Chartbeat vs Notify NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chartbeat
Monitor website traffic and content engagement in real-time from anywhere. Understand how your content is consumed, identify top-performing stories, and analyze audience segments. Optimize your content strategy with flexible filtering and performance benchmarking.
- Real-time traffic monitoring
- Top-performing story identification
- Site and visitor metrics
- Audience segment analysis
- Flexible content filtering
- Week-over-week performance benchmarking
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Stay on top of traffic anywhere you go. Whether you’re at your desk, in the field, or just on the move, understand engagement with your content as it’s read and consumed across the web. Download the Chartbeat app and: - See your site’s top-performing stories and share them with your colleagues - View key site and visitor metrics, including sitewide engaged time and recirculation, and story-level running totals of pageviews and uniques - Track how content consumption differs between subscribing and non-subscribing audience segments - Dig into a particular section, author, traffic source, or referrer using flexible filters - Benchmark site performance and traffic patterns with week-over-week comparison graphs Please note: you must have an existing Chartbeat for Publishing account to use this app. For general inquiries, reach out to hello@chartbeat.com to learn more.
Notify NYC
Receive official emergency alerts and information about important City services directly from New York City. This app provides location-based updates to keep you informed about emergency events.
- Official emergency communications
- Location-based alerts
- Information on emergency events
- Updates on City services
- Privacy-focused location tracking
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Notify NYC is New York City's official emergency communications program. Get the Notify NYC app to get information about emergency events and important City services, based on your location. New York City will never track or share your precise location with anyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chartbeat at 73% against Notify NYC's 25%. Chartbeat also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.3). Notify NYC's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, 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.
Chartbeat holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 88 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Chartbeat's written reviews are positive against 25% of Notify NYC's.
Chartbeat ships an update every 8 months, Notify NYC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chartbeat | Notify NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) — better | 3.3 (88 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better | 25.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHARTBEAT INC | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm |
Customer experience
Chartbeat
Notify NYC
Bugs and requests
Chartbeat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Notify NYC
Reported bugs
13 issues- Pop-up notifications repeat endlessly and cannot be dismissed
- Notification preferences cannot be saved
- App randomly closes when in use
- Cannot get past the Terms of Use agreement
- No accept button to press on terms of service
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- Repeatedly popping up old notifications
- Alerts keep popping up incessantly
- Parking reform pop up won’t stop popping up
- Old notifications upon opening app
- Ignores notification settings on iPhone
- Cannot navigate app when open
- Required missing person alerts cannot be deactivated
- Missing pictures in missing person alerts
Requested features
13 requests- Allow deactivation of missing person alerts
- Include pictures in missing person alerts
- Add a share button for alerts
- Allow users to choose which alerts they receive (without mandatory ones)
- More granular alert controls
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- Option to receive amber/grey alerts
- Ability to set neighborhood for localized alerts
- Dismiss All button for pop-up notifications
- Eliminate pop-ups and rely on banner notifications
- Fix inability to navigate app when open
- Update the app regularly
- Improve alert detail and specificity
- Allow users to toggle off ALL categories of alerts
In-app purchases
Chartbeat
No in-app purchases
Notify NYC
No in-app purchases
