Notify NYC vs GoWeeWee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notify NYC
Receive official emergency alerts and information about important City services directly from New York City. This app provides location-based updates to keep you informed about emergency events.
- Official emergency communications
- Location-based alerts
- Information on emergency events
- Updates on City services
- Privacy-focused location tracking
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Notify NYC is New York City's official emergency communications program. Get the Notify NYC app to get information about emergency events and important City services, based on your location. New York City will never track or share your precise location with anyone.
GoWeeWee
Locate public restrooms worldwide with real-time availability and detailed information. Find facilities based on specific needs like wheelchair accessibility or baby stations. Enjoy turn-by-turn navigation and sanitation updates for a convenient restroom experience.
- Real-time restroom availability
- Sanitation and cleaning status
- Customizable search filters (baby, wheelchair, gender-neutral)
- Detailed restroom information and ratings
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Publicly accessible restroom listings
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GoWeeWee is a restroom finder app with over 250,000 toilets listed worldwide. With detailed turn-by-turn navigation and more, going wee-wee has never been easier. Features: 【Real-time】 Only shows restrooms that are available near you. 【Sanitation】 Shows when the restroom was last cleaned for peace of mind. 【Custom Search】 Find restrooms by baby stations, wheelchair accessible, or gender-neutral. 【Restroom Detail】 Detail description including restroom hours, special notes, and ratings. 【WeeWee Symphony】 High-intensity melody to play during restroom visit, it's going wee-wee at its finest. 【User-friendly】 No need to be embarrassed. We work with retailers to ensure that any restroom you see is open to the public. Social: See our restroom coverage map at https://www.goweewee.com/restroom-coverage.html Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/goweewee Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/goweeweego Quote of the day: “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoWeeWee at 4.2 against Notify NYC's 3.3. GoWeeWee also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%). Notify NYC's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 11). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoWeeWee holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notify NYC has 88 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Notify NYC's written reviews are positive against 50% of GoWeeWee's.
Notify NYC ships an update every 2 months, GoWeeWee every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notify NYC | GoWeeWee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (88 ratings) | 4.2 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm | Stefan George |
Customer experience
Notify NYC
GoWeeWee
Bugs and requests
Notify NYC
Reported bugs
13 issues- Pop-up notifications repeat endlessly and cannot be dismissed
- Notification preferences cannot be saved
- App randomly closes when in use
- Cannot get past the Terms of Use agreement
- No accept button to press on terms of service
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- Repeatedly popping up old notifications
- Alerts keep popping up incessantly
- Parking reform pop up won’t stop popping up
- Old notifications upon opening app
- Ignores notification settings on iPhone
- Cannot navigate app when open
- Required missing person alerts cannot be deactivated
- Missing pictures in missing person alerts
Requested features
13 requests- Allow deactivation of missing person alerts
- Include pictures in missing person alerts
- Add a share button for alerts
- Allow users to choose which alerts they receive (without mandatory ones)
- More granular alert controls
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- Option to receive amber/grey alerts
- Ability to set neighborhood for localized alerts
- Dismiss All button for pop-up notifications
- Eliminate pop-ups and rely on banner notifications
- Fix inability to navigate app when open
- Update the app regularly
- Improve alert detail and specificity
- Allow users to toggle off ALL categories of alerts
GoWeeWee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notify NYC
No in-app purchases
GoWeeWee
No in-app purchases
