NITTEC vs 511NY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NITTEC
Get live travel updates for the Buffalo-Niagara area. Access real-time information to plan your journeys efficiently.
- Real-time travel information
- Buffalo-Niagara region focus
- Live updates
- Journey planning
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Real-time travel information at your fingertips for the Buffalo-Niagara region.
511NY
Access real-time traffic and transit information for New York State. Features a Drive Mode with audible alerts for incidents along your route, a transit trip planner, and camera feeds. Includes weather alerts and winter road condition maps.
- Real-time traffic information
- Transit trip planner
- Drive Mode with audible alerts
- Over 1,000 camera images
- Weather alerts and forecasts
- Winter road condition maps
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511NY is New York State's official travel information app. Check your route before you leave, hear about closures and crashes as you approach them, see live traffic cameras, and plan your trip by car and transit. Free from the New York State Department of Transportation. Know Before You Go: Real-time incidents, construction, closures, and travel times on a statewide map. Ask for what you want in plain language, like "show me the cameras in Albany," and tap the quick buttons to switch map layers. Hands-Free Alerts as you Drive: Turn on hands-free mode before you drive to hear about closures, crashes, and other road impacts as you approach them. Traffic Cameras: Live traffic camera images from highways across New York. Winter Driving Reports: Turn on the winter mode to see road condition reports throughout the state as well as any active weather alerts and radar. Plan Your Trip: Enter start and destination. Compare driving, transit, walking, and biking side by side, with schedules from participating New York transit agencies. Personalized My511NY accounts: Save routes with a free My511 account and get alerts when something affects them. Have feedback on 511NY? Please leave us feedback using our form. Tap Menu in the footer of the home page and select "Contact Us." The inbox is monitored, but we do not respond to every comment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NITTEC at 2.9 against 511NY's 2.0. NITTEC also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 7%) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). 511NY's advantage is update cadence (every 11 months vs every 47 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NITTEC holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NITTEC has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of NITTEC's written reviews are positive against 7% of 511NY's.
NITTEC ships an update every 47 months, 511NY every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NITTEC | 511NY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 7.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | COMAND Solutions, Inc. | New York State Department of Transportation |
Customer experience
NITTEC
511NY
In-app purchases
NITTEC
No in-app purchases
511NY
No in-app purchases
