Lines Universal Orlando vs MakeMyFlight App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lines Universal Orlando
Optimize your Universal Orlando vacation with real-time wait times, crowd predictions, and customized touring plans. Discover actual wait times, find the least crowded park, and access extensive restaurant menus and prices. Get expert advice from a large online community to save time and money.
- Actual attraction wait times
- Real-time 'Ride Now'/'Wait to Ride' recommendations
- Customized step-by-step touring plans
- 10-day crowd calendar
- Wait times for more attractions than official app
- Searchable restaurant menus and prices
- Online community for expert advice
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LINES will help you save time and money during your Universal Orlando trip. Because we’re independent travel writers, we can tell you what Universal can’t, from actual waits in line, to which park will be less crowded every day of your trip. LINES features include: -Both Universal’s currently posted wait time at every attraction and how long you’ll REALLY wait in line, based on our experience and that of thousands of families on the same ride. -New “Ride Now” and “Wait to Ride” recommendations to show whether waits are going up or down at your favorite rides. -Customized step-by-step touring plans for both Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure parks, including The Wizarding World of Harry Potter areas. You tell LINES which rides you want to see, and LINES will create a step-by-step itinerary showing when to go to each ride to avoid long lines. You can even change your plans while you’re in the park! -A Crowd Calendar showing you how busy each park will be over the next ten days. -Universal’s official app doesn’t show you the waits for many attractions or character greetings. LINES has wait times for more rides, shows, and character greetings than even Universal’s own app. -Ask questions and get fast answers from our online community of 120,000 theme park experts. -Menus and prices for every restaurant, kiosk, food stand, and cart in all of Universal Orlando Resort – more than 4,500 things to eat! Every menu is searchable – you can find every steak in Islands of Adventure or throughout the parks, CityWalk, and the official Universal Orlando Resort Hotels! Our theme park trip planning tools have been featured in USA Today, the New York Times, FOX News and dozens of other newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows. Since 1986, we’ve helped more than 3 million families plan their vacations. Note: Some LINES features, such as the crowd calendar and wait times, require an in-app subscription purchase to access. Other LINES features, such as customized touring plans, menus, and viewing chat forums, are completely free. Your in-app subscription includes 365 days of access to TouringPlans.com, the Web’s most popular subscription-based site for theme park trip planning.
MakeMyFlight App
This app calculates the optimal time to leave for your flight based on real-time traffic conditions and your desired arrival buffer. It provides timely alerts for significant changes and integrates with your calendar to add flight details automatically.
- Leave-by time based on traffic-aware drive times
- Customizable arrival buffer
- Real-time traffic updates
- Flight delay and status alerts
- Calendar integration for flight addition
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown
- Home Screen widget and Apple Watch app
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Missing a flight because of traffic is the worst. MakeMyFlight works out exactly when you need to walk out the door, so you can stop doing airport math in your head. Add your flight, set your home address and how early you like to arrive, and MakeMyFlight does the rest. It checks live and predicted traffic to your departure airport and tells you when to leave. WHEN TO LEAVE, WORKED OUT FOR YOU - Leave-by time based on real, traffic-aware drive times - Your own arrival buffer (2 hours by default, and you can change it) - Times are always shown in the airport's local time zone, wherever you're flying from ALERTS THAT ONLY MATTER WHEN THEY MATTER - Get your leave time ahead of your flight, then updates as departure nears - A follow-up goes out only when something meaningful changes: a drive that gets much longer or shorter, or a flight time that moves - Push notifications, plus optional text and email, and you choose which ones you get ALWAYS IN SIGHT - Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown to your leave time - Home Screen widget and Apple Watch app - Ask Siri when to leave FLIGHT UPDATES - Delays, takeoff, and arrival, including baggage belt when the airport reports one DRIVE OR TRANSIT - Compare driving with public transit, with live service alerts, in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and London - Interactive map preview of your route to the airport ADD FLIGHTS YOUR WAY - Search by flight number or route - Scan your calendar (Apple, Google, or Outlook) for flights. It happens on your device, and nothing is sent anywhere to find them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Sign in with Apple or Google - Your home address is used only to calculate your drive to the airport Whether it's a 6 a.m. red-eye run or a midday hop, MakeMyFlight gets you there with time to spare.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MakeMyFlight App at 5.0 against Lines Universal Orlando's 4.5. MakeMyFlight App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 months). Lines Universal Orlando's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 3) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Lines Universal Orlando sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MakeMyFlight App asks for nothing beyond the download.
MakeMyFlight App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lines Universal Orlando has 135 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lines Universal Orlando ships an update every 8 months, MakeMyFlight App daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lines Universal Orlando | MakeMyFlight App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (135 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TouringPlans.com | Robert Kump |
Customer experience
Lines Universal Orlando
MakeMyFlight App
Bugs and requests
Lines Universal Orlando
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when updating plans
- Custom tour plans do not work
- App crashes a few times
- Hard to report times and start timer
- Universal app not updated for iPhone 11 Pro Max screen size
Requested features
9 requests- Update Universal app to match Disney app style
- Allow park-to-park touring plans for Harry Potter attractions
- Improve navigation for custom 2-park guides
- Make custom plans allow park changes
- Better integration of WDW and US/IOA plans
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- Add ride details from Touring Plan
- Add a tab for selected/current day's plan
- Include one-sentence ride descriptions
- Display forecasts higher on the page
MakeMyFlight App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lines Universal Orlando
- One Year Subscription$12.99
- One Year Subscription$14.99
MakeMyFlight App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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