Worst app ever
Can’t find anything near me even with precise location turned on. Found stuff 1000 to 2000 miles away.
Terrible since update
I’ve used this app for years and had no complaints until the update earlier this year. Previously it was relatively easy to select the closest parking zone to your current area and scroll to find your spot. However, now it always just says “too many zones to list” so I end up typing the spot number manually. This would not be so frustrating if typing in the number automatically displayed the correct spot, but instead this is clearly a Milwaukee-focused wrapper for a larger parking app, as other parking spots with the same number in other, far away cities will often display BEFORE the actual parking spot in Milwaukee. The app is usable but frustrating, and worse than it was pre-update
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2FA will not work if you already use ParkMobile
I already have ParkMobile installed as I’m a Metra user that park in the suburbs of Chicago. The MKE Park app is essentially a Milwaukee flavored wrapper for the ParkMobile app. The two factor authentication by email verification makes it impossible to log into MKE if you already have the ParkMobile app installed, because the link will open PM instead of MKE. Of course, there’s no problem using the ParkMobile app to park in Milwaukee but it isn’t obvious for visitors who were not exposed to the city’s ad campaign and there are almost NO signs for the app except a little sticker on the meters which is difficult to see at night. [update] There is a workaround to opening the 2FA link in MKE by long-pressing the link and opening the link in Safari. The web link will then ask to open MKE instead of PM. MKE will inherit strings from PM and also give you access to Milwaukee specific links in the app like the overnight registration and HOP info.
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App broken?
In January 2026, I attempted to use the app to park in Milwaukee. For some reason, the app was unresponsive when I tried to enter and save my license plate, phone number and preferred method of payment. I used the app several years earlier with no problem, but now it seems to be broken.
Non-Functioning
The app looks nice, but it won’t accept my credit card number, so I can’t use it.
