Yandex Metro vs NGTMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yandex Metro
Plan your metro journeys across multiple cities with detailed maps, optimal route calculations, and estimated travel times. Discover station exits, get information on closures, and even pay for public transport fares directly within the app.
- Metro maps with station details
- Optimal route planning
- Estimated journey times
- Station exit information
- Public transport fare payment
- Closure alerts
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Plan your metro trip in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan and know how long your journey will take, including any line transfers. The app displays the optimal route, shows which metro car will be most convenient, shows station exits on the map and forewarns of any closures. • Metro map with everything you need to know On the map you can see which stations are closed for repairs, and which stations are best for getting to railway stations and airports. Enlarge the map to see more detail, like different types of interchanges between stations. • Optimal routes and metro cars for convenient transfers Yandex Metro shows you how long a journey will take, the number of transfers and whether any stations are closed for renovations. It shows which metro car to choose to speed up your trip and not waste time when changing lines. Information about metro exits • Information about metro exits See detailed information about every station: how many exits and which streets they lead to, working hours and warnings of any closures. Hail a taxi to pick you up from your chosen metro exit right within the app. • Pay your fare in the app Use the app to top up Moscow’s Troika and Strelka public transport cards. • Accessibility The app supports VoiceOver, so it can be used by people with visual impairments. • More than 20 schemes – Russia: Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Samara, St. Petersburg. - Austria: Vienna. - Azerbaijan: Baku. - Armenia: Yerevan. - Belarus: Minsk. - Hungary: Budapest. - Greece: Athens. - Georgia: Tbilisi. - Italy: Milan, Rome. - Kazakhstan: Almaty. - UAE: Dubai. - Poland: Warsaw. - Portugal: Lisbon. - USA: San Francisco. - Turkey: Istanbul, Izmir, Adana, Bursa, Ankara. - Uzbekistan: Tashkent. - Ukraine: Dnipro, Kiev, Kharkiv. - Sweden: Stockholm. - Finland: Helsinki. - Czech Republic: Prague.
NGTMap
Track public transport in Novosibirsk with real-time GPS data. Find buses, view routes, stops, and schedules. Plan your journeys efficiently using this navigation tool.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Search by transport number/type
- Display nearby stops and buses
- Add favorite routes
- View route and bus details
- Journey planner
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Приложение для отслеживания Новосибирского Городского Транспорта через GPS. Данные предоставлены НовосибирскГорТрансом. Замечено, что они могут отставать от реальных на минуту, так что учтите это при планировании своего графика. Основные возможности: • Поиск по номеру и типу транспорта • Отображение остановок и автобусов рядом с Вами, поиск по названию • Добавление в избранное для быстрого доступа • Отображение на карте нескольких маршрутов и автобусов на них • Отображение детальной информации: скорости движения, цены и расписания • Поиск проезда на общественном транспорте в Новосибирске Предложения и пожелания принимаются.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NGTMap at 5.0 against Yandex Metro's 4.6. NGTMap also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). Yandex Metro's advantage is ratings volume (837 vs 1) and review sentiment (53% vs 38%). On price, update cadence, 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.
NGTMap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yandex Metro has 837 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Yandex Metro's written reviews are positive against 38% of NGTMap's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yandex Metro | NGTMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (837 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 837 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #183 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading | XIAG AG |
Customer experience
Yandex Metro
NGTMap
Bugs and requests
Yandex Metro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent log-outs
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Laggy performance on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more metro systems from around the world
- Ability to disable certain metro lines on the map
- Option to pin frequently used stations
- Improved offline functionality
NGTMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yandex Metro
No in-app purchases
NGTMap
No in-app purchases
