With Park Smarter™, just park and walk away as you pay! Create an account, then use the map to search for available parking spots and review prices. Store your vehicle and payment info in the app, so you can park and pay quickly and easily. And once you park, you can add time to your meter from anywhere without having to return to your car! Just extend your parking session from your phone. Never get a parking ticket or have your car towed again. Park Smarter™ provides real-time notifications to remind you when your meter is about to expire. If you need more time, you can extend your session right from the app. Park Smarter's time-saving tools are flexible to work with your parking needs. Add multiple vehicles and credit cards to your account to manage business and personal parking in one app. IPS Group, Inc. is the leader in smart parking technology delivering the most technologically advanced, yet practical and affordable parking solutions in the world.
Does this app do anything?
I’ve tried a couple of times unsuccessfully to pay to park using this app and it always ends with me tapping my card on the meter and not understanding what is the purpose of the app. The spots I parked in were “taken” yet obviously they weren’t. Clicking “yes” on the “Do you want to park here anyway” prompt does nothing but take me back to the find a meter screen. How is this app helpful or useful?
Garbage design
Absolutely garbage for anyone trying to easily navigate any application. This is truly the worst search and guidance. Also why have a help button that does nothing.
Not fully functional
There are select parking meters which show and display app capabilities and markets the listed functionality. Specifically by displaying the QR code very quick pay would make people be under the impression that it is a fully functional meter. However, I received a parking ticket due to the app not being able to add funds to the parking meter after my 2 hours of parking. The very next meter 10 feet away was fully functional. It had all the same signage and displayed easy QR code pay but it was not assigned to my meter therefore I would pay for the next individual meter. (The same parking signs were visible and present as well) - San Diego on India Street be aware
Terrible
Search feature is full of errors. Didn’t even recognize its own QR. Won’t let you park in same area, hours apart and in different areas along same curb. Limits you to max parking time for the whole area, rather than one spot. Was the only option and would never use otherwise. How they tricked the city of San Diego to use them is a mystery. Good luck
Useless
Cant recognize their own sticker QR codes ever (in LA), no good ux to enter manually. This app makes me want to carry coins again
A gem once you know how to use it
First, click on your settings from the Home Screen, select ParkSmarter. Under Allow Location Access, select While Using App. Then make sure Precise Location is turned on. Now you’re ready to park. Once you park, make a note of the parking space. Walk to the pay machine then open the ParkSmarter app. Under Finder is Find Parking. Look for a color dot. The dot represents you and your precise location. Press the dot. The Lot Number for the Pay Machine will appear on the screen as well as The hours of operation, pay, etc. You can pay with confidence that you will not receive a parking ticket.
Is this app a scam?
I tried using this on several occasions and it would not read the meters properly or re-up my payment. Very terrible design. Our city should invest in something else! I would not download.
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