I was visiting NYC with my husband for Christmas and we couldn’t find a gift for me. I wanted something vintage and cool and the NYC Vintage App made it so easy, streamlining what categories to look for along with location services. Will definitely use whenever I’m in NYC and will download the LA app for when I’m there also.

It’s accurate, the look is okay, but when I need it most, ads pop up. I as soon as it’s gone two more pop up. Way more than earlier versions. No one will buy this app that’s a real New Yorker. Will tough it out until another free one happens.

Title says it all. I’ve used this app for years and it’s great but it doesn’t seem to reflect the recent swap I f the F and M train routes. I got on an M train at 9 pm on Tuesday thinking it would take me to 53rd and Lex and I ended up at 57th and 5th. To be fair Google maps is also messed up.

The best attribute of a travel app is to make quick decisions in the midst of your trip. This app places a series of ads for up to 20 seconds just as you’re needing to figure out which train to catch. So, here I am standing in the middle of the subway walkway, waiting for this app to clear the ads before I can continue. They need to figure out ad visibility without defeating the purpose of the app.

Good map that’s available offline. It’s very useful. I used to have notifications on but it became useless as there are only a few timeframes for notification that you can choose (I find that I get way too many for way too long...even though you only need it just 1 hr before you leave) and the notification itself is not specific about what the change in service is. Not helpful. And I found out that throughout using this app over a couple of years, it doesn’t let you know any weekend service changes - such as trains not running at all or skipping certain stations. This is a different type of notification aside from the usual incident/delay type of service change and it’s somehow hard to know unless you go to a specific page on the MTA website or go to the station to see notice flyers stuck on the wall. I dunno... but I get really annoyed when I go take the train and the train station itself is shut down at the same time it shows “good service” on this app. Now I have to either walk to another line/station and/or rearrange my whole transportation so I’m probably gonna be late for 30 mins.. Hopefully in the future this app can include such important info so we don’t get the run around from MTA so much as we do now.

If you’ve ever used the NYC subway, you know that figuring out what train to take and where to transfer can often require split second decisions, and when you can’t get the info you need in time to make that decision, it will often result in you being severely delayed. This app used to be great for getting the information you need quickly, but now they have included ads that take the whole screen and cannot be skipped for up to 30 seconds. These ads usually come up when you’re just bringing up the app and need the info you’re looking for immediately, which has often resulted in me missing trains and getting delayed for over 30 mins because I can’t skip out of the ads. I usually can’t be bothered to leave reviews, but I feel like it’s my civic duty here to tell people to avoid this app and save yourself the frustration. There are other apps with maps which are better, such as the one named “NY Subway” which still has pop up ads but can be quickly clicked out of so you can get the info you’re looking for in time.