Starlit Magic vs Magic Planning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starlit Magic
Plan your Walt Disney World trip with live wait times, insider guides, and a personalized daily itinerary. Features include offline maps, group location sharing, and a comprehensive dining directory. Unlock even more planning tools with a one-time purchase.
- Personalized daily itinerary builder
- Live attraction wait times
- Offline park maps
- Group location sharing
- Comprehensive dining directory
- Hidden Mickey locations
- Park trivia and guides
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The Walt Disney World companion app built by a fan, for fans. Plan a smarter, smoother, more magical day — with the Dining and Resort Oracles that decide for you, a smart itinerary built around your party, live wait times on interactive maps, 180+ hand-written insider guides, and Hundreds of Hidden Mickeys with directions. ——— WHAT'S INSIDE THE DINING ORACLE Where to eat, decided. Answer a few questions and we narrow 360+ restaurants to your best few — meals, snacks, and drinks, with real prices verified against Disney's official menus. Free taste, full picks with Premium. THE RESORT ORACLE Where to stay, decided. Five questions narrows all 33 resorts to the three that fit you — with a real reason for each, and the honesty to say when what you want doesn't exist. Free, no account needed. TODAY'S PLAN Your opinionated park-day planner. Tell us your party and start time, and we build a complete, time-stamped day — with the reasoning behind every pick. Free preview, full day with Premium. WHEN TO GO A hand-written, month-by-month guide — which weeks win, which weeks bite, and why. Updated when Disney posts official dates, so it never goes stale like a printed guidebook. LIVE WAIT TIMES & MAPS Real-time waits for every attraction in all four parks. See where you are live, tap a pin for waits or a park for hours, and drop your own pins that sync across devices. Plus the seven best Luminous spots at EPCOT. Works offline. STORYBOOK A page for every day of your trip — your mood, a note, the ride that won the day, stamped with the weather. Your trip, kept forever. BAR CRAWLS 10 self-guided crawls — Drinking Around the World, Disney Springs, Skyliner, Monorail, Crescent Lake, Bay Lake, plus seasonal EPCOT festival crawls, live when each festival runs. HIDDEN MICKEYS Hundreds of them, with Stand · Look · Spot directions across all four parks, Disney Springs, and the resorts. PIN TRADING 80+ pin trading boards with Top 15 rankings, map markers, and notes. PARK TRIVIA 1,000 questions across 5 categories and 3 difficulty levels. TRIP PLANNING Trip countdowns and your 60-day dining window countdown. ——— TRY THE THINKING BEFORE YOU PAY The Resort Oracle is free, and so is a real taste of every resort — what it's like, who it's for, what it costs, on all 33. Shortlist without spending a cent. ——— PREMIUM — Pay once. Own it forever. No subscription. No ads. Premium unlocks: All 33 WDW resorts in full — rooms worth requesting, transportation reality, and an honest verdict on each 180+ Insider Guides across 8 sections — Park Strategy, Food & Drink, Resort Life, Events & Festivals, Entertainment, Photos & Instagram, Hidden & Fun, Families & Accessibility All 10 Bar Crawls — every stop with verified must-order drinks Hundreds of Hidden Mickeys with Stand · Look · Spot directions Dining insider notes — must-orders, reservation strategy, and a dietary filter Pin Trading editorial — tips and achievements on the Top 15 boards The full Today's Plan and Dining Oracle Every future Premium feature, free forever — pay once, own what's next ——— WHO IT'S FOR Adults and families who want a guide that helps you decide, not just another app full of numbers. Every price checked against Disney's own menus, every recommendation with the reason behind it. First trip or fortieth, spend less time waiting and more time doing what you love. ——— NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY Starlit Magic is an independent companion, not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with Disney. All park names, attractions, and trademarks belong to their respective owners. ——— QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, BUG REPORTS We reply to every message personally. Email: support@starlitmagic.com Website: starlitmagic.com Built by AliKat Digital in New York.
Magic Planning
This app simplifies group vacation planning, especially for Disney trips. It allows real-time collaboration on park days, dining reservations, and travel details, with timely notifications for important windows. It also includes features for tracking attractions, packing, and even playing games together.
- Group trip planning
- Real-time collaboration
- Dining reservation tracking
- Lightning Lane alerts
- Shared trip calendar
- Packing list management
- Trip and queue games
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Planning a Disney World trip with your group has never been easier. Magic Planning keeps everyone on the same page — from park days and dining reservations to flights, tickets, and Lightning Lane purchases. Built for groups. Invite your travel party and plan together in real time. Chat with your group, share your location at the parks, and make sure nobody misses a reservation. Assign roles — owners, members, guests, viewers, travel agents, and kids — to keep the whole party organized. Child accounts include guardian attribution and age-appropriate safety settings so the whole family can participate safely. Friends & Family. Connect with fellow Disney fans using your unique friend code or QR code. Add friends to trips directly from your friends list, and optionally share a read-only trip summary so your group can stay in the loop — even those who aren't on the trip. Friend requests are push-notified the moment they arrive. Community Stories. Share your Disney trip experiences with the Magic Planning community. Write a trip story, add a cover photo, and inspire others planning their own adventure. All stories are reviewed for safety before going live. Never miss a window. Get push notifications the moment your dining reservation or Lightning Lane purchase window opens — down to the second. Magic Planning does the math so you don't have to. Everything in one place. • Organize park days with a shared trip calendar • Track dining reservations with countdown reminders • Add flights and open FlightAware with one tap • Manage park tickets and annual passes for every traveler • Log hotels, activities, and anything else your group has planned • Track your snacks and attractions, including for special park events • Browse Magic Planning merchandise in the in-app shop • Play queue games: Trivia, Timelines, and Word Search • Manage your packing list and wellness goals for each trip • And much more! Premium features unlock even more. • Day Planner: AI-powered park planning that builds an optimized itinerary for each day of your trip and helps you rethink on the fly when plans change. • World Traveller: Explore EPCOT's World Showcase pavilions, log your meals and drinks, attach photos, and challenge your friends to see who has explored more of the world. Complete with a cinematic photo slideshow with music. • Budget Tracking: Split trip expenses with your group, track who paid what, and settle up without the awkward conversations. Try it free for 48 hours. • Games: Play premium trip games — Park Hopper (navigate the parks and earn achievements) and Trip Magic (customizable scavenger hunts for your trip). All future games included with subscription! Premium is available as a 1-month or annual subscription. Individual features are also available as standalone purchases (budget now has a 48-hour trial!). No auto-renewal. Pay once for the period you need. Reminders that work for you. Choose exactly which notifications you want: dining windows, Lightning Lane alerts, reservation reminders, payment due dates, trip countdowns, friend requests, and more. Control everything from Settings. Magic Planning is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Walt Disney Company. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Starlit Magic and Magic Planning are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Starlit Magic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Magic Planning sells 6 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 Starlit Magic against 5.0 for Magic Planning. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Starlit Magic | Magic Planning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daniel Schieferstein | Chris St Pierre |
Customer experience
Starlit Magic
Magic Planning
In-app purchases
Starlit Magic
- Starlit Magic Premium$12.99
Magic Planning
- Magic Planning Magic is Out There$1.99
- Magic Planning Park Hopper$1.99
- Magic Planning Budget$4.99
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- Magic Planning World Traveller Game$4.99
- Magic Planning One-Month$9.99
- Magic Planning Annual$49.99
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