Park Smarter

• Free

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.5 11853 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5What a piece of crap.

   Absolute useless and junk. The sign in process is a joke. App continuously locks up, freezes and will not recognize my login information even after multiple resets. The online service is not much better. It charged me three times for the same parking location at the same time. because of the inability to login properly, and contact the developer I will have to dispute those charges with my credit card company. This happened in Honolulu Hawaii with up-to-date iOS on my phone. Plus the meter would not show that I had purchased any parking at all. As it showed an expired parking on the meter and I am sure a parking ticket would’ve followed if I had stayed for any length of time. An absolute waste of time….

   911need · 30 Aug 2026

2. 1/5Warming: inefficient app avoid parking ticket!

   Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1 Star) Review: I am extremely disappointed with this app’s functionality. It lacks a crucial feature of allowing a cloud-based connection with the meter to extend parking time. As a result, I ended up with a $63 ticket because I couldn’t extend my parking through the app. The developers urgently need to secure funding and implement technology that enables remote connection to the meter, regardless of proximity. The current reliance on Bluetooth technology is highly inconvenient. If you’re just a few feet away from the meter, you can reconnect, but if you’re further, you have to physically run back to the meter to extend your parking time. This limitation defeats the purpose of having a parking app in the first place, especially when meetings or events unexpectedly run longer than planned. I hope the developers take this feedback seriously and improve the app’s functionality to make it more user-friendly and practical for everyday use. Until then, I cannot recommend this app for anyone who wants a convenient and hassle-free parking experience.

   91709 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 1/5Broken and unusable

   Apple never ceases to amaze me. They have an extensive review process for apps. I know, I have developed apps for the App Store. Yet here is a perfect example of an app that does not work at all. It won’t let you create an account and the interface locks up after trying to use it. Yet there it is, available for download and strangely high star rating even though when you actually read the reviews they are all one star complaints. Why? Is it potential? Is it because it seems like a good idea if they could just implement it? Pure fantasy. I wonder if this is some project by a former Apple employee, or side venture, or even some employee’s kid? Something is strangely odd about a project that presents well, with hardware in the field, but is all smoke and mirrors. The system and supporting services are painfully broken with no support or contact. Save yourself some time and delete the app from your phone.

   MegaDave · 30 Aug 2026

4. 1/5This app cost me time and money

   Using this app was truly a miserable experience. I normally use coins to park in the meters in Metuchen New Jersey, but one day I was out of coins and decided to give the app a try. It only gave me the option to park for the minimum amount of time ( an hour and 35 minutes) Or the maximum amount of time (three days). Since I needed to park for 12 hours, this was a problem. However, I discovered you can add time after the initial time, so I was able to get it up to above 12 hours. Somehow the combination I chose ended up with 14 1/2 hours on the meter. Now I say on the meter, but there was no actual time on the meter. I wasn’t worried because the app told me that the time would appear shortly, and since I had a train to catch I put my faith in technology. This was a bad idea. When I got back to my car there was a ticket for $40, and still no time on the meter. I spoke to the parking authority and they canceled the ticket, and told me that other customers that had similar problems.

   geverend · 30 Aug 2026

5. 1/5I used the app and ended up with a parking ticket

   Not impressed. I used the app to put time on the meter for my street parking near the university, though there’s also an option to use a pay station in the general vicinity. Thinking the app payment would be sufficient, (because why wouldn’t it be?!), I went on with my day. I returned a couple of hours later to a ticket, with the citation reading: “no time on the meter.” Oookay except the app shows I paid for three hours, and I was not over on time. Now I have to go and contest this dang ticket and deal with the city. This was only the third time I’ve used the app. And prior to this occasion, the app has been generally very unstable. One time it wouldn’t load my time so I couldn’t see how much I had left and another time it showed something strange like 13 hours, making me worry I’d been charged for that much, in a zone that doesn’t even allow you to park for that long. Very frustrating experiences.

   SatelliteSalad · 30 Aug 2026

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