Statue Cruises vs Experience NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Statue Cruises
Plan your visit to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with ease. Book tickets for popular tours, manage them in an in-app wallet, and access essential trip information before you board.
- Book popular tours
- In-app ticket wallet
- Manage tickets
- View trip information
- Essential pre-boarding details
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Get ready for an amazing Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island experience, brought to you by Statue Cruises! Your journey to your most memorable experience will be easier than ever with our new iOS app! The Statue Cruises app lets you book tickets for our most popular tours, manage, view and use your tickets with our in-app wallet, and find important information about your trip before you board!
Experience NYC
This travel companion app provides detailed information about your tour stops, including descriptions and photos. It offers real-time itinerary notifications and direct chat support for assistance. Users can also book future tours through the application.
- Detailed tour stop information
- Real-time itinerary notifications
- Direct customer support chat
- Booking for future tours
- Photos of tour locations
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The Experience NYC application highlights and details everything your tour has to offer - And More! • Everything you need is at your fingertips, and our attentive team is always just a tap or call away! » Chat with our customer support team. » Receive up-to-the-minute itinerary notifications. » See descriptions and photos of all stops on your route. » Book your next Experience NYC tour!
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Verdict
Statue Cruises and Experience NYC both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Experience NYC's written reviews are positive against 50% of Statue Cruises's. Experience NYC also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Statue Cruises's advantage is ratings volume (622 vs 42) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). 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 — 4.9 for Statue Cruises against 4.9 for Experience NYC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Statue Cruises has 622 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Statue Cruises's written reviews are positive against 100% of Experience NYC's.
Statue Cruises ships an update every 3 weeks, Experience NYC every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Statue Cruises | Experience NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (622 ratings) — better | 4.9 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 622 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hornblower Cruises & Events | Experience NYC LLC |
Customer experience
Statue Cruises
Experience NYC
In-app purchases
Statue Cruises
No in-app purchases
Experience NYC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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