Buffalo Roam

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Last verified 7 Aug 2026

4.1 587 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5Horrible app

   This app is SO frustrating. It keeps crashing. It will not allow a credit card to be saved. Yes - I had to keep trying different cards in the middle of the street in downtown Buffalo!! I just loved having to pull credit cards out in plain view because it kept rejecting card after card. (That’s sarcasm!) Error after error was what I was getting. I finally got something to work. I was 1/2 way back to my car to use cash instead. That’s probably what I will do from this point forward. It just made me feel unsafe.

   krissiecat123 · 7 Aug 2026

2. 3/5App works well enough, but why is there no zone map?

   As the title says, then using an app for a couple years now and it’s frustrating that on the website nor in the app, can you just find a map of all the zone numbers. I don’t understand why this isn’t something that’s available already when clearly the numbers are already known and the where they’re located is also already known

   xavier73129 · 7 Aug 2026

3. 4/5Good tool if Buff Parking Police utilize it

   First, the parking rules in Buffalo are stupid. Every 3rd spot has a different rule?! "10 hr parking" but you can only park between 9AM and 5PM. But that can't be held against the app. The app is simple, easy to use and works well when the meter maid takes the time so see if your car is being paid for by the app. I've gotten 5, yes FIVE tickets in the first month of using the app. Once, the meter maid put in the wrong country for the plate (Canada vs US), twice I was 'parked illegally' in the 10 hour parking zone that only allows for eight hours of parking, and then twice as the meter maid didn't check the app to see if I was paid thru it. Regardless of the reason, you still have to go to city hall and wait on the 'judge' so it will waste a few hours of your day if the meter maid doesn't check the app. Use at your own risk is how I would label the app!

   cuzican720 · 7 Aug 2026

4. 3/5Great but need more options

   The best part is as a time saving the 5 minutes you save when you just have to run into a place. But the app does not allow a 15 minute or 30 min options of pay. It forces you to pay 1 or 2 hours. Which to me for most people defeats the purpose if you have a hour or two of time you have time to put coins in a meter or get a ticket. So the only time I have use this is when the weather is bad and it is worth the cost. With better paying options I feel I would use this all the time.

   GTmagicman · 7 Aug 2026

5. 1/5It’s a tracking device for the meter maids.

   I parked in zone 17 (Delaware Ave between north and Allen), I used the app at 8 am (2 hr parking) near Allen, at 950am I moved my vehicle much closer to where I was (north st) and at my expiring time 10am, the app would not allow me to pay again. It stated my allotted time was up. I then put $2 worth of quarters in the meter. When I went to my vehicle at 1142 am to leave the area (18 minutes remaining) I had a parking ticket with a time stamp at 1053am. After several phone calls, including a personal one to Kevin Helfer (unreturned) I was told it is only 2 hr parking at the meters. After explaining that I left my original spot and paid cash at the second spot, they did not care. In my opinion, pay cash and they can’t track your vehicle. Zone 17 is large. Hopefully you can conduct your business in under 2 hours. Absolute joke!!!

   buffaloparkingisajoke · 7 Aug 2026

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