Parking Kitty vs Veras
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.
Veras
Manage your work schedule, claim open shifts, and communicate with your team. Schedulers can oversee staff, manage credentials, and gain real-time visibility into daily operations.
- View upcoming shifts
- Claim open shifts
- See team members
- Team messaging
- Credential management
- Real-time dashboard
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For Staff: - Stay On Top of Your Schedule - Easily view upcoming shifts and open opportunities to pick up more hours. - Claim Shifts Instantly - Tap to request or claim open shifts—faster staffing, fewer delays. - See Who You're Working With - Know your teammates ahead of time to coordinate and deliver better care. For Schedulers and Admins: - Message Your Team Anytime - Securely chat with schedulers and coworkers without switching apps. - Manage Credentials with Ease - Upload, track, and renew credentials to stay compliant and shift-ready. - Stay Ahead of the Chaos - A real-time dashboard gives you full visibility and control over your day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parking Kitty at 4.9 against Veras's 4.0. Parking Kitty also leads on ratings volume (9.3K vs 59) and iOS requirement (13 vs 16.4). Veras's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 35 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
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 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Parking Kitty's written reviews are positive against 67% of Veras's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Parking Kitty ships an update every 35 months, Veras every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parking Kitty | Veras |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) — better | 4.0 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Portland | JobWise |
Customer experience
Parking Kitty
Veras
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
Veras
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
Veras
No in-app purchases
