Mollie's vs NCP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mollie's
This app offers a fully digital experience for booking and managing stays and diner reservations. Enjoy seamless check-in, digital room keys, EV charging, and in-app food ordering. It's designed for a modern, convenient stopover.
- Digital check-in and check-out
- Bookings for rooms and diner
- Digital room key access
- EV charging management
- In-app food ordering
- Staycation guides
- Digital wallet for prepaid breakfast
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Mollie’s is a growing family of twenty-first century motel-diners with big ambitions. In spirit, Mollie’s was born in America – an offspring of the classic roadside motel and drive-in diner, a welcome stopover on a route to somewhere. We’ve borrowed the inviting red neon signs and the easy-going vibe, the burgers, the shakes, the bottomless coffee, a dash of nostalgia, but there’s nothing old-school about Mollie’s. Expect innovative digital check-in, EV chargers, designer rooms with a fresh Soho House look and affordable prices. So far, two motel-diners; Mollie’s Oxfordshire opened in 2019, Bristol followed in 2021 (it’s already been named as the ‘Best Budget Hotel’ in this year’s Sunday Times Best Places to Stay). A mega Mollie’s in Manchester is on-track for 2023. With many more motels in the pipeline. Mollie’s is going places. Download the Mollie’s App for an entirely digital experience. Book, see and manage your stay and Diner reservations anytime, check-in when it’s right for you and chat to our friendly team 24/7. EV drivers park up, plug in and press to start charging – conscience eased. Access your room with our digital key, control and cast all your favourite TV and Netflix whilst ordering food and checking out our staycation guides. Breakfast made easier, store your prepaid breakfast for you and the family in your Wallet and redeem in our Diner. All this from one place, seamlessly.
NCP
Manage all your parking needs in one place. Purchase digital season tickets, pay-as-you-go for parking, and extend your sessions remotely. Features include favorite sites, AutoPay, and in-app customer support.
- Digital season tickets
- Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Favorite car park sites
- AutoPay with VRN
- In-app chat support
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The NCP app brings all your parking needs together in one convenient and easy-to-use place, offering the ability to: • Purchase and access a digital Season Ticket, giving you the ability to manage your account with ease • Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking at 370+ car parks across the UK Make sure you download the NCP app before entering one of our car parks to guarantee the best experience. Downloading the NCP app means you can purchase digital monthly, quarterly, and annual season tickets, depending on your needs. Your season ticket will then be stored in the app, meaning you’ll never forget or lose a physical season ticket again! Features of the NCP app include: • The ability to pay as you go and access your season ticket, if you have one, in one place • Extend your parking session in-app to save you having to go back to your car, you’ll be notified by push notifications from the app, so please ensure you have enabled notifications in your device settings to stay up to date • One QR code for all your products • Ability to favourite sites that you regularly visit in your favourites list • AutoPay provides fully automatic recognition and payment at selected sites via your vehicle registration number (VRN) • Map and list view of car parks with additional features • Buy and pay for a season ticket within the app, allowing unlimited parking within your chosen site for the length of your ticket • In-app chat function, giving you a direct line to customer service • Pay with Apple Pay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mollie's at 67% against NCP's 12%. Mollie's also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). NCP's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mollie's holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NCP has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Mollie's's written reviews are positive against 12% of NCP's.
Mollie's ships an update every 3 months, NCP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mollie's | NCP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mollie's Motel & Diner | National Car Parks Limited |
Customer experience
Mollie's
NCP
Bugs and requests
Mollie's
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NCP
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not recognizing account
- Inability to pay in app after getting ticket
- Duplicate parking sessions
- Inconsistent pricing between app and machines
Requested features
4 requests- Add biometric login options
- Allow saving multiple vehicles
- Improve session management and reminders
- Integrate with car park barriers
In-app purchases
Mollie's
No in-app purchases
NCP
No in-app purchases








