Nea App vs NYC Lines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nea App
Discover restaurants tailored to your specific dietary needs and values. Track your dining history, earn automatic rewards through secure payment integration, and explore establishments committed to quality ingredients.
- Personalized restaurant filtering
- Track dining history and progress
- Automatic rewards via Venmo
- Curated list of quality restaurants
- Secure Plaid integration
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With Nea, make the best choice for you. Every time. Nea is a curated map of restaurants filtered to your standards – your ingredients, your values, your way of eating. Filter to Personalize: Filter by your preferences, so every recommendation you see is already cleared for you before you even tap it. See Your Progress: Track the restaurants you've visited, the tags you gravitate toward, and the rewards you've earned. Earn Rewards Automatically: Pay as you normally would. Nea's secure Plaid integration detects qualifying purchases at partner restaurants and sends rewards directly to your Venmo. Brands With a Why: Every restaurant on Nea is there for a reason. We partner with places that take their ingredients seriously — so you don't have to take their word for it. Questions or Ideas? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at hello@neaapp.ai. Terms of Service:https://neaapp.ai/terms-condition Privacy Policy:https://neaapp.ai/privacy-policy Intentional. Effortless. Rewarding.
NYC Lines
This app provides a crowd-sourced map of wait times at bars and froyo shops across New York City. See real-time busyness levels and forecasts to plan your night out efficiently.
- Crowd-sourced bar wait times
- Real-time busyness map
- Wait time forecasts
- Filters for open spots
- Bar and Froyo modes
- Friend activity tracking
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Stop guessing how long the line is. NYC Lines is the crowd-sourced map of bar wait times across New York City — see what's packed and what's a walk-in before you leave the apartment. HOW IT WORKS • Open the map and see live wait times at bars around you, reported by the crowd. • Green means walk right in. Amber is a short wait. Red means bring your patience. • Check in when you arrive and drop the current wait to help everyone else. PLAN THE PERFECT NIGHT • Busyness forecast — we learn each spot's rhythm from past reports and show you the best time to go. • "Open now" and "under 20 min" filters to find somewhere fast. • Closed spots never show a fake wait — you only see what's actually open. BARS AND FROYO • Flip between Bars and Froyo modes to find late-night drinks or a sweet treat. • Real hours and photos for every spot. GO WITH FRIENDS • Add friends and see where they're out tonight. • Get a heads-up when a friend checks in somewhere. Built for New Yorkers who'd rather be inside with a drink than outside in a line. NYC Lines is free. Wait times are crowd-sourced estimates — please drink responsibly and never drink and drive. Questions or feedback? Email us — we read everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nea App at 176 against NYC Lines's 1. Nea App also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). NYC Lines's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
NYC Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nea App has 176 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nea App ships an update every 9 days, NYC Lines monthly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Nea App | NYC Lines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (176 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nea Inc. | Aidan Mahaffey |
Customer experience
Nea App
NYC Lines
Bugs and requests
Nea App
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues for some users
- Inconsistent cash back payouts
Requested features
4 requests- Expand to more cities beyond NYC
- Add health tracking and analytics features
- Increase cash back percentages
- Improve map and search functionality
NYC Lines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nea App
No in-app purchases
NYC Lines
No in-app purchases
