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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Get up to the minute, real time traffic and transit information for NYS with 511NY, now featuring Drive Mode. 511NY is New York State’s official traffic and travel information source. The 511NY app provides statewide real-time traffic and transit information for all of New York State. New to 511NY is the Drive Mode. Users enter in their destination and origin and are provided up to three routes with highway travel times based on traffic conditions. Drive mode also provides audible alerts to the driver for incidents occurring along their route. The 511NY app also offers a transit trip planner, access to over 1,000 camera images, as well as weather alerts and forecasts. A color coded map displaying winter road conditions also is available during the winter months!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 511NY at every 11 months against NITTEC's every 47 months. 511NY also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.9). NITTEC's advantage is review sentiment (22% vs 8%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
511NY holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of NITTEC's written reviews are positive against 8% of 511NY's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NITTEC ships an update every 47 months, 511NY every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NITTEC | 511NY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 3.2 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 76 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
