Parking Kitty 4+

Download the app, enter your license plate, the zone number you enter is listed on your parking meter, then you click pay and you are all set (stores your cc info). AMAZING. All those rainy and cold days of running back and forth from your car to the meter and back to your car. And also the new meters have you enter your license plate number which slows things down quite a bit. This app is great. To the few that are complaining the app isn't loud enough at reminding them about their meter - it's called "Alarm" and just set your own timer on your phone for yourself.

Remember the best part: pay from your phone and pay as you would like. No more overpaying meters and panicking that you ran out.

This app was recommended to me by a parking enforcement officer, after she saw me struggling to get out of my car, grabbing my crutches; oh, and did I say it was raining?! As someone with difficulty walking, this app is a godsend. For a small service charge, well worth it! I’d rather pay this small charge than fall and get hurt trying to get to the meter. Very easy to set up and use, just follow the prompts. If at an appointment, date, class or game; you don’t have to rush back to your car, just pick up your phone and open the app, put more money in the “meter”, right from where you are.

Pros- it’s convenient to use an app instead of a physical meter.

Cons- I hate that there is an additional “fee” to use parking kitty in addition to paying for the parking and all the other fees that are tacked on by the city. Is that they only way the app makes money?

My biggest frustration is not being able to end parking early and getting a partial refund. I’m talking if you pay for 2+ hours, but you only use 30min, you should be able to cancel if it’s within a certain amount left on your meter. For example, If there’s less than 30 left, then I can understand eating that cost and not getting a refund. In this economy, every dollar counts and I hate paying for services I’m not using.