Compare · SupaPark vs ParksPal · checked Oct 12, 2026
ParksPal: Wait & Dining Alerts focuses on in-park ride and dining alerts; its page does not list a crowd calendar, a touring plan or itinerary and an AI planner to ask questions. SupaPark puts live waits, a crowd calendar, dining and Lightning Lane alerts and the Merlin AI planner in one Walt Disney World app: free with email alerts, or $19/month for Silver with push.
ParksPal: Wait & Dining Alerts: An iPhone app with live waits, best times to ride, and alerts for ride breakdowns and reopenings, wait times, Lightning Lane and dining reservations. We describe it only by what its own page says (App Store: ParksPal, checked Oct 12, 2026); if something has changed, that page is the authority. Anything its page does not mention is marked "not listed", not "no".
| ParksPal | SupaPark | |
|---|---|---|
| Live wait times | ✓ Yes — Live wait times and best time to ride | ✓ Yes — Free: live posted waits for every ride at all four parks, plus a Real Wait estimate of the actual wait |
| Crowd calendar | Not listed on the page we checked | ✓ Yes — Free: per-park crowd level; a detailed forecast for about a month, then a labelled seasonal outlook; forecast error published at /accuracy |
| Touring plan / itinerary | Not listed on the page we checked | ◐ Partly — Free Smart Day Plan: each must-do ride placed near its quietest forecast hour (no route optimizer); Park-Day Builder on Silver |
| Dining reservation alerts | ✓ Yes — Dining watches (the listing names Disneyland Resort restaurants; its 2.1.0 notes say Walt Disney World was added) | ✓ Yes — Drop Watch on every plan. Free: by email, 10 alert emails a day; push on Silver and Gold |
| Ride wait alerts | ✓ Yes — Breakdown, reopen, wait-time and whole-park alerts | ✓ Yes — Wait-drop watches, delivered the same way as dining alerts |
| Lightning Lane availability | ✓ Yes — Lightning Lane alerts | ✓ Yes — Free: live availability and sold-out status, measured sellout times per ride; Lightning Lane refill watches |
| Lightning Lane prices | Not listed on the page we checked | ✓ Yes — Free: Multi Pass prices by park, Single Pass prices for the five Single Pass headliners we track, and "worth it" verdicts; Lightning Lane Pricing Advisor on Silver |
| Text (SMS) alerts | Not listed on the page we checked | ✓ Yes — On Gold |
| AI questions | Not listed on the page we checked | ✓ Yes — Merlin: 3 questions a day on Free, 10 questions a day on Silver, unlimited on Gold |
| Wait-time history | Not listed on the page we checked | ◐ Partly — Posted waits archived every few minutes since July 2026 |
| Destinations | ✓ Yes — Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World | ✓ Yes — Walt Disney World only |
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Live waits, best times, one ride alert and one dining watch |
| Park Day | $2.99 |
| Trip Pass | $6.99 |
| Day passes | 1 Day $4.99, 3 Day $9.99, 5 Day $12.99, 10 Day $19.99 |
| Terms | One-time; "No subscription or renewal" |
SupaPark: Free $0; Silver $19/month or $125/year; Gold $29/month or $199/year. Free: by email, 10 alert emails a day. Silver: push (5 push alerts a day) and unlimited email. Gold: unlimited push, plus SMS. Full details on supapark.com/pricing.
Its page does not list a crowd calendar, a touring plan or itinerary and an AI planner to ask questions. Families who want those usually buy or download another app for each one. SupaPark covers them in the same app.
ParksPal does one part of the job. Many families end up paying for several apps: one for dining alerts, one for the crowd calendar and touring plans, one for ride and Lightning Lane alerts. Using published prices we checked on Oct 12, 2026, the cheapest paid option for each of those jobs adds up to $37.96 for one trip or $139.96 a year. SupaPark does those jobs in one app: free with email alerts, or $19/month for Silver with push alerts. See the whole stack, priced and sourced.
ParksPal: Wait & Dining Alerts focuses on in-park ride and dining alerts; its page does not list a crowd calendar, a touring plan or itinerary and an AI planner to ask questions. SupaPark puts live waits, a crowd calendar, dining and Lightning Lane alerts and the Merlin AI planner in one Walt Disney World app: free with email alerts, or $19/month for Silver with push.
As listed on its own page on Oct 12, 2026: Free: Live waits, best times, one ride alert and one dining watch; Park Day: $2.99; Trip Pass: $6.99; Day passes: 1 Day $4.99, 3 Day $9.99, 5 Day $12.99, 10 Day $19.99. Prices change; ParksPal's page is the authority.
Free $0; Silver $19/month or $125/year; Gold $29/month or $199/year. Free: by email, 10 alert emails a day. Silver: push (5 push alerts a day) and unlimited email. Gold: unlimited push, plus SMS. Merlin: 3 questions a day on Free, 10 questions a day on Silver, unlimited on Gold.
Pay once for a park day or a trip, with no subscription. Ride breakdown and reopen alerts. Disneyland Resort coverage.
No. SupaPark watches dining reservations, Lightning Lane return times and waits and alerts you; you book in My Disney Experience.
No. SupaPark is an independent planning service, not affiliated with ParksPal or The Walt Disney Company.
ParksPal facts and prices come only from App Store: ParksPal, read on Oct 12, 2026. We make no claims about its accuracy, speed or data. SupaPark prices come from our live pricing page. ParksPal: Wait & Dining Alerts is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product. If something is out of date, tell us at our contact page (support@help.supapark.com) and we will fix it.