PayByPhone Parking alternatives

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1. [R1] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US PayByPhone parking: App doesn’t work at all when I open it. Only then is the green dots on the screen.
2. [R3] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · US Pay feature glitches: Pay feature always glitches and takes a while to actually work bc it will reject all payment forms unless you manually type in your info. Even then some times the page will like bounce and not allow it. And it wont let my card on my apple wallet work either? Ive had this issue on other fast pay apps too. They’ll just reject a normal card? Wish they’d fix that issue bc it’s a
3. [R4] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Non functional: After happily using this app for years, it has not worked for the past month or so. It doesn’t recognize the parking zone making it unusable. Moved on to another app.
4. [R8] PayByPhone Parking 5/5 · US Stop working: More than 2 weeks this app is not working! Could not find any location!
5. [R12] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · US Upgrades eliminate saved favorites and stored credentials: For at least the last two upgrades, the app has made me re-enter my login credentials. This can be a minor crisis when you’re standing on the curb in a hurry and don’t have all of your credentials memorized. Also, these upgrades somehow lost all of my favorite parking locations. What’s the point of offering a feature like favorites if you
6. [R16] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Why do I need to log in EVERY TIME I open the app?: Horrible horrible experience. The app forces me to log back in every time I open it
7. [R18] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · US Keeps signing me out, recovering password very slow: This is not the first time I tried to pay and the app signed me out, and it said my password was not valid. When I try to recover my password the SMS never arrives. Almost every app I use does not do this. This is one that does and it's a real inconvenience when your sitting in a space trying to pay to park
8. [R20] PayByPhone Parking 4/5 · US Difficult to use: If you aren’t using this routinely, it is a pain to set up. Then, if (as I did) you misspell your name when you enter your credit card, and do not notice until you are about to hit “pay with this card”, YOU CANNOT CORRECT YOUR TYPO, nor can you re-enter the card info with the correct spelling, as that is a “Duplicate Card”. Can’t wait until I can delete this waste of bits
9. [R6] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · US Fees: Stop charging extra fees like SMS I don’t need a text that should be optional my phone is smart enough to set a reminder 😑
10. [R7] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Awful quality app: Even though I have cell phone signal it absolutely never tells me nearby spots so I have to walk over and look at the number to park. And it charges a $.60 convenience fee! Whose convenience is it? Especially when it doesn’t even tell me the nearby parking lot number and the sign is tiny and far away. And now I also see there’s a $.20 SMS fee. What is that for? Do better pay by
11. [R25] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Who’s eating this 5 stars??: Horrible app. Blacked out and wouldn’t let me sign up for SMS or even set up an account. Charged me, but I still got a ticket. Then the site they are sub contracted for is totally broken so I can’t dispute or even pay it if I wanted to just be done!!
12. [R33] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · GB Notifications: Why can’t you enable notifications from the phone rather than send SMS messages and adding an additional charge. If it’s a cost thing why can’t you take money from the parking charge, very frustrating. I’m being billed by PayByPhone for the cost of the parking!
13. [R5] PayByPhone Parking 4/5 · US Miguel: Once I parked in Miami-Dade and the app was down and I couldn’t login paybyphone to pay, it was activated about an our later and I paid, but of course I got a ticked (they put the tickets via wifi) and did not leave anything in my dashboard, I complained to the M-D Sect of Courts & didn’t care, now I have lawyers trying to collect payment Unacceptable!!!
14. [R47] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US No Customer Service Support: Terrible app, no customer service, not clear instructions, confusing parking services.
15. [R49] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US More reasons this app sucks!: It’s apparently, nearly impossible to get actual customer service. You can communicate with their horrible waste of time AI, and if you search for how to speak with someone, it tells you to use the AI, and also brings up 47 additional, irrelevant “help” articles. They want you to go through the AI in order to possibly get actual help, but that trash AI just sends you
16. [R10] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Broken in SF: Completely broken in San Francisco, no locations recognized anywhere. What’s the point of this anymore?
17. [R19] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US No longer working in sfo: For the last few months, the app is no longer working in San Francisco error messages all around, even if I type in the exact location it doesn’t work please fix
18. [R55] ParkMobile 5/5 · US Best App Ever: ParkMobile app is a game changer! It has simplified parking payments. Best thing since sliced bread. Most intelligent cities employ this service so you can use it in several US areas.
19. [R58] ParkMobile 5/5 · US Great App: I find this app very helpful and convenient to use.
20. [R64] ParkMobile 5/5 · US Great: Love this app, has almost all zones covered. I use this everywhere, the best!
21. [R53] ParkMobile 3/5 · US Service Fee Bad: Charging a service fee in addition to parking fee - not good. It’s not a convenience fee, it’s greed.
22. [R66] SpotHero 5/5 · US Easy to use: This app is very convenient to find a parking space, and it is very easy to use
23. [R68] SpotHero 5/5 · US Reliable Parking App: SpotHero works exactly as intended, and I have never had any issues with the app or my reservations. Finding and booking parking is quick and convenient, and the student discount makes the already competitive rates an even better deal. It has become my go to app whenever I need parking.
24. [R72] SpotHero 5/5 · US Great value!: I always use Spot Hero to secure parking! You can’t beat the value.
25. [R75] SpotHero 5/5 · US Excellent value: Parked at the Hyatt, excellent location and value.
26. [R80] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 5/5 · US Great: Great way to pay for parking and dispute any claims
27. [R83] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 5/5 · US Ray: Easy to use
28. [R86] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 5/5 · US Love it: Makes paying for parking easy and love that you can extend remotely
29. [R89] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 5/5 · US Great app: Saved me a lot of tickets
30. [R94] ParkWhiz 5/5 · US Worked great!: I just used the ParkWhiz app for the first time, for an afternoon Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. The last time I had tickets to an afternoon Pirates game I had to park in the Strip District, because I couldn’t find any available parking in town. I used the ParkWhiz app to prepay and reserve parking in the Gateway Center Garage, an easy walk to PNC Park. It worked great!
31. [R97] ParkWhiz 5/5 · US Customer Support is excellent.: I primarily use Parkwiz in Detroit for the last 4 years. Yes as with any App it occasionally has an issue. Like 3 in 4+ years. Each time I call support and they are courteous and just solve the issue. Not once have they failed. Great company to work with.
32. [R99] ParkWhiz 5/5 · US Fantastic and easy parking app: Thank you ParkWhiz! I never thought I could love a parking app! First time using was during the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, where parking was running $100-250 per day and in very short supply. ParkWhiz showed me a $30 security parking garage within a couple blocks of the events. ParkWhiz not only made it easy to reserve and prepay, but also added 3 hours of parking
33. [R103] ParkWhiz 5/5 · US Fast and Easy.: This is an easy app to use. Once your account is set up, you’ve added your vehicles, and you have a regular place that you like to park, it’s two clicks and you have your parking pass. It takes me 15 seconds to buy a new pass when I need one. They are also responsive to disputes or other issues.
34. [R110] Passport Parking 5/5 · US Seamless, Reliable, and Actually Makes Parking Easy: Passport Parking is one of those rare apps that just works exactly how you need it to. It’s all fast, intuitive, and stress-free. No more running back to the meter or guessing if you have enough time left. The notifications and reminders are a game changer, and the interface is super clean and easy to navigate. Payments are smooth, receipts are
35. [R113] Passport Parking 2/5 · US Bad app: This app is awful. I normally use ParkMobile in my neighborhood towns. Unfortunately north shore mass uses this app. It is so bad. It doesn’t remember your parking time enough to realize you haven’t used up the allotted max parking time in a zone. So it won’t let you re park in the same zone when you expire even though you have not parked the maximum time. ParkMobile remembers this. It’
36. [R107] Passport Parking 1/5 · US Not Working after latest patch…: Usually works great and now it won’t even open up on my phone. Maybe revert back to an earlier build that actually works… I mean just think of all the convenience fees you’re missing out on.
37. [R109] Passport Parking 1/5 · US Cannot open app: I’m their latest update I can no longer even open the app. Now I’ll be stuck with a parking ticket. Thanks!
38. [R36] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · GB Nearby spaces don’t work: The app needs to improve in several areas: - Location services - nearby parking locations are not shown and haven’t worked for some time. - Random log outs - frustrating when you’re trying to park and the app has logged you out.
39. [R39] PayByPhone Parking 3/5 · GB RIP off prices spoil otherwise good app: Been using this a while and didn’t mind paying an extra 20p for the convenience … However , recently some car parks adding 50-70p on a £4 parking fee is ridiculous
40. [R43] PayByPhone Parking 1/5 · US Horrible App: It says it accepts Apple Pay and Amex through the app but both are grayed out, so I had to use a card I never use for a $3 charge. Seems like a poorly designed and glitchy app.
41. [R78] SpotHero 5/5 · US Spothero is the Best!: If you want to ensure guaranteed parking to attend an event or go to a meeting, this App is the best! I suggest you download and use the App as that allows you to have an account and it captures not only your current reservation, but stores previous reservations that you can easily use to “rebook” that location for an upcoming event. Their support team is also amazing!
42. [R96] ParkWhiz 1/5 · US Nightmare: I purchased the parking pass for what the app alleged was a 24 hour public lot. upon arrival the attendant refused to open the gate to the lot, he stated the lot was exclusively for monthly clients. The app does not allow you to request a refund, you must email.
43. [R98] ParkWhiz 1/5 · US Scam: They let Me book a parking spot but didn’t check that the parking lot was already completely full. Couldn’t park. Ended up showing late. Wasted gas. I tried to contact them through phone and app for a refund but they only let you speak to a simple, unhelpful bot. I had to do a charge back through my bank.
44. [R82] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 1/5 · US Minimum Charge is 25: I was trying to park and it was 4.50 for 3 hours but the minimum I can put on my account is 25 so its just useless unless you an actual resident.
45. [R91] ParkNYC Powered by Flowbird 1/5 · US Absolute scam: I tried to park for one hour. Cost is $5. The stupid kiosk in the street says “touch screen to continue” except the touch screen was disabled, forcing me to download this stupid app. Go to pay my $5 to park and the app insists I need to top off with $25. What an absolute SCAM. Don’t give these criminals your money.