Parking Kitty vs 800 Fifth
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.
800 Fifth
Access building amenities, view upcoming events, and manage visitors. Discover local perks and explore everything the building has to offer.
- View upcoming events
- Book amenities
- Manage visitors
- Discover local perks
- Building access
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The 800 Fifth app is your passport to the building and everything it has to offer. The app allows you to see upcoming events, book amenities like meeting rooms, manage visitors, discover local perks, and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parking Kitty at 4.9 against 800 Fifth's 1.7. Parking Kitty also leads on ratings volume (9.3K vs 11) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). 800 Fifth's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly 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 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parking Kitty has 9.3K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Parking Kitty ships an update every 35 months, 800 Fifth fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parking Kitty | 800 Fifth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) — better | 1.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Portland | Equity Office Management, LLC |
Customer experience
Parking Kitty
800 Fifth
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
800 Fifth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
800 Fifth
No in-app purchases
