoff Timer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). TSA Wait Times's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Takeoff Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. TSA Wait Times asks for nothing beyond the download.
Takeoff Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Takeoff Timer has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Takeoff Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of TSA Wait Times's.
Takeoff Timer ships an update every 6 days, TSA Wait Times monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Takeoff Timer | TSA Wait Times |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (39 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takeoff Timer LLC | Greg Anderson |
Customer experience
Takeoff Timer
TSA Wait Times
In-app purchases
Takeoff Timer
- TakeoffTimer Pro (Weekly)$0.997 Days
- TakeoffTimer Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
TSA Wait Times
No in-app purchases
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