Comparison

NYC Subway Times Widget vs Rushline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NYC Subway Times Widget

Get live NYC subway arrival times directly on your Home Screen. Select your preferred stations and train lines for quick access to upcoming departures without opening a full transit app.

Highlights
  • Live train arrivals
  • Home Screen widget
  • Station selection
  • Line filtering
  • Fast access
Features
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NYC Subway Times Widget gives you real-time subway arrivals right on your Home Screen. Choose your go-to station or automatically see the station closest to you, with accurate arrival times for every NYC subway station.

About

Rushline

Get live NYC subway and bus arrival times directly on your iPhone home screen without opening an app. It automatically detects your location and displays the next train or bus, even as you move. Includes service alerts and offline maps.

Highlights
  • Live home screen widgets
  • Automatic location detection
  • Trunk line grouping
  • Smart Stack support
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen
  • Service disruption alerts
  • Offline subway and bus maps
Features
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Rushline shows every way across NYC, live, before you leave your door: subway, bus, bike, PATH and commuter rail. Widgets on your Home Screen, a Live Activity on your Lock Screen, one app behind it all. WIDGETS, ALL FREE - 9 line color widgets, one per trunk. Each follows you to the closest station on that trunk. - Nearest Stop, any line - 4 PATH widgets - Bikes Nearby: the two closest stations, classic and e-bike counts, walking distance - A caution dot on a line's bullet when that line has a service alert right now (medium and large subway widgets) - Tap refresh once and every widget you have placed reloads. Outside the city, or no station nearby? Tap Retry and it checks your location again. HOW LIVE IS LIVE iOS reloads widgets about every 15 minutes. Between reloads, the minutes count down on their own. Tap to refresh for fresh data at once. A small pill shows how old the times are: amber after 15 minutes, and the times fade after 30. Screens inside the app refresh every 30 seconds. The Live Activity ticks by the second. LOCK SCREEN AND DYNAMIC ISLAND Pin a train and watch it count down by the second, with the Rush Streak moving along. A Control Center and Lock Screen control opens Rushline in one tap. ONE LIST FOR HOME Starred stops as live cards, Nearby stops, a grid of every line (with PATH and SIR), and service alerts in one place. Collapse Starred or Nearby to keep it short. SERVICE ALERTS Each alert is a card: the lines it affects, what is happening, when it runs and why. Long ones fold under Show details. The same card shows on line and station screens. BUS 386 routes and 13,477 stops, stored on your phone. Live arrivals at any stop. RAIL Metro-North and LIRR departures with track numbers. PATH Live boards for all 13 stations. If PATH data cannot load, you see the last known times and when they were updated. OFFLINE MAPS Subway map and Manhattan bus map, bundled in the app. They work when the tunnel eats your signal. WALKING TIMES See if you can make the next one. THEMES, LOOKS ONLY All transit data is free, always. Themes change how widgets look and nothing else. System and Line Color are free. 13 more themes are $1.29 each, or by pack: City Pack: Bodega, Curbside, Meadow NYC Icons Pack: Digital, Mosaic Tile, Manhattan Skyline Arts & Culture Pack: Modernist, Marquee, In Bloom Sports Pack: Pinstripe, Outfield, Hardwood, Rink Each pack is $2.99. The All Themes Pass is $9.99 and includes every theme now and later. One-time purchases, no subscriptions, Family Sharing supported. Restore Purchases is in Settings. No ads. No analytics. No accounts. Crash reports are anonymous and carry no name, location or ID. Rushline uses real-time MTA data. Built by 25C LLC, an independent studio. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Port Authority, or any other transit agency. Requires iOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

NYC Subway Times Widget4 screens
Rushline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NYC Subway Times Widget at none against Rushline's 10. NYC Subway Times Widget also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Rushline's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rushline sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. NYC Subway Times Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NYC Subway Times Widget against 5.0 for Rushline. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rushline has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NYC Subway Times Widget ships an update monthly, Rushline every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NYC Subway Times Widget versus Rushline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNYC Subway Times WidgetRushline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames Wegner25C LLC

Customer experience

NYC Subway Times Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rushline

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NYC Subway Times Widget

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Rushline

One-time10
  • In Bloom Theme$1.29
  • Hardwood Theme$1.29
  • Bodega$1.29
Show 7 more
  • Curbside Theme$1.29
  • Meadow Theme$1.29
  • Sports Pack$2.99
  • Arts & Culture Pack$2.99
  • City Pack$2.99
  • NYC Icons Pack$2.99
  • All Themes Pass$9.99

Questions

Is NYC Subway Times Widget free?
NYC Subway Times Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rushline free?
Rushline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NYC Subway Times Widget or Rushline?
NYC Subway Times Widget and Rushline are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do NYC Subway Times Widget or Rushline have ads?
NYC Subway Times Widget shows ads; Rushline does not.
Which is updated more often, NYC Subway Times Widget or Rushline?
NYC Subway Times Widget ships an update monthly, and Rushline every 2 months. Most recently, NYC Subway Times Widget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rushline on October 31, 2026.

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