Park Duluth vs Rochester Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Park Duluth
Easily pay for and manage your parking sessions in Duluth and UMD. Avoid feeding meters by using your smartphone to start, extend, and track your parking time. Receive notifications before your session ends and view future rate changes.
- Find parking with map
- Pay for parking via smartphone
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Receive parking session alerts
- View future parking rates
- Manage parking history
- Receive email receipts
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No more digging for coins. This is how parking should be. Pay, extend, and manage your parking session with Duluth & UMD's official parking app. It’s easy! FIND PARKING Use the map to search for parking, then pay quickly with your smartphone. - Time's precious, stop wasting it feeding a meter. - Forget refilling the meter in the rain or braving the cold. NO PRICE SURPRISES See when parking rates will change in the future – even when there’s free parking! - Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session. - Expenses made easy, manage your parking history through the mobile app. STRESS-FREE PARKING Get alerts when your parking session is about to end. - Stop worrying about how much time is left on the meter, we have you covered. NO NEED TO RUSH Add time to your parking session directly from your phone.* - Your plans change, your parking spot shouldn't. Simply extend your parking session via our app. -------- GET STARTED TODAY 1. Download the Park Duluth app. 2. Park where you see Park Duluth app signs. 3. Pay for your parking session from your phone. 4. Relax, welcome to parking as it should be. -------- COMING SOON The Park Duluth app is not done yet! We're constantly updating the app based on your feedback. -------- APP PERMISSIONS - Location Services (optional): Used to quickly provide nearby parking zones. * where applicable
Rochester Compass
Discover local businesses and attractions in Rochester, MN. Businesses can manage their listings, update information, and send notifications to users. Ideal for residents and visitors exploring the city.
- Explore local businesses
- Update business listings
- Add photos and menus
- Link to business websites
- Send push notifications
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The Rochester Compass app is designed to be used by local residents and visitors to explore our many offerings. Local businesses will have the opportunity to edit their business listing, update hours, list photo, menus, types of services, link to your website and may submit push notifications to app users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rochester Compass at 100% against Park Duluth's 39%. Rochester Compass also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). Park Duluth's advantage is ratings volume (291 vs 4). 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.
Rochester Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Park Duluth has 291 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Park Duluth's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rochester Compass's.
Park Duluth ships an update every 10 months, Rochester Compass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Park Duluth | Rochester Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (291 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Minnesota Duluth | Armstrong Software, LLC. |
Customer experience
Park Duluth
Rochester Compass
Bugs and requests
Park Duluth
Reported bugs
18 issues- App won't verify on phone
- App freezes and causes payment issues
- App crashes
- App won't load
- App won't open
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- App down leads to parking tickets
- App says credit card on file but won't log in
- App doesn't recognize existing meter time
- App cannot handle VPN
- Contact us feature leads to errors
- New update limits meter extension to 5 PM
- Login loop, PIN issues
- App wants PIN but doesn't allow creation
- App won't let me reset PIN
- App won't let me create an account
- App doesn't work correctly with seasonal meters
- App asks for PIN repeatedly
- Cannot add card through the app due to formatting issues
Requested features
7 requests- Option to pay for entire stay at once
- Allow extending meter time for shorter durations
- Prevent 2 AM parking reminders
- Improve zone visibility
- Allow card payment at meters
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- Better support for seasonal meters
- Fix credit card input formatting
Rochester Compass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Park Duluth
No in-app purchases
Rochester Compass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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