Live Traffic NSW vs onZone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Traffic NSW
Get real-time traffic updates for New South Wales and border regions. Access incident information, live camera feeds, and receive notifications for saved trips and areas of interest to make informed travel decisions.
- Real-time incident information
- Live traffic camera images
- Notifications for saved trips
- Area of interest alerts
- Incident tracking and updates
- Cross-border traffic data
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Live Traffic NSW provides you with real-time information about unplanned and planned incidents that affect your trips in NSW and across borders into QLD, SA, VIC and ACT. Features include: - Incident information for Sydney and Regional NSW including crashes, breakdowns, fires, floods, snow, public events and roadworks. - Strategically located traffic camera images updated every 60 seconds, which you can save for quick access. - Receive notifications about incidents affecting your saved trips - Save areas of interest and receive notifications about incidents affecting your saved areas. - Follow incidents and receive notifications when the incident impact changes or ends. - Cross-border incident information from QLD, SA, VIC and ACT. - Location of fires from NSW Rural Fire Service. - Local road information in Northern NSW (supplied by myroadinfo.com.au). Live Traffic NSW aims to help motorists make the best possible travel decisions that will, in turn, contribute to the safe and efficient management of our roads. Live Traffic NSW is owned and operated by the Transport Management Centre (TMC) which monitors and manages the 18,000km NSW State road network 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The TMC uses advanced monitoring, communication and traffic management systems to respond to and clear traffic incidents as quickly as possible, improve consistency of journey times, and provide customers with quality up-to-date information. This app also uses data from interstate road agencies (QLD, SA, VIC and ACT), NSW Rural Fire Service, and Northern NSW local roads (myroadinfo.com.au). We're committed to ensuring that Live Traffic NSW meets the needs of road users in NSW, and your feedback is essential. If you have any ideas, suggestions for improvement or questions about the app, please contact us by using the feedback form within the app.
onZone
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onZone is your essential road safety companion, providing real-time alerts for speed cameras across New South Wales. Drive confidently knowing you'll receive timely notifications about fixed speed cameras, red light cameras, and school zones along your route.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: onZone at weekly against Live Traffic NSW's every 2 months. Live Traffic NSW's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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.
Live Traffic NSW ships an update every 2 months, onZone weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Traffic NSW | onZone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transport for NSW | Hieu Xuan Leu |
In-app purchases
Live Traffic NSW
No in-app purchases
onZone
No in-app purchases









