NY Live Timetable vs NextTrain NYC Subway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NY Live Timetable
Get real-time departure information for your next transit stop in New York City. This unofficial application provides live updates to help you plan your journey efficiently.
- Real-time departure information
- Live updates for transit stops
- Unofficial NYC transit project
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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The NY Live Timetable App shows you the next departures at your stop in real-time. This is an unofficial project and is not affiliated with the New York City Transit Authority.
NextTrain NYC Subway
Quickly find your next train on the NYC MTA Subway system. Simply open the application to see real-time transit information, making it easy to navigate the subway.
- Real-time train information
- Hyper-local transit data
- Simple, intuitive interface
- NYC MTA Subway focused
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"When's my next train?" For the NYC / MTA Subway, finding your next train was quite a complicated task. That is, until now! With NextTrain NYC, it's quite simple to find your next train on the NYC MTA Subway, wherever you are! Just open the app – and look at it :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NextTrain NYC Subway at 5.0 against NY Live Timetable's 4.3. NextTrain NYC Subway also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). NY Live Timetable's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NextTrain NYC Subway holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NY Live Timetable has 70 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NY Live Timetable ships an update every 5 weeks, NextTrain NYC Subway every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NY Live Timetable | NextTrain NYC Subway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robin Janke | NUMONIUM, LLC |
Customer experience
NY Live Timetable
NextTrain NYC Subway
In-app purchases
NY Live Timetable
No in-app purchases
NextTrain NYC Subway
No in-app purchases
Questions
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