Traction by Kimley vs CeVe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traction by Kimley
This transportation analytics tool helps municipalities and public agencies improve congestion. Collect travel times for custom trips and access this data alongside crowd-sourced information and performance indicators via a web platform.
- Collect travel times for user-defined trips
- Access crowd-sourced travel times
- View high-level performance indicators
- Browser-based data access
- Congestion improvement analysis
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Traction is a powerful transportation analytical tool, designed to provide data and analytics to drive congestion improvements for municipalities and other public agencies. Leverage the mobile app to collect travel times for user-defined trips. Access this data along with crowd-sourced travel times and high-level performance measure indicators through the browser-based Traction website.
CeVe
This navigation app predicts traffic light timings and provides optimal speed advisories to improve fuel efficiency and reduce driver frustration. It offers configurable speed limit notifications and works alongside other navigation apps with automatic driving detection to conserve battery.
- Traffic light countdowns
- Optimal speed advisories
- Speed limit notifications
- Works with other navigation apps
- Automatic driving detection
- Visual and auditory alerts
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Enjoy smoother driving with traffic light predictions. - Reduce red-light frustration by receiving time-to-green-light countdowns. - Receive optimal speed advisories to better time green lights, improving fuel efficiency, reducing vehicle wear, and reducing driver frustration. - Receive speed notifications when no road sign is present. - Receive configurable and escalating notifications when exceeding the speed limit. CēVē works with or without your favorite navigation app to deliver richer information via visual or auditory alerts that do not distract you from the road. CēVē automatically detects when you are driving so you don't have to manually start or stop the app, maximizing battery life. This service only supports specific regions in North America. Visit https://www.ceve.io/coverage to verify that your location is supported before subscribing to the service. CēVē Terms of Service: https://www.ceve.io/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Traction by Kimley at 100% against CeVe's 33%. Traction by Kimley also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CeVe's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. CeVe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Traction by Kimley asks for nothing beyond the download.
Traction by Kimley holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Traction by Kimley has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Traction by Kimley's written reviews are positive against 33% of CeVe's.
Traction by Kimley ships an update every 3 months, CeVe every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Traction by Kimley | CeVe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kimley-Horn | Ceve |
Customer experience
Traction by Kimley
CeVe
In-app purchases
Traction by Kimley
No in-app purchases
CeVe
- CeVe Standard7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- CeVe Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
