Comparison

Parklink vs Vindrose

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Parklink

This app simplifies parking and EV charging payments across Norway. It offers seamless navigation to find parking, manage your sessions, and view your history. It also provides a business account option for consolidated employee parking invoices.

Highlights
  • Parking payments
  • EV charging payments
  • Seamless navigation
  • Manage parking sessions
  • Parking history
  • Business accounts
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Parklink is one of Norway's most widely used parking apps - giving access to extra benefits - Parklink is available as a payment method at hundreds of parking locations and camera facilities across Norway. The number of places offering Parklink is growing steadily. - Seamless navigation makes it easy to find the right parking location and start parking with the correct vehicle and duration. You can easily extend, shorten and end your parkings. - When several people share the same car, Parklink makes it easy for each person to pay for their own parkings. - Pay for your parking via Parklink and see your parking history in the app. - At a growing number of charging stations, you can use Parklink to pay for EV charging. For companies that want consolidated invoices for employee's parkings, Parklink Business Account is an excellent option.

About

Vindrose

Features
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Vindrose puts everything you have to check before take-off in one place: restriction zones, the wind where you are standing, and the rules that apply to your particular drone. ZONES 4,383 zones from the Norwegian CAA's dataset ship inside the app. The zone check runs on the phone and works without a connection. Tap anywhere on the map to check somewhere other than where you are standing. The authorities' own wording is shown verbatim, never paraphrased. WEATHER Hour-by-hour wind and gusts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, judged against your drone's own wind limit. It turns amber before you reach that limit, because the forecast is for ground level and it is windier at altitude. YOUR DRONE Add your drone from a list with checked specifications, or enter the figures yourself for home-built and older aircraft. The app works out the subcategory (A1, A2, A3), whether you must register as an operator, which proficiency certificate is required, and whether insurance applies. ALSO INCLUDED - Pre-flight checklist - Flight logging with CSV export - Norwegian and English IMPORTANT Vindrose is a planning aid, not an authorisation. It does not give you permission to fly. NOTAM are not in the dataset — you must check those yourself at ippc.no. Nine security areas are published without map geometry and cannot be checked automatically; the app names them. Zone data from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority via dronesoner.no. Weather from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Maps from Kartverket. Vindrose is not affiliated with any of them. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your drones stay on your phone.

Screenshots

Parklink4 screens
Vindrose4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vindrose at daily against Parklink's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parklink ships an update monthly, Vindrose daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Parklink versus Vindrose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParklinkVindrose
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBember ASEmre Sanden

In-app purchases

None

Parklink

No in-app purchases

None

Vindrose

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Parklink free?
Parklink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vindrose free?
Vindrose is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Parklink or Vindrose have ads?
Neither Parklink nor Vindrose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Parklink or Vindrose?
Parklink ships an update monthly, and Vindrose daily. Most recently, Parklink was updated on October 11, 2026 and Vindrose on October 9, 2026.

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