We bought the 3 day New York Pass and found it good value for money. The app is super helpful at putting all the attractions into one place so you can see what you want to do.
We just got our money's worth compared with if we had paid for tours/events individually.
In some places, it was very quick to just turn up and scan the pass to gain entry (such as the Empire State Building). other places, such as the 9/11 memorial, required you to queue with everyone else in order to get tickets.
BE AWARE that the information on each attractions page is not up to date. We found this in multiple places. 1. The Picnic place by Central Park. the New York pass says that they open at 0900, they don't - they open at 1000. We found out the hard way by turning up at 0900 and the window said 1000. We had double checked the New York pass website which still says 0900. 2. The Central Park bike tours page says that reservations are not needed for Bike Tours. That is also not true. They only do tours at 1000 and 1300, which is not listed on the page - the page says to turn up and they will allocate you to the next tour.
This information may be old and it may just be that the app requires updating. But a heads up to not use that app as a bible or gospel as it could get you into some strife!
Have a look at all the individual activities that you want to do over a period of time to see if you could do it cheaper yourself. The hop on hop off bus was also a great idea for us on our first full day, as it gave us our bearings without the need to use our own legs or energy.
