Comparison

TSA Wait Times vs Getaway

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Security wait time estimates
  • Airport-published data
  • Terminal-level breakdowns
  • Personal flight planner
  • Leave time calculations
  • Favorites and reminders
Features
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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.

About

Getaway

Features
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Getaway Planner is the easiest way to plan a trip you'll actually love—no blank page, no hours of research. Instead of building an itinerary from scratch, browse ready-made, expertly curated trip plans for your destination. Each one is a complete day-by-day guide with the right attractions, activities and bookable tours, in a sensible order. Find the plan that fits and make it yours. Then let the AI assistant do the fine-tuning. Just ask—swap an attraction for something similar, remove a stop, move it to another day, slow the pace or add extra days. The assistant proposes the change and nothing happens until you confirm, so you always stay in control while keeping the structure of a great itinerary. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT Ready-made itineraries — expert day-by-day plans for top cities, ready to go Personalize with AI — reshape any day just by asking Everything on the map — see each stop and how your day flows Tickets & tours built in — real details, opening hours and skip-the-line tickets in a few taps Search any city — find destinations and attractions in seconds Wishlists & notes — save places and keep your trip organized Bookings in one place — manage your tours and tickets on the go Whether it's a long weekend or a two-week adventure, Getaway Planner takes you from "where should we go?" to a polished, personalized plan—fast. Download Getaway Planner and start your next trip today.

Screenshots

TSA Wait Times4 screens
Getaway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TSA Wait Times at none against Getaway's shown. Getaway's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TSA Wait Times ships an update monthly, Getaway every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TSA Wait Times versus Getaway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTSA Wait TimesGetaway
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg AndersonVisit A City

In-app purchases

None

TSA Wait Times

No in-app purchases

None

Getaway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TSA Wait Times free?
TSA Wait Times is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Getaway free?
Getaway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TSA Wait Times or Getaway have ads?
Getaway shows ads; TSA Wait Times does not.
Which is updated more often, TSA Wait Times or Getaway?
TSA Wait Times ships an update monthly, and Getaway every 3 days. Most recently, TSA Wait Times was updated on October 24, 2026 and Getaway on October 12, 2026.

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