Parking Kitty vs Western Bud
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.
Western Bud
Access exclusive offers and VIP messages from your favorite dispensary. Shop a wide selection of products directly through the app. Stay connected and never miss out on special deals.
- Exclusive offers
- VIP messages
- Product selection
- Direct shopping
- Dispensary connection
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Get more of your favorite dispensary with the official Western Bud app! Get exclusive offers, and much more! You will have access to our VIP messages with special deals and shop our wide selection of products right at your fingertips. Staying connected to your favorite dispensary has never been easier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Parking Kitty at 9.3K against Western Bud's 1. On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Parking Kitty against 5.0 for Western Bud. 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.
| Parameter | Parking Kitty | Western Bud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Portland | Western Bud |
Customer experience
Parking Kitty
Western Bud
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
Western Bud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
Western Bud
No in-app purchases
Questions
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