511NY vs NYC Precinct Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
NYC Precinct Map
Explore interactive maps of NYC precinct and sector boundaries. Get real-time location information, find nearby amenities, and view crime incident details. Quickly access precinct contact information and navigate to key locations.
- Interactive precinct and sector maps
- Real-time location display
- Crime and incident data visualization
- Search by address
- Quick links to precinct contacts
- Layer options (satellite, street view)
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Interactive map of New York City showing all Precinct and Precinct Sector boundaries with crime/incident info. Features Include: •Know your location...Displays and/or speaks your current location in realtime. •Displays current precinct/sector. •Cop friendly restaurants, places to eat and use bathroom. •Search by address. •Quick links to: Call Precinct, My Location, Navigate to Precinct, Official Precinct website. •Layers: Sector Borders, Precinct Borders, Satellite and Street View. •Associate additional phone numbers with command. •Locate Neighborhood Policing Sector. •Saves last searched address. •Show crime/incidents by precinct/sector. •Crime/incident details (e.g. victim/perp description, etc) Source data obtained from https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/. Data curation by application developer which includes but not limited to:\n\nMap visualization (source is in CSV/Text format), border and fill colors, nearest subway location, association crime/incident with precinct/sector, association address with precinct/sector, application of crime/incident filters, crime/incident aggregation, etc. -Terms of Use (EULA) Link http://www.jcaccountingcpa.com/nyc_precinct_map_terms_of_use_eula.php -Privacy Policy Link http://www.jcaccountingcpa.com/nyc_precinct_map_privacy_policy.php
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NYC Precinct Map at 100% against 511NY's 6%. NYC Precinct Map also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 8). 511NY's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. NYC Precinct Map sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 511NY asks for nothing beyond the download.
NYC Precinct Map holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYC Precinct Map has 1.3K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of 511NY's written reviews are positive against 100% of NYC Precinct Map's.
511NY ships an update every 11 months, NYC Precinct Map every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 511NY | NYC Precinct Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (8 ratings) | 4.9 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New York State Department of Transportation | JC Accounting & Innovative Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
511NY
NYC Precinct Map
In-app purchases
511NY
No in-app purchases
NYC Precinct Map
- NYC Precinct Map Purchase$0.991 Month
- NYC Precinct Map Purchase$5.99
