SpotAngels Parking & Gas 4+

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This is the BEST parking management app out there, not only because it’s the only one but because it has everything you need.

- easy to mark your parking spot
- they respond to app suggestions and feedback pretty immediately
- you can add your parking permit information
- it’s quick and has no bugs that I’ve found
- app is polished and map information is accurate (only issue I’ve found is that the 1 block area where certain permits overlap doesn’t list the information for both permits, only one, but you can submit map feedback if you see that)
- you can scope out parking costs (even compare different nearby garages) before going somewhere, and even set the time frame when you’re going to be there
- I love that the map displays general parking info when you move over it (i.e., free parking, hour limits, parking costs, etc), which makes it easy to plan ahead (or determine whether or not it’s cheaper to just Lyft) when I’m going to an unfamiliar area.

This has literally everything anyone needs to own a car and avoid tickets while living in a city. My only suggestions would be to streamline the settings/menu portion of the UI a little more and that sometimes the push notifications don’t work (though it’s so easy to just open the app and see when I need to leave, it’s not a huge deal). I also think it’d be cool if they added an iOS widget.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your kind words. This means a lot to us!

Suggestions to a already great app

This is by far the most advanced and easy ui street parking app and works wonders here in nyc the street times and holidays opposite side parking reminders are helpful when heading out the house. One thing I’ve noticed since the big update is that my parking spot has not been able to pick up when i actually move my car to a different location and occasionally i forget what street i left my car on and look to the app to find out it’s still has the location for the last spot i was in. Furthermore the alert that a driver has moved from a location is a smart idea but honestly lacks because not a lot of people actually use it. Maybe if it was automatic and not something you had to manually alert more people would be finding it useful other then this it’s a great app keep up the work.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much, James, for your kind words and feedback. We're actively working on improving the parking detection and you should see massive improvements on the upcoming updates of the app.

For the open spots, we already report open spots automatically when the parking detection is active. Most open spots you see on the map were actually added automatically. But you're absolutely right, this is far from being clear on the map and we'll be releasing an update to the app to explain this better.

Thanks a lot!

This app has saved me from death by metermaid!

This app has been wonderful for all the reasons outlined in the many thorough reviews here that I 100% corroborate. The features are impressive, the learning curve is not too difficult even for a non tech savvy person, you can participate in verifying parking spot rules, hours, taking photos of signs, and help the community keep the information accurate and up to date. I can’t believe how cavalier I was beforehand about parking, thinking I was in ok zones or completely forgetting about street sweeping; as a gig economy driver Ive racked up nearly $600 in tickets in the last few months alone; since using this app for a month, I’ve not received a single one. Thank You to the brilliant developers to the minds and those who operationalized a great idea so successfully!