NYC Media vs Anemoia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYC Media
This official broadcast network informs, educates, and entertains New Yorkers. Discover the city's diverse people, neighborhoods, government services, and attractions through its media productions.
- Informative content about NYC
- Educational programming
- Entertainment for New Yorkers
- Highlights city services
- Showcases attractions and activities
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NYC Media is the official broadcast network and media production group of the City of New York. As a network, NYC Media's goals are to inform, educate, and entertain New Yorkers about the City's diverse people and neighborhoods, government, services, attractions, and activities.
Anemoia
Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.
- Historical NYC photographs
- Explore 2,500+ locations
- Compare with Google Street View
- New York Public Library collections
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- Explore historical photographs of New York City taken from the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library. - Discover what was once at over 2,500 locations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. - Compare photographs with Google Street View images of the same location today. Anemoia: (n) nostalgia for a time you've never known. ~ John Koenig
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NYC Media at 5.0 against Anemoia's 4.7. NYC Media also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Anemoia's advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 9) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
NYC Media holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anemoia has 216 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of NYC Media's written reviews are positive against 92% of Anemoia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NYC Media ships an update every 4 months, Anemoia every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYC Media | Anemoia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.7 (216 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 216 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm | John Allman |
Customer experience
NYC Media
Anemoia
In-app purchases
NYC Media
No in-app purchases
Anemoia
No in-app purchases
