Commute NYC vs NextTrain NYC Subway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Commute NYC
This app provides real-time transit information for New York City and surrounding areas. It allows users to create a personalized transit board with their most used stations and routes, offering quick access to departure times and service alerts.
- Real-time departures for multiple transit types
- Personalized transit board
- Location-aware sorting
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Live service alerts
- Ad-free interface
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Commute NYC is built specifically for the modern New Yorker who needs fast, reliable transit data at a glance. Say goodbye to cluttered maps and confusing schedules. With Commute NYC, you build your own personalized transit board, featuring only the stations and routes you actually use. Features: • Universal Coverage: Real-time departures for MTA Subway, NYC Buses, Staten Island Ferry, NYC Ferry, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Metro-North (MNR), PATH, and NJ Transit trains. • Location-Aware Smart Sorting: Open the app and instantly see the stops closest to you bubble up to the top automatically. • Beautiful Widgets: Keep an eye on your commute without even unlocking your phone. Add our sleek, real-time widgets directly to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Standby displays. • Live Service Alerts: See instantly if a train line is delayed, rerouted, or suspended right on your dashboard. • Premium Design: A lightning-fast, ad-free interface designed to be readable even in the glare of the morning sun. Whether you're heading back to the office, catching a ferry to Brooklyn, or jumping on a train to New Jersey, Commute NYC ensures you know exactly when you need to be on the platform.
NextTrain NYC Subway
Quickly find your next train on the NYC MTA Subway system. Simply open the application to see real-time transit information, making it easy to navigate the subway.
- Real-time train information
- Hyper-local transit data
- Simple, intuitive interface
- NYC MTA Subway focused
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"When's my next train?" For the NYC / MTA Subway, finding your next train was quite a complicated task. That is, until now! With NextTrain NYC, it's quite simple to find your next train on the NYC MTA Subway, wherever you are! Just open the app – and look at it :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Commute NYC at fortnightly against NextTrain NYC Subway's every 2 months. NextTrain NYC Subway's advantage is ratings volume (4 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 Commute NYC against 5.0 for NextTrain NYC Subway. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Commute NYC ships an update fortnightly, NextTrain NYC Subway every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Commute NYC | NextTrain NYC Subway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sagar Kolte | NUMONIUM, LLC |
Customer experience
Commute NYC
NextTrain NYC Subway
In-app purchases
Commute NYC
No in-app purchases
NextTrain NYC Subway
No in-app purchases
Questions
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