EPbuddy is your smart guide to Europa-Park & Rulantica with live wait times, park maps, AR & Apple Watch support – make every moment count!
Discover the magic of Europa-Park and Rulantica with EPbuddy – your ultimate guide to hassle-free adventures!
Say goodbye to endless waiting and hello to more thrills! Get instant updates on wait times for every ride, so you can skip the lines and dive into the fun. Plan your day like a pro with real-time park hours and smart alerts when things change.
**Why EPbuddy?**
- See live wait times for all attractions and shows, neatly organized from busiest to least busy
- Eye-catching colors that smoothly shift based on wait lengths: green for quick rides (under 15 minutes), yellow for moderate waits (up to 30 minutes), and red for longer lines
- Smooth animations that show changes without any jarring jumps
- Interactive park maps with turn-by-turn navigation to find your favourite attractions fast – works when you're in the park
- Point your camera at any attraction for AR overlays showing live wait times right in front of you – works when you're in the park
- Stay in the loop with instant notifications for park hour updates
- Glance at wait times right on your Apple Watch, with automatic updates when you check
- Quick-access complications on your watch for on-the-go info
- Available in English, German, and French for everyone
- Sleek, easy-to-use design with one-tap refreshes
- Handy settings to customize your experience
Whether you're visiting for the first time or you're a park veteran, EPbuddy lets you make every moment count at Europa-Park and Rulantica!
Some of the wait times were not that accurate compared to the official app, but not that huge of an issue. Being able to quickly get an idea about the ride wait times without having to be in the park or using the official app are a big win.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review! As of version 1.3.5 all order and waittime inaccuracies should be fixed. If you’re still experiencing troubles, please reach out! :)
A new look, a rebuilt opening hours calendar, and a reworked Showtimes tab — plus a round of fixes based on bug reports.
The light theme has been redesigned around the deep navy of the EPbuddy icon, so the app feels at home in the park from first ride to last. Dark mode is untouched, and the theme can be switched anytime in Settings. Navigation and toolbar controls throughout the app now use Liquid Glass.
The opening hours calendar is completely new. Every day shows its full opening and closing time, hotel guest early access hours are no longer cut off, and tapping a day spells out both windows with room to breathe. The calendar now shows a loading indicator instead of briefly reporting the park as closed while it fetches.
The Showtimes tab has been rebuilt from the ground up. Swipe between Today and Tomorrow, tap a show to unfold every performance time, and use the location button to jump straight to the venue on the map. A search bubble now sits next to the day switch — tap it anytime to find a show instantly, with smoother open and close animations. The keyboard tucks away with a tap outside the field, and switching into Showtimes from elsewhere in the app now animates like every other tab.
Wait times on the Europa-Park map now update live every 30 seconds instead of freezing at whatever they were when the map opened, and jumping to a specific ride or show now works reliably on the first try.
Also improved: ride sensation bars are colour-coded by intensity with a corrected scale, Virtual Line tickets show the correct status colour again, and open ride detail sheets stay in sync as new wait times arrive.
Thanks for reporting bugs — many of the fixes above came directly from that feedback.
This version requires iOS 18.6 or later. Support for iOS 17 has been dropped.
Version 1.6
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