Parking Kitty vs HOMMA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parking Kitty
Manage your entire parking experience directly from your smartphone. Pay for parking, extend your session, and receive notifications about your remaining time. This official city app simplifies street parking.
- Pay for parking sessions
- Extend parking time remotely
- Receive low time notifications
- Manage parking history
- Get email receipts
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Parking just got easier in Portland! Parking Kitty, the City of Portland’s official mobile parking app, provides users with the convenience of handling the entire parking experience from their smartphone. Park, pay, extend and manage your parking session from your fingertips. It’s the cat’s meow! Get Started Today: Download the free Parking Kitty app Park where you see the Parking Kitty signs Pay for your parking session from your phone The Perks of Parking Kitty: - Receive “meow” notifications when your parking session time is low - Extend your parking session through the app - Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session - Manage your parking history through the mobile app Parking Kitty mobile parking app is making Portland meow! Make your parking experience as simple as possible -- download Parking Kitty today.
HOMMA
Control and customize your smart home lighting with this app. It offers seamless automation and effortless remote management of your devices.
- Lighting automation
- Remote device control
- Customization options
- Seamless integration
- Effortless management
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HOMMA Smart Homes offer seamless Lighting Automation and effortless remote control and customization of devices via the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parking Kitty at 4.9 against HOMMA's 4.0. Parking Kitty also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 25%) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 1). HOMMA's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 35 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parking Kitty holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parking Kitty has 9.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Parking Kitty's written reviews are positive against 25% of HOMMA's.
Parking Kitty ships an update every 35 months, HOMMA monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parking Kitty | HOMMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Portland | HOMMA |
Customer experience
Parking Kitty
HOMMA
Bugs and requests
Parking Kitty
Reported bugs
2 issues- Glitches causing multiple simultaneous charges
- Inconsistent parking enforcement despite app payment
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to pay and extend time from Apple Watch
- Provide option to rollover unused parking time
- Add ability to end parking sessions early
- Improve notification system to better alert users of expiring time
- Integrate zone identification based on geolocation
HOMMA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
HOMMA
No in-app purchases
