HotSpot Parking User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience11.9% of reviews
Neutral4.1% of reviews
Negative experience84.1% of reviews

~ Based on 270 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is HotSpot Parking Safe?

HotSpot Parking appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for HotSpot Parking is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 434 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

82.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
16.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 434 App Store ratings for HotSpot Parking.

Is HotSpot Parking Legit?

HotSpot Parking appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for HotSpot Parking is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

No meter alerts?!

Super frustrated with this app. Local transit agency phased out a perfectly functional app that alerted you when your meter was about to expire and gave you the opportunity to extend. The agency promised that HotSpot would provide the same feature, but I get zero alerts of any kind (text, notification, banner, call, nothing) in spite of notifications being enabled. There is no setting or option within the app itself that relates to notifications. What is the point of a parking meter app (and what is the point of paying an extra fee on every transaction) if the one useful feature we were promised doesn’t exist?? Better off just paying the meter with a debit card.
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Awful

This app is awful. Has crashed multiple times and also won’t let you cancel a membership plan within the app. It does let you upgrade and pay more.

Over complicated!

Why I need all of this functions?? Just let me add plate nr and spot location. That’s all! Also it’s not working, I can’t add a vehicle!

Awfully Clunky UI

Does not accurately show parking available in Nanaimo.

Can only pay using the QR CODE or through the standalone pay stations. Have been ticketed thinking the app would work.

Terrible App

Can’t edit cars license plate after adding it. User interface sucks. Garbage.

It takes times to get used of the structure of this app.

It takes me several times to get used of this app. Especially the name of app. In the beginning, I think it’s an app for public wifi (hotspot).

Holy obnoxious pop ups

this is most obnoxious app I’ve ever interacted with. If you don’t have it already, just use the parking machines.

Can’t add vehicles

I’m currently illegally parked because the app won’t work properly and won’t add my vehicle.

San Francisco recently changed over to this app and it’s awful.

More than pay by phone

Appears to have inexplicably higher rates for the same spots and duration than pay by phone

Not functional while travelling

My home city uses this for on street parking and I’ve had no major problems. However, the app will not let me pay for parking in another city - while on vacation! Can’t pay by credit card, can’t add funds to wallet, won’t even detect city I’m in. Useless for travelling.

Useless App

I can’t change the province or city, so I can’t use this even if I wanted to. Completely useless. I’m filing a complaint with my city for forcing this app at the parkades. Other municipalities should take note.

Really?!?!

Absolutely idiotic!! The one and only time I’ve EVER seen parking requiring the use of this app it was $0.41 to park. The app wanted a cost for membership as well as a using a “wallet” that you could only add minimum of $10. It asks for credit cart info or apple wallet but won’t let you simply pay the cost of your parking. What a complete joke!!
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Not good!

Clunky and poorly done. No notifications as time winds down, can’t see details of previous uses and app won’t email the receipt. Just says “Sorry”.

Was also forced to the app since their machine wouldn’t take credit or debit.

Changes city randomly

Keeps wasting my money by randomly
Changing the city without indication. So I end up buying a bus pass for half way across the country. Literally! Do better!

Meh

This app is not the worst, but it’s also not great. Kind of a let down that there is no map so that I can see what zone I am in to pay for parking. I still have to physically go find it what zone I am in off the meter and I think k that defeats the purpose of the app.

Horrible Customer Service

Horrible customer service, I recently moved to a new province. New license plate,y last province was always three letters -three numbers. I received a ticket disputed it and they said I had put a O and not 0 so the ticket was valid…. Come on some leniency or understanding would have been nice. I hate that this is the only option for cashless parking
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Not my best experience

I have used a few parking apps and I don't care for this app at all. It does not provide you with a heads up that your time is coming to an end so you can top up but instead you risk a parking ticket. And seriously, why force us to subscribe? There are much better, user friendly parking apps out there. Please learn from them
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Poor substitute for Pay By Phone

App charges a fee and doesn’t even remember the basics of your vehicle

Game changer

This app takes away from the hassle of parking downtown.

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Perte de temps, terrible