Comparison

SubwayNow vs NYC Subway Live Map

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

Head to head
About

SubwayNow

Features
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SubwayNow shows the next New York City subway trains at the stations that matter to you, with live MTA data and no account. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Add SubwayNow under your clock and glance at the next trains in both directions. Three widgets to choose from: Nearest Station, Pinned Station 1, and Pinned Station 2. Also available as Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large sizes. NEAREST STATION Tap refresh and SubwayNow finds the closest stations to you, with walking time and the next arrivals in each direction. PIN YOUR STATIONS Pin the stations you use every day: your home stop, your work stop. They show first in the app and power the Pinned Station widgets. EVERY LINE, EVERY STATION All 472 stations and every route, including the Staten Island Railway, in the official MTA colors you already know. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location is read only when you refresh, never tracked in the background. SubwayNow collects no data and has no accounts, ads, or analytics. Arrival times come from the MTA's public real-time feeds. SubwayNow is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

About

NYC Subway Live Map

Features
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See every subway train in New York, moving live on one clean, colorful map. NYC Subway Live Map shows the city's trains in real time, over 700 at rush hour, gliding along their lines. See at a glance where your train is, whether it's moving, and when it reaches your stop. YOUR NEXT TRAIN, THE MOMENT YOU OPEN THE APP • Tap the star next to a line at your stop to save it as a commute • Your next departures appear right under the clock, nearest stop first, so home leads in the morning and work in the evening • Tap a commute to jump to the stop and its next train EVERY TRAIN, LIVE • Every subway line plus the Staten Island Railway, updated every 15 seconds • Moving trains trail a streak that grows with their speed, and held trains are ringed • Tap any train to see its next stops and arrival times • Trains on top of each other? Tap one, then switch between them right from its card DELAYS AT A GLANCE • Status dots on every line, and a banner when lines are delayed or suspended • A train's card shows its line's latest alert • Station boards with arrivals across the whole complex MADE FOR THE CITY • Light and dark themes • VoiceOver and larger text support • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your location never leaves your phone. Train data comes from the MTA's public real-time feeds. NYC Subway Live Map is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by the MTA.

Screenshots

SubwayNow3 screens
NYC Subway Live Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NYC Subway Live Map at 15.1 against SubwayNow's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
SubwayNow versus NYC Subway Live Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubwayNowNYC Subway Live Map
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXingliang ChenJonathan Haar

In-app purchases

None

SubwayNow

No in-app purchases

None

NYC Subway Live Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SubwayNow free?
SubwayNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NYC Subway Live Map free?
NYC Subway Live Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SubwayNow or NYC Subway Live Map have ads?
Neither SubwayNow nor NYC Subway Live Map shows ads.

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