Parking Kitty vs TalkUnplugged
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.
TalkUnplugged
Spark meaningful conversations with friends, family, and teams using a vast library of thoughtfully crafted questions. Explore diverse themes, filter by age, and enjoy offline access for deeper connections without distractions.
- Thousands of conversation questions
- 12 distinct themes
- Offline functionality
- Filter questions by age group
- Save favorite questions
- No ads or subscriptions
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Put down the phones. Pick up a conversation. TalkUnplugged is your pocket companion for meaningful conversations with family, friends, and teams. With 6,009 thoughtfully crafted questions across 15 themes, you'll never run out of things to talk about. PERFECT FOR: - Family dinners that go beyond "How was your day?" - Road trips that fly by with engaging discussions - Date nights that spark deeper connection - Team building that actually builds teams - Game nights with a conversational twist 15 CONVERSATION THEMES: - Family Dinner - Kids & Teens - Deep Conversations - Icebreakers - Road Trip - Team Building - Date Night - Gratitude & Reflection - Friendship & Connection - Would You Rather - This or That - Party Games - Wonder Without Wi-Fi - Friendship, Updated - Before You Were My Grown-Up FEATURES: - Swipe through questions like cards - Save your favorites for later - Filter by age group (Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, or All Ages) - Works completely offline - no internet required - No ads, no subscriptions, no data collection PRIVACY FIRST: We believe the best conversations happen when you're not worried about privacy. TalkUnplugged collects zero personal data. Your favorites are stored only on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics. Real conversations start when screens stop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TalkUnplugged at every 4 months against Parking Kitty's every 35 months. Parking Kitty's advantage is ratings volume (9.3K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.1). 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 TalkUnplugged. 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.
Parking Kitty ships an update every 35 months, TalkUnplugged every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parking Kitty | TalkUnplugged |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 4 months — 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 | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Portland | DACIA JUNE DONOHUE |
Customer experience
Parking Kitty
TalkUnplugged
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
TalkUnplugged
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
TalkUnplugged
No in-app purchases
Questions
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