metroNotify vs Melbourne Live Traffic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
metroNotify
Receive personalized live service updates for your preferred transit lines and stations. Get timely notifications for travel disruptions and daily morning service confirmations.
- Personalized service updates
- Favorite station setup
- Nearby station locator
- Real-time departure info
- Push notifications for alerts
- Morning service updates
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The app allows you to personalise Metro’s live service updates to receive the information you want at the times that you need it. Some of the features include: - My Stations allows you to set up your favourite stations or locate nearby stations. Station screens provide latest departures and status updates. - Metro's award winning Stop Here is now directly integrated into Metro Notify. - Travel Alerts will provide push notifications for travel updates to your line at your selected travel times. - A Morning Update which assures you that your selected line/s is running a good service
Melbourne Live Traffic
Get real-time traffic information for Melbourne, Australia. View live traffic cameras, road condition alerts, and navigation features to plan your journey and avoid delays.
- Real-time traffic map overview
- Live traffic camera feeds
- Road condition alerts
- Full navigation capabilities
- Gas station and fuel price search
- CityLink and major highway travel times
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Live Traffic VIC (Melbourne Traffic) is designed to get real-time traffic information through live traffic cams and road condition alerts in a very easy function to use. Check it out before your journey, you will glad you did! Features: I.Map of Melbourne areas with traffic conditions overview of the city in real time and update automatically, e.g.: green road is very good condition; yellow road is a little slow; red road is very slow, etc. II.Full navigation functions: locate yourself and find locations, setup and select routes III.Zoom in and out to determine the locations to find out cameras available in the area IV.View the real-time traffic images through clicking the live traffic cameras locate on map V.Search the cameras by area or street names VI.Move around the map to see the automatically updates in the area you viewing VII.Also can check out the real-time traffic views on CityLink roads VIII.Alert with the most update road conditions or emergencies to avoid traffic jam and time wasting, such as accident, road closed or other traffic reports IX.Automatically record the your car route, favorite it or delete it, manage easily X.Gas station and fuel price information search easily XI.View current travel times for M1, M2, M4 and M7. Everything you will need on the road of Melbourne VIC! PLEASE DO NOT USE WHEN YOU DRIVE!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: metroNotify at none against Melbourne Live Traffic's 1. metroNotify also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). Melbourne Live Traffic's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 19%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Melbourne Live Traffic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. metroNotify asks for nothing beyond the download.
metroNotify ships an update every 10 days, Melbourne Live Traffic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | metroNotify | Melbourne Live Traffic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metro Trains Melbourne | AFOX TEC |
Customer experience
metroNotify
Melbourne Live Traffic
In-app purchases
metroNotify
No in-app purchases
Melbourne Live Traffic
- Remove ads banner$2.99
Questions
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