Anemoia vs Simpli.City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anemoia
Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.
- Historical NYC photographs
- Explore 2,500+ locations
- Compare with Google Street View
- New York Public Library collections
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- Explore historical photographs of New York City taken from the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library. - Discover what was once at over 2,500 locations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. - Compare photographs with Google Street View images of the same location today. Anemoia: (n) nostalgia for a time you've never known. ~ John Koenig
Simpli.City
Discover personalized experiences and daily suggestions tailored for New York City. Search over 40,000 unique activities across more than 20 categories with powerful filtering options. Save favorites, create to-do lists, and collaborate with friends.
- Personalized daily suggestions
- Search 40,000+ experiences
- Over 20 categories
- Powerful filtering
- Map location and navigation integration
- Create and share favorite lists
- Collaborate on to-do lists
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If you live in or around New York, or plan to visit NYC - Simpli.City is the app for you! - View personalized experiences and daily suggestions in your Discover Home page. - Search for unique experiences from over 40,000 available across more than 20 categories. - Powerful filtering capabilities make finding experiences that resonate a breeze. - Found something interesting? all the information you need is at your fingertips. - Packed with useful features, e.g.: map location, social network links, tickets, promotions. - Integrates seamlessly with other map, navigation and taxi hailing apps. - Lets you create lists of favorite and to-do experiences. Share and collaborate on lists with friends. - You may still want to use other apps - but you'll want to use Simpli.City first.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Anemoia at none against Simpli.City's shown. Anemoia also leads on ratings volume (210 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). Simpli.City's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Simpli.City holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anemoia has 210 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Anemoia ships an update every 5 weeks, Simpli.City every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anemoia | Simpli.City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (210 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | John Allman | Simpli.City Labs Corp. |
Customer experience
Anemoia
Simpli.City
In-app purchases
Anemoia
No in-app purchases
Simpli.City
No in-app purchases
