Notify NYC vs V
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.
V
This app provides a mobile safety solution to alert individuals about threats or important announcements, even when traditional notification systems are unavailable. It allows for the creation of virtual perimeters to define areas of concern.
- Mobile life safety solution
- Expand notification reach
- Alerts for indoor, outdoor, and on-the-go users
- Set virtual perimeters
- Notify of threats or announcements
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A life safety solution at your fingertips. V-Alert Mobile helps you expand your reach where traditional notifications such as speakers, horns, call boxes and LED signs may not be present. Now you can reach people inside, outside, or on the go. Set virtual perimeters that notifies people of a specific area of a threat or important announcement.
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Verdict
Notify NYC and V both sit at 3.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 25% of Notify NYC's written reviews are positive against 0% of V's. Notify NYC also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Notify NYC against 3.4 for V. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notify NYC has 88 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Notify NYC's written reviews are positive against 0% of V's.
Notify NYC ships an update every 2 months, V every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notify NYC | V |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (88 ratings) | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm | Valcom Inc |
Customer experience
Notify NYC
V
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
V
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notify NYC
No in-app purchases
V
No in-app purchases
