I have been using Traffic View since it was introduced into the app store...back then, being the first and only traffic camera app in the store. Traffic Cam+ has about as many advantages over Traffic View as TV it has over TC+. So let's compare (in hopes that this app can improve):
🚓🚑🚕🚗🚙Traffic Cam+🚙🚗🚕🚌🚓
😃 No view limit. The cameras will run for as long as they are turned on.
👊😃 Several countries are included.
👋😡 No "favorites" or saved cams. Every time we open the app, we must navagate Country...State...Highway group...Highway
👋😡 Lack of complete organization. Cities aren't listed. Instead, the cameras are grouped into highways that can run as far as clear across and around the state.
👋😡 No map. It is sometimes helpful to click on a map with indications of camera placement. Especially when new to the area, it's not always easy to look up cameras when the user isn't familiar with highway names.
👋😡 App crashes on me when I try to open it from the task bar. It's best to open it after closing the app completely.
👋😡 Fewer frame shots per minute. To every frame shots Traffic Cam+ has, Traffic View has three. HOWEVER, this is an in-app purchase option...HOWEVER, Traffic View is otherwise free, whereas Traffic Cam+ costs $.99 at initial download. For this, all things being equal, Traffic Cam+ should have more frequent camera shots.
🚓🚌🚕🚗🚙Traffic View🚙🚗🚕🚌🚓
👋😡 View time is limited to 25-30 seconds; 15 frame shots.
👋😡 Cameras are limited to the U.S., only. Traffic Cam+ has gone global, with several countries around the world.
😃 Favorites can be saved and rearranged for best usage.
😃👍 Cameras are arranged by cities: State...city...camera.
😃 Map is included with "pushpins" marking locations of cameras.
😃 App has been basically stable, with no crashes that I can recall; even when it was installed on earlier models and iOS versions.
😃 Frame shots are more frequent than Traffic Cam+. For every one shot TC+ shows, TV has shown three.
Ok, ok, so there are a few more advantages TV has over TC+; but nothing a little programming and coding can't fix. Most of them are organization issues.
Technically, you, the reader, can get these cameras off of the Internet; specifically, trafficland.com. Frankly, I'm shocked that they don't have their own camera app. While searching for it, I noticed a traffic app, TrafficCamNZ. I'm planning on downloading it, since it does seem to be OK. If so, expect an updated review to compare it with the other two. **
But until then, if you are serious about watching traffic cams, or your life, like mine, is so boring that you find traffic cams FUN to watch, it would behoove you to download both TrafficCam+ and Traffic View.
AND if stranger-stalking is more your thang, iSpy is another great camera that is a colłection of videos in different establishments...around the world (or, at least nation).
Have fun!
** UPDATE: DO NOT GET Traffic CamNZ. It is the worst traffic camera -- or ANY camera -- app that I've ever downloaded. Movin' on...
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