Comparison

Visit St. Augustine vs ParkStAug

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Visit St. Augustine

Discover St. Augustine with this comprehensive travel guide. Find attractions, restaurants, lodging, and events with beautiful photography and intuitive navigation. Save favorites and get directions with an interactive map.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive listings for attractions, dining, and lodging
  • Up-to-the-minute events calendar
  • Interactive map with directions
  • Save favorites to a personal trip planner
  • Offline access to viewed pages
  • Contact local experts for questions
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Visit St. Augustine is the complete guide to the nation's oldest city. Produced by the highest-rated visitor website, VisitStAugustine.com, this is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use travel guide available for St. Augustine visitors, to learn all about what St. Augustine has to offer: Things To Do (from attractions, museums, and art galleries to historic walking tours and pub crawls), Restaurants, Places to Stay, and St. Augustine's #1 events calendar. Beautiful photography throughout makes this guide a joy to use, while the intuitive navigation makes it a pleasure to browse. The app includes listings for every attraction, tour services, restaurant, and lodging accommodation in the St. Augustine area. Everything is current, with instant access to browse by category or location, and save your favorites to your personal trip planner within the app. All the information is elegantly presented and accessible at a touch. The Visit St. Augustine guide is professionally written by travel insiders who live in St. Augustine. Got a question or a suggestion? Use the "Contact Us" form to instantly email one of our local experts. The Visit St. Augustine Guide includes: - Listings on every attraction, tour service, resort, bed and breakfast and restaurant. We don't display only partners or advertisers -- every single business is listed. - Easy to browse by category or by location - Interactive map -- get directions directly in the app. - Up-to-the-minute Calendar of events, easily searchable by event category or date. - Comprehensive information on art galleries, boutiques, and shopping in the St. Augustine area. - Complete information on St. Augustine as a foodie destination, with listings for every restaurant, gastropub, culinary hot spots, and even food trucks. - Guide to night life, bars and lounges, including the St. Augustine Distillery, the San Sebastian Winery, area breweries, and local watering holes. - Listings for musical happenings, festivals, concerts, and other live entertainment that are making St. Augustine a destination for musicians and music lovers. - Content produced by local travel professionals, who are available to answer questions via email right from the app. - Pages viewed while you're connected to the Internet remain cached and available offline. Clear that cache with one-button ease when you want to free up space on your iPhone or iPad.

About

ParkStAug

Easily pay for and manage your parking sessions directly from your smartphone. Avoid feeding meters and receive alerts before your session expires. Extend your parking time remotely and view future rate changes.

Highlights
  • Pay for parking on the go
  • Extend parking sessions remotely
  • Receive parking session end alerts
  • View future parking rates
  • Manage parking history
  • Receive email receipts
Features
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No more digging for coins. This is how parking should be. Pay, extend, and manage your parking session with just a few taps. It’s easy! PAY ON THE GO Pay quickly and securely with your smartphone. - Time's precious, stop wasting it feeding a meter. - Forget refilling the meter in the rain. NO PRICE SURPRISES See when parking rates will change in the future – even when there’s free parking! - Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session. - Expenses made easy, manage your parking history through the mobile app. STRESS-FREE PARKING Get alerts when your parking session is about to end. - Stop worrying about how much time is left on the meter, we have you covered. NO NEED TO RUSH Add time to your parking session directly from your phone.* - Your plans change, your parking spot shouldn't. Extend your parking session via our app. -------- GET STARTED TODAY 1. Download the ParkStAug app. 2. Park where you see ParkStAug app signs. 3. Pay for your parking session from your phone. 4. Relax, welcome to parking as it should be. -------- COMING SOON The ParkStAug app is not done yet! We're constantly updating the app based on your feedback. -------- APP PERMISSIONS - Location Services (optional): Used to quickly provide nearby parking zones. * where applicable -------- In accordance with section 316.1964, Florida Statutes, persons with a disabled parking permit or license plate are exempt from parking fees in City of St. Augustine metered parking spaces.

Screenshots

Visit St. Augustine4 screens
ParkStAug4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visit St. Augustine at 100% against ParkStAug's 9%. Visit St. Augustine also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). ParkStAug's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 35 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visit St. Augustine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 433 and 213 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Visit St. Augustine's written reviews are positive against 9% of ParkStAug's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visit St. Augustine ships an update every 35 months, ParkStAug every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visit St. Augustine versus ParkStAug: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisit St. AugustineParkStAug
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (433 ratings) — better4.2 (213 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better8.7% of reviews
Number of ratings433 — better213
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAugustine.com, Inc.City of St. Augustine, FL

Customer experience

Visit St. Augustine

All ratings433 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ParkStAug

All ratings206 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative87.0%

Bugs and requests

Visit St. Augustine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ParkStAug

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Invalid card error
  • Network failures when adding debit card
  • App deletes typed digits when switching apps
  • App does not work when phone reception is spotty
  • App does not send SMS or email to register

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add Apple Pay support
  • Allow using existing parking apps
  • Accept American Express
  • Sign In with Apple
  • Apple Pay in-app
Show 7 more
  • Take American Express
  • Make banner stay visible longer
  • Prompt when session is about to expire
  • Inform about resuming fees after hours
  • Allow local discount ParkNow card use
  • Allow ParkNow card use
  • Adjust parking time more flexibly

In-app purchases

None

Visit St. Augustine

No in-app purchases

None

ParkStAug

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visit St. Augustine free?
Visit St. Augustine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ParkStAug free?
ParkStAug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visit St. Augustine or ParkStAug?
Visit St. Augustine is rated higher. Visit St. Augustine averages 4.8 out of 5 from 433 ratings, while ParkStAug averages 4.2 from 213 ratings.
Do Visit St. Augustine or ParkStAug have ads?
Neither Visit St. Augustine nor ParkStAug shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visit St. Augustine or ParkStAug?
Visit St. Augustine ships an update every 35 months, and ParkStAug every 4 months. Most recently, Visit St. Augustine was updated on October 14, 2026 and ParkStAug on October 15, 2026.

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