Comparison

Roller Coaster Chronicles vs Theme Park Pilot

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

Head to head
About

Roller Coaster Chronicles

Track your roller coaster rides and theme park visits with live wait times, personalized logs, and detailed statistics. Save your parking spot, log meals, and share your day with friends. Your park adventure companion.

Highlights
  • Live wait times for rides
  • Track actual wait duration
  • Log all ridden coasters
  • Personalized ride statistics
  • Meal and break timers
  • Save parking location
  • Share park day activity
Features
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Roller Coaster Chronicles is a roller coaster tracker and theme park companion. Log all of your coaster credits, start a wait when you join a line to see exactly how long you waited and how that compares with the park's posted wait, check in when you arrive, and watch live wait times including fast lane. TIME YOUR WAIT Start a wait the moment you join a line and see exactly how long you actually waited. Your real wait is compared with the park's posted wait, so you can see whether you beat it, and it is saved to your ride log. The timer runs on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you do not need to reopen the app. LIVE WAIT TIMES Up-to-the-minute waits across 100+ parks. Switch between standby and Lightning Lane or fast lane times, look back at a ride's wait history, and see what to ride next. CHECK IN AT THE PARK Check in when you arrive and the app follows your day from there. It knows when you have reached the park, so your rides, waits, and meals all attach to the right visit. MEAL AND BREAK TIMERS Set a timer when you stop to eat or take a break and follow it from your Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island, so you can step away and get back in time. YOUR RIDE LOG Log every coaster and the wait you had, with a running credit count that grows each trip. Record the seat or row, rate the ride, and add private notes and reviews. STATS AND DASHBOARD Your stats in one place: total credits, rides by park, by manufacturer, and by type, top rated coasters, ride buddies, rankings, and breakdowns you can filter by park and date range. LIVE PARK VIEW See a park in real time: current ride activity, queues, and a scoreboard of what is happening right now. AUTO RIDE Auto Ride can detect when you boarded a coaster using on-device motion analysis. You confirm before anything is logged. ACTIVITY TIMELINE Every park day laid out as a timeline of rides, meals, and check-ins, with the time you spent in the park, organized by trip and by year. RIDE PHOTOS Add your own on-ride and park photos to your rides and build a personal gallery. RIDE WITH YOUR CREW Add the people you rode with, and see who you have logged the most rides with over time. WEATHER Park-day weather is saved with your log, so it remembers the conditions too. FAVORITES AND SEARCH Favorite your go-to rides and home parks, and search the full catalog in a tap. PARKING SPOT Save where you parked so you can find your car at the end of the day. FOLLOW ALONG Share a link to your day so friends and family can follow your rides, waits, and meals as they happen. YOUR DATA, YOURS Export everything to JSON, import from other tracking apps, and restore from a full backup. No lock-in. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your real name never leaves sign in, and the app shows no ads. Sign in with Apple or Google to start your next trip. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Theme Park Pilot

Features
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Theme Park Pilot is your pocket companion for theme parks and water parks around the world. Browse 138 parks across 105 resort destinations, check live wait times, plan your day, and keep track of every ride you want to conquer. PLAN YOUR VISIT • Browse parks worldwide — filter by country, by type (theme or water), or sort by what's nearest to you • See today's hours, seasonal schedules, parking, and accessibility information for each park • Check the current weather and a 5-day forecast before you go • Open walking directions to any park in Apple Maps KNOW BEFORE YOU GO — LIVE • Live standby wait times and ride status, updated throughout the day • Wait-time forecasts so you can time the big coasters right • Showtimes for shows and entertainment • Attractions tagged by type (roller coaster, dark ride, water ride, and more) and thrill level, with filters to find exactly what you're after BUILD YOUR PARK DAY • Favorite the parks, rides, dining, and shows you love • Create bucket lists and custom ranked lists — then share them as a clean image or PDF • Track how many times you've ridden, visited, eaten, or seen each spot • Rate parks and attractions 1–5 stars and see the community average YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email to sync your favorites and lists across devices • Browse freely without an account — sign in only when you want to save PRIVACY FIRST • No ads, no third-party trackers, no analytics SDKs • Your location is used only on your device to sort parks by distance — it's never stored or sent anywhere • Download your data or delete your account anytime, right in the app Theme Park Pilot is an independent, unofficial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any theme park, resort, or operator. Park data is provided by the themeparks.wiki community API; photos are from Wikimedia Commons. Wait times and hours are provided for convenience and may not always be accurate — always confirm details on the park's official channels. Navigate the fun.

Screenshots

Roller Coaster Chronicles4 screens
Theme Park Pilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Theme Park Pilot at none against Roller Coaster Chronicles's 1. Theme Park Pilot also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roller Coaster Chronicles sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Theme Park Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Roller Coaster Chronicles versus Theme Park Pilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoller Coaster ChroniclesTheme Park Pilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew FransonBrickhouse Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Roller Coaster Chronicles

Subscriptions1
  • Premium3 Months trial$14.991 Year
None

Theme Park Pilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roller Coaster Chronicles free?
Roller Coaster Chronicles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Theme Park Pilot free?
Theme Park Pilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roller Coaster Chronicles or Theme Park Pilot have ads?
Neither Roller Coaster Chronicles nor Theme Park Pilot shows ads.

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