Parking App
Parking App
App & Developer Details
App: Parking App
Developer: Tap Tapas llc.
Website: www.taptapas.com/parking_app.php
iTunes Link: itunes.com/app/parkingapp
Price: $2.99
Review
Do you use metered parking, forget where you park or need to avoid parking area’s on a certain day, days or week? If you answered yes to any or all of these, then Parking App is your solution. Where I live we don’t have much metered parking, but every time I go down to Los Angeles, metered parking is everywhere. However two problems I do encounter frequently are, the street sweeper and forgetting where I park. The street sweeper pay’s me a visit every 3rd Wednesday of the month. I’ve received three tickets in the past 5-years from my friendly neighborhood street sweeper. Do you always remember where you park? I don’t, sometimes I forget, even when I’m at the local Wal-Mart Super Center.
Parking App
Parking App is straight forward, all of the controls are on the main form, the UI is clean and simple. If your parking and want to make sure your in sync and aware of how much time’s remaining on the meter, simply set the time on Parking App to match the meters.
Time Remaining
You can set an early warning notification or if you have a Google Calendar account then you can get an early warning notification without having to keep the app open. This feature can save you from a ticket. The developers say’s their working on an update that will replace the Google Calendar feature with push notifications, which will be very nice.
Google Calendar/Warning Norification
Remembering where you park is a snap with Parking App, “Enter Hint”, which can be whatever you want (a note, numbers/letters/section, etc.), then add a picture of where your parked. It has a GPS button that will take you over to the Google Maps app with a pin of where your at if you want to take & save a screen shot to use as your photo. I wished this was an in-app feature instead of having to be taken to the Google Maps app, then go back in to the app. Maybe we’ll see it in a future release?
Edit Hint
Add Photo
Parking App crashed on me a couple times when trying to take a photo, but after rebooting my iPhone it was fine? Not sure if this was a bug or memory problem with the iPhone, but I reported it to the developers.
If you want to avoid parking in a certain area on a certain day, at a certain time or on a certain week, no problemo. Click “Add New Street with Rules”, then give it a name (i.e. “Street Sweeper”), a start and stop time, specify the day, days or weeks and a warning (to remind you in advance) and your good to go. To get the warning I think you need to keep the app open, I don’t think this works as a push notification, though that would be nice if it did? I want to note, I tested this feature 3-times and couldn’t get the warning notification to work? I’m hoping it’s something I’m doing wrong & not a bug, but I also mentioned it to the developers.
Add Zone
Overall Parking App is an excellent, very useful and potentially money saving app, well worth the $2.99 price tag. It’s extremely simple to use, handy and convenient. A much have for anyone using metered parking, needing a reminder of where they parked or needed a reminder of when not to park.
Website
Tap Tapas website is beautiful. The page featuring Parking App is clean and well designed. It features a nice large iPhone on the right with an OGV video running so you can see the app in use. On the left is a list of Parking Apps features and a description of the app in the center, with a promo code request & download link underneath . Across the upper middle are links to their other apps and as you scroll down you’ll see snippets of other reviews. Finally across the upper left is their logo and links to other sections of their site (i.e. blog, contact info, etc.).
Overall Rating
User Interface: ★★★★★
Layout & Design: ★★★★★
Customer Support: n/a
Website Design: ★★★★★
Price: ★★★★★
Hi Robert
Please note that I forgot to give the correct email addy in my comments on Groceries. The email address attached to this comment is correct.
I read this and your other reviews and I have a suggestion. These comments are of a very friendly, want-to-help nature, not criticism.
THIS IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION!
When writing, you seem to mix up there/their/they’re, and, separately, your/you’re. Each group is different. I think if you write the words in full you will work out which is which. Instead of their/they’re if you write ‘they are’ it will make sense and you will use the correct one. Similarly with your/you’re. If you write ‘you are’ you will see which is correct.
The difference between ‘there’ and ‘their’ is more difficult. ‘There’ means a place, as in, it is there. Their is a possessive word, as in, “This is their app”, or, “their way of doing the layout”.
I noticed you also use the word ‘threw’ when you meant ‘through’.
As I said above, help, not criticism is my goal, and this is definitely not for publication.
Solly