Comparison

meterUP Parking vs Treker

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

Head to head
About

meterUP Parking

Easily pay for on-street and off-street parking directly from your phone. Find available parking spots, extend your session remotely, and receive expiration alerts. Supports over 500 cities nationwide.

Highlights
  • Mobile parking payment
  • Extend parking remotely
  • Expiration alerts
  • Find available parking
  • Save favorite locations
  • Track car location
Features
Currently charting
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The meterUP app, powered by ParkMobile, gives you a smarter way to park in Philadelphia. Easily pay for on-street and off-street parking right from your mobile device. You can use the meterUP app in over 500 other cities across the country, including Boston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and more. Why Use meterUP? • Skip the meter and easily pay for parking from your mobile device • Extend your parking duration remotely from the app • Get alerts so you know when your parking session is going to expire • Use ParkMobile in over 3000 locations coast-to-coast including venues, airports, and universities •. Find areas of the city where there is available parking and avoid areas where there’s no parking How to Set Up Your Account • Download the meterUP app and create an account with your email address and password • Enter your license plate number and the state where your vehicle is registered • Add your method of payment and start using the meterUP app How It Works On-Street and Off-Street Parking: • Enter the zone number on the posted signs around the meter • Select the amount of time you want to park and confirm your information • Touch the “Start Parking” button to begin your parking session • Extend time in the app if you are running late App Features • Customizable notifications delivered via email, text, and/or app • Save your favorite parking locations for next time • Store up to five cars in your account • “Find my car” feature directs you back to the location where you parked • Multiple payment methods available •. Parking Availability feature shows streets with open parking spots in your area About ParkMobile ParkMobile, LLC is the leading provider ParkMobile, LLC is the leading provider of parking payment solutions in the United States, helping over 40 million people easily find, reserve, and pay for parking from their mobile devices. Looking for Help? At ParkMobile, we’re serious about customer service. We process nearly 500,000 parking transactions every day and we know that every now and then, something might go wrong. If you have an issue, we will do everything we can to make it right. Our customer service is 24/7/365. If you need help, here’s how to get in touch with us: Web: https://ParkMobile.io/ Online Help Center: https://support.ParkMobile.io/hc/en-us/requests/new Video Tutorials: https://ParkMobile.io/tips-demos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkMobile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParkMobile/

About

Treker

This app offers real-time GPS tracking for school buses, providing parents and administrators with live updates on bus locations and student ridership. It enhances student safety by ensuring parents know when their child boards and disembarks the bus.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus GPS tracking
  • Student ridership monitoring
  • In-app arrival alerts
  • Boarding and disembarking records
  • Enhanced student safety
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The Treker app provides real-time school bus and student ridership GPS tracking. The Treker apps solution tracks and displays real-time bus locations, provides in-app alert for bus arrivals and records students on boarding and off boarding the bus. Parents and school administrators have real-time knowledge of bus and student location to enhance student safety.

Screenshots

meterUP Parking4 screens
Treker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: meterUP Parking at 4.8 against Treker's 2.0. meterUP Parking also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (54K vs 8). Treker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

meterUP Parking holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: meterUP Parking has 54K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of meterUP Parking's written reviews are positive against 0% of Treker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

meterUP Parking ships an update fortnightly, Treker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
meterUP Parking versus Treker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermeterUP ParkingTreker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (54K ratings) — better2.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews33.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings54K — better8
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#133 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParkmobile USA, Inc.Treker LLC

Customer experience

meterUP Parking

All ratings54,295 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive33.1%
Neutral9.9%
Negative57.0%

Treker

All ratings8 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

meterUP Parking

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App failing to register parking payments
  • Parking history not saving or accessible
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Comprehensive parking location list
  • Ability to change vehicle nickname during parking
  • Improved parking history and customer support

Treker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

meterUP Parking

No in-app purchases

None

Treker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is meterUP Parking free?
meterUP Parking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Treker free?
Treker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, meterUP Parking or Treker?
meterUP Parking is rated higher. meterUP Parking averages 4.8 out of 5 from 54K ratings, while Treker averages 2.0 from 8 ratings.
Do meterUP Parking or Treker have ads?
Neither meterUP Parking nor Treker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, meterUP Parking or Treker?
meterUP Parking ships an update fortnightly, and Treker every 2 weeks. Most recently, meterUP Parking was updated on November 2, 2026 and Treker on October 24, 2026.

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