NYBiker vs Dockly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYBiker
Navigate New York City's bike share system effortlessly. Find stations with real-time availability, plan routes with detailed filters, and get turn-by-turn biking directions. Seamlessly integrate with the Citi Bike app for a smoother riding experience.
- Real-time Citi Bike station map
- Bike and dock availability
- Detailed station filters (e-bikes, battery)
- Route planning with address search
- Walking directions and Street View
- Turn-by-turn biking navigation
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Explore New York City by bike with ease. NYBiker is the smarter way to find, plan, and ride Citi Bike — built for locals and visitors who want to get moving fast. • Full Citi Bike Station Map: View all stations citywide with real-time bike and dock availability. • Detailed Filters: Find exactly what you need—classic bikes, e-bikes, available pickup/drop-off docks, even battery charge levels. • Search & Plan: Enter any address and instantly see the best pickup and drop-off stations nearby. • Walking Directions & Street View: Get clear, direct walking routes with a preview of the streetscape. • Seamless Handoff: When you’re ready, tap to unlock a bike directly in the Citi Bike app. • Biking Navigation: Launch turn-by-turn bike directions for your route. NYBiker makes every Citi Bike ride simpler and faster, so you can spend less time planning and more time enjoying the ride. *This app is not affiliated with Citi Bike. All station data is sourced from GBFS-compliant feeds.
Dockly
Find available bike-share docks in real-time with turn-by-turn navigation. The app automatically reroutes you if your destination dock fills up mid-ride, ensuring a seamless experience. It supports both finding a bike and a place to dock.
- Live bike-share dock availability
- Turn-by-turn spoken directions
- Automatic rerouting
- Apple Watch integration
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island notifications
- Supports finding bikes and docks
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Dockly gets you to a bike-share dock that actually has space — guiding you turn-by-turn and silently rerouting when your target station fills mid-ride. RIDE • Live availability for every station in NYC's bike-share system — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Jersey City, and Hoboken • Turn-by-turn guidance with spoken directions over speaker or AirPods • Enter any destination — Dockly picks the dock closest to it and adds the walking leg • Works for both ends of the trip: find a bike to grab, or a dock to drop HANDS-FREE • Automatic rerouting — docks fill, your route fixes itself, hands stay on bars • Next turn on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and in the watch Smart Stack • Choose e-bike or classic; save Home and Work APPLE WATCH — NO IPHONE NEEDED • Open the watch app to an instant list of the nearest bikes or docks • Turn-by-turn with a live map and Apple Maps-style haptic turn taps on your wrist • Off route? The watch recalculates by itself; if your dock fills mid-ride it quietly reroutes you to the next best one • Riding to a dock counts as an outdoor cycling workout — live pace and heart rate on the wrist, rings credit when you dock Dockly for iPhone and Apple Watch. Dockly is an independent app, not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by any bike-share operator or its sponsors. Station data comes from the public GBFS feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dockly at every 4 days against NYBiker's every 6 weeks. NYBiker's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NYBiker against 5.0 for Dockly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYBiker has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NYBiker ships an update every 6 weeks, Dockly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYBiker | Dockly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milo Cassarino | JOSHUA ANDREW TELLER |
Customer experience
NYBiker
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In-app purchases
NYBiker
No in-app purchases
Dockly
No in-app purchases








