# OldNYC - Historical NYC Photos — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of OldNYC by Orian Breaux, rated 4.60/5 from 28 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oldnyc-historical-nyc-photos/id1097347396/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oldnyc-historical-nyc-photos/id1097347396.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 24 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (10 of 31) ### 3/5 — Fun, but could be so much better! *2018-06-05* I love this sort of thing and have had hours of fun searching my Queens County neighborhood, but the app leaves so much to be desired. 1) RESOLUTION. Zooming on low-res scans of great photos is sooo unsatisfying. Signposts that could provide so much context are hopeless blurs. 2) ATTENTION TO DETAIL. So many photo captions begin "No Date," but if you read to the end of the caption, an exact date for the image is given....or the date has actually been inscribed in the image itself! Still, a noble effort. ### 4/5 — Make images downloadable... *2017-03-18* ...or at least include a link as to where all the images came from. That would be a big help and make this app a lot more useful! ### 2/5 — Still Crashing *2017-02-27* Contrary to the info in the app update, that pesky crash problem on startup has NOT been fixed. Started 6 times, crashed 6 times. Let me know when the next version rolls out. ### 2/5 — Crashes every time *2016-12-28, version 1.0* Loved this app but now it crashes every time I click on an image. ### 5/5 — My new favorite app *2016-08-15* This is my new favorite app. It's an incredible project and I hope it continues and grows. Every great city should emulate this. In the meantime, I really hope this expands and grows. I appreciate the 6 or so images of my block, and would love to see more! I wonder if the NYPL collection is searchable by streets? ### 5/5 — Amazing *2016-08-03* Its pretty amazing to see images from back in the past... Thanks for putting this all together ### 5/5 — Nostalgia for Old NYC *2016-08-03* As much as NYC has transformed architecturally in the last few decades, we still see remnants of the past as exhibited by this wonderful app that provides us all with the access to the history that surrounds us. A great app indeed! ### 5/5 — Very cool *2016-05-19* I really enjoyed this app. It was so easy for me to navigate the app and find cool pics of how NYC used to be. Now I can go to any of those places and travel back in time ! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2016-05-06* This app is so fun to browse. It's incredible to explore NYC the way it used to look. This app makes that easy and engaging. It would be nice to see the app run further forward in time, perhaps allowing you to scroll through a chronology up to the present. ### 5/5 — Director *2016-05-05, version 1.0* It is just a perfect combination of art and history. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Photos don’t load *2018-12-02* Photos won’t load when you click on the red dot. At all. ### 1/5 — App crashes on start up for some. *2017-02-22* App now crashes on startup if location services for the app is ON. A work around is to set location services for the app to NEVER in settings. App will then work. ### 1/5 — What happened to this app *2017-02-08, version 1.0* Loved this app the first 6 months or so but after ios10. Iforgot... now once u try to enlarge a pic it goes to my iphone home screen.. totally throws me out the app... why any sugg?.. ### 1/5 — Used to work great. Now not *2017-02-06, version 1.0* Just crashes when you try to Open a pic. What happened ### 1/5 — Crash *2017-02-01, version 1.0* Crashes non-stop. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2017-01-28* This used to be a great app. Now when you click on a photo, the app crashes. I have three different devices and the same thing happens on all three of them. I now have to go view the photos through the website. ### 1/5 — App is broken *2017-01-25, version 1.0* Every time you click on a image the app crashes? please fix ASAP, I used to love this app... ### 1/5 — Can't enlarge images *2017-01-15, version 1.0* Tapping on any image makes the app crash/close ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2017-01-10* I used to love this app but now it doesn't work. Every time I click on an image the app shuts down. I wrote the app several times and never got a response. It's now deleted. Don't even bother with this one. ### 1/5 — No longer works *2016-12-25, version 1.0* Unfortunately with phone updates app np longer works. Was great before hopefully will be fixed in the future. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Can someone help me find Tempesta pastry shop on Crosby ave in the Bronx late 50’s and early 60’s. *2024-12-29* Please help and thank you ### 5/5 — Great for Tours or Wandering *2020-08-20* When I walk around the city I like to see what used to be. This app super helps and also is a great tool for tourists. ### 5/5 — Thanks for making this! *2019-12-10* Very cool. A lovely window into history. ### 5/5 — Amazing!! *2019-01-19* I’m totally dorking out right now !! Can’t believe this exists! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2018-06-17, version 1.15* I used to view these photos often on OldNYC.org and the app is great. I love that it also finds your location on the map. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2018-03-17* My only suggestion is to continuously add new and uncovered materials and photos, for instance. If you click on51st and Madison, there are only a few construction photos, but here are many many sources that display earlier direct picture of a crucial coy landmark from the 1880s - the Villard Mansion. If there was any way to tie in additional sources to more completely display extant material it would be wonderful. Thank you ### 5/5 — Fun glimpse of many streets and buildings *2017-08-24* This app could be iterated on a lot more to show previews and highlights (like landmark dots different color). But I'm pleased. I could look up the street I work on and see a lot of the same buildings, but with 1920s cars in front of them! ### 5/5 — SO HAPPY this is an App!!! *2016-10-21, version 1.0* OldNYC.org is one of my all time favorite websites- I am SO happy to discover they made this into an app! The content is absolutely incredible- you can stop on virtually any street corner while out and about in the city and see what that exact street corner looked like throughout history. Often times you will find not a whole lot has changed (besides cars replacing horse drawn carriage and the trains going below ground, of course). So fun and so interesting- highly recommend to all history buffs!! ### 5/5 — Wow!🏁🏁🏁🏁 *2016-08-31* This app is amazing! So much fun to see how places have changed through time! Love it!👍👍👍👍 ### 5/5 — Unreal! *2016-08-31* I want to thank the creators of this app. It must have taken years to compile this information! I found several properties including my current company that I'm familiar with that are still standing today from back in the early 1900's! This app is utterly fascinating and addicting! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-08.*