NYC ACCESS HRA vs Ziphy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYC ACCESS HRA
Manage your NYC benefits on the go. View case details, EBT balances, upcoming appointments, and payment history. Upload required documents and receive real-time notifications about your case status.
- View case status (SNAP/Cash Assistance)
- Check EBT balances
- Track Fair Fares NYC and Access-A-Ride status
- View upcoming and past appointments
- Upload required documents via photo or camera roll
- Receive real-time case notifications
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ACCESS HRA mobile - your benefits on-the-go! View Case Details and EBT Balances The Cases section of the app lets you view the current status of your SNAP or Cash Assistance case, the EBT balance for each of your benefits, and any upcoming Recertification dates. You can also track your Fair Fares NYC discount status, your Fair Fares NYC renewal period, or Access-A-Ride status. View Appointments The Appointment section of the app lets you view appointments that are upcoming, missed, or completed. It also lets you add a reminder for your appointment to your phone or tablet. View Payments The Payments section of the app lets you view upcoming and past payments for your case, such as payments made to your landlord, utility company, or to your EBT card. Required Documents The Required Documents section will show you a list of the documents that you need to return to the agency to support an application, recertification, periodic report or special grant request. You can take a photo of each document or select an image from your camera roll straight from this list. Your history of documents that you have uploaded can be seen on the My Uploads screen. Each document will stay on the list for 100 days. Note: Uploaded documents must be of good quality for the Agency to review. Submitting documents does not mean that your documents prove the eligibility factor. Please visit the My Documents section to check if the Agency accepted the documents you submitted. Only documents that are listed in the My Documents section were accepted by the Agency. View Accepted Documents The Documents section of the app lets you view a list of documents the Agency received from you about your case. Each document that you submit and is accepted by the Agency stays on the list for 60 days from the date it was accepted. Profile Information The Profile section of the app provides you with the contact information and notification preferences you have previously provided to the agency. If you have a CA or SNAP case, you can only update your profile every 24 hours. If you are only a Fair Fares NYC client, you can update your profile as often as you need. Additional Information You can also get real-time notifications on your smartphone about your case, such as when your case ‘Recertification’ is due, confirmation of an online application submission, upcoming appointments, required documentation and E-notices. ACCESS HRA mobile is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
Ziphy
Schedule, manage, and pay for healthcare appointments from your phone or tablet. Supports both onsite and virtual visits, with care coordinators available for in-person appointments. Manage care for yourself and others.
- Schedule healthcare appointments
- Manage appointments
- Pay for appointments
- Onsite and virtual visits
- Care coordinator support
- Manage Circle of Care
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Ziphy is a straightforward mobile app, available free for download. The app enables people to schedule, manage, and pay for healthcare appointments. Availability and type of appointment are at the discretion of the third party care provider. Appointment types can be onsite, or virtual. In an onsite appointment, a care coordinator will arrive at the patient location at the scheduled time and support with a diagnostic toolkit (the “ZiphyKit”) including communication interface. Users download the app to their phone or tablet and create an account. A user may include additional patients in their Circle of Care. Ziphy stores basic user data, such as gender, date of birth, and street addresses. The user pays for exams in the Ziphy app using either a coupon code from the patient's service provider or by credit card, using a third-party payment processor (Stripe). ZiphyCare does not receive or store cardholder data, other than the last four digits and expiration month/year. Ziphy does not earn revenue based on “in-app” sales. Ziphy earns revenue from practice management services provided to physician practices pursuant to Practice Management Services Agreements with such practices, which services include, among other things, making available the Ziphy app for use by the physician practices and patients who wish to schedule with such practices. For more information about us and our services, visit our website at https://ziphycare.com/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: NYC ACCESS HRA at 147K against Ziphy's 6. NYC ACCESS HRA also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 4.6 for NYC ACCESS HRA against 4.5 for Ziphy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYC ACCESS HRA has 147K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYC ACCESS HRA | Ziphy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (147K ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 147K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm | ZiphyCare Inc |
Customer experience
NYC ACCESS HRA
Ziphy
Bugs and requests
NYC ACCESS HRA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login failures and account lockouts
- Inability to upload documents successfully
- Discrepancies between app and actual case status
- Delayed or missing notifications about deadlines
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Integration with caseworker contact information
- Ability to view detailed transaction history
- Streamlined document upload process
Ziphy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NYC ACCESS HRA
No in-app purchases
Ziphy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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