MPLS Parking

• Free

Last verified 6 Sep 2026

4.6 45673 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Excellent App, it’s Saved me Many Times!

   I was covering last night’s protests on the interstate when I felt my phone vibrate. I was warned that my parking time was almost up. As hundreds of unhappy cops surrounded protesters and media in full riot gear, I found myself in a position where I might have to pay the $25 for a parking ticket. “Everyone on the highway is now under arrest,” came from the police LRAD they were using as a giant speaker to communicate orders. With nowhere to go a DJ played jams from his Ford Transit packed with a mobile DJ setup that was used as a speaker system by protesters and the highway turned into the most expensive dance party I’ve ever been to, thanks to the 400 cops that were out at taxpayer expense. Just like that a 5 hour rave was started. “Let us go, let us go,” chants were reverberating off my chest as the group of about 700 people chanted. I opened the app and put another 2.25 to continue to legally park. In a matter of seconds I became the most law abiding person on the highway. I continued to document the night without worry because I was in compliance once again with city parking laws and as a documentarian I was legally within my constitutional right of Freedom of the Press. I probably would not have gotten ticketed because the city sent everyone to help arrest peaceful protesters. I’m pretty sure the meter attendants were sent as well. This app makes parking a lot easier and so many times I can’t run to the meter and leave an event I’m covering. This has kept me from getting tickets many times!

   a3~ATMV)a3~ATMV) · 6 Sep 2026

2. 1/5Get Kicked Out Immediately (If I Even Get Logged In)

   I’ve tried many times to log in, with the correct account information, and I either am told it’s incorrect or, I’m still let in for maybe 2-3 minutes only to then be kicked out again (and told it’s the wrong information). I’m not sure how I could have the wrong log in information if, when I do get let in, I see my license plate number and all of my forms of payments I’d previously entered. What’s most frustrating is, I’d love to send the developers a message and communicate with them directly but I can’t even stay in the app long enough to do that. And I send a request to reset my password, just in case that was the issue (even though, again, I’d managed to briefly get in more than once) and I’m still waiting almost a week later for the reset email (actually 2 emails were requested). I’m curious what’s the point of the $0.25 fee for using the app each time you pay for parking. Is it not supposedly for helping maintain it and improve issues that get reported? Maybe I’m wrong but either way, this app could use marked improvements and it’s really disappointing that there’s no one to even try to communicate with about it because there are some people who may really need/benefit from the app over finding a pay station (which the last pay station was comically broken in additional to the app 👍).

   Wordienerdie · 6 Sep 2026

3. 3/5Great App, Just Needs Better Session Management

   I really love this app overall. It’s accurate, easy to use, and I appreciate having a digital parking option instead of searching for a pay station or dealing with cash and coins. I also love that it’s connected to iCloud, making sign-in and account access quick and convenient. My only frustration is that the app seems to time out very quickly. For example, if I need to switch to another app to check my bank balance or if a payment doesn’t go through because I selected the wrong card or don’t have enough funds, the app signs me out. When I come back, I have to log in all over again, which can be stressful when you’re trying to pay for parking quickly. It would be great if the app could stay active in the background a little longer and only sign users out after they’ve been inactive for an extended period or after they’ve intentionally closed the app. That one improvement would make an already great app even better.

   Ms. Neeq · 6 Sep 2026

4. 1/5CAUTION terrible customer service

   I was trying to reserve future parking for a football game at US Bank stadium since I don’t go downtown often and find the parking situation very stressful. I found a ramp and quickly reserved a spot. I didn’t realize it defaults to the current time which I was obviously NOT downtown yet. I quickly (like within 1 minute) called their customer service line to have them cancel the reservation so I could revise the time to later. The woman on the phone said sure that she would submit the request for refund and then sent me a link to track my request. I have heard NOTHING from them yet and that was over 3 weeks ago. I’ve commented within the request tracker several times and emailed them. Still no response. In the meantime, the charge continues to appear on my credit card statement and it is NOT a small charge given it was event parking at US Bank Stadium. I’m guessing they just collect on people errors and then ignore any requests for cancelations. Very disappointed with the response and lack of service especially since I tried taking care of the issue with 1 minute of making the mistake.

   TGard1832 · 6 Sep 2026

5. 5/5Perfect during bad weather

   This is Minneapolis. It snows. It rains. It gets very cold. Who wants to walk down to the street-side payment machine (if you can find it) and stand in the rain or snow or cold while navigating a menu with your gloves on? Or, worse yet, wait until the person in front of you at the payment machine figures out how to use it? This easy-to-use app lets me just pull into a parking space, stay in my warm & dry car, bring up the app, enter the space number and length of time I want to park there, and start it. What could be easier? And if I run over the scheduled time period, it texts me a warning and I can extend the period right from the app - wherever I am. No need to go back to the car. If I forgot where I parked, it even shows me on a map! If a 25 cent transaction fee scares you away, don’t bother with the app. But it’s a trivial charge to save time and stay warm and dry for me.

   Mpls native · 6 Sep 2026

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