PARK'nPAY vs Visit Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PARK'nPAY
Easily find and pay for parking without meters or tickets. Choose to pay at the end of your session for exactly what you use, or pay upfront and top up. Save your vehicle and payment details for a faster experience.
- Find parking locations
- Pay for parking sessions
- Pay at end of session
- Ticketless parking
- Save vehicle details
- Multiple payment methods
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No meters, no tickets - find and pay for parking with the Park’nPay app. Pay now or later: You can now choose to pay at the end of your session and only pay for what you use. Just park your car, start the session on the app and end it when you leave. You can still choose to pay upfront and top up from the app if you need more time. Ticketless: No need to go to the meter or display a ticket as parking rangers will be able to see that your parking is paid for. Accepted payment methods: Apple Pay, G Pay, MasterCard, Visa and AMEX Create an account to save time: You can save your vehicle and payment details in the app for added convenience. Artarmon, Avalon Beach, Balmain, Bayview, Bents Basin National Park, Blue Mountains National Park, Bouddi National Park, Brisbane Water National Park, Broken Head National Park, Budderoo National Park, Burragorang National Park, Burwood, Cape Byron National Park, Cattai National Park, Chatswood, Church Point, Collaroy, Enmore, Garigal National Park, Georges River National Park, Gosford, Hunters Hill, Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Killara, Kosciuszko National Park, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lane Cove National Park, Leichhardt, Liverpool, Macquarie Park, Manly, Mona Vale, Morton National Park, Mosman, Munmorah National Park, Murramarang National Park, Myall Lakes National Park, Narrabeen, Nelson Bay, Newport, Newtown, Palm Beach, Pittwater, Port Stephens, Royal National Park, Rozelle, St Leonards, Strathfield, Sydney Harbour National Park, Terrigal, The Rocks, Whale Beach, Ashfield Park&Ride, Bella Vista Park&Ride, Brookvale Park&Ride, Cherrybrook Park&Ride, Dee Why Park&Ride, Edmondson Park Park&Ride, Gordon Park&Ride, Gosford Park&Ride, Granville Park&Ride, Hills Showground Park&Ride, Kellyville Park&Ride, Kiama Park&Ride, Kogarah Park&Ride, Leppington Park&Ride, Manly Vale Park&Ride, Mona Vale Park&Ride, Narrabeen Park&Ride, Revesby Park&Ride, Seven Hills Park&Ride, St Marys Park&Ride, Sutherland Park&Ride, Tallawong Park&Ride, Warriewood Park&Ride, West Ryde Park&Ride Visit our website parknpay.nsw.gov.au for more info. © 2017-2021 NSW Department of Customer Service
Visit Recorder
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Visit Recorder automatically records on your device places you have visited as an aid to recalling where you have been. Devices include iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Mac. The app records location and arrival and departure times. This can help you remember where you have travelled or who you have visited. If you are a tradesperson or consultant or sales executive or nurse making home visits etc, the app automatically records which locations you have visited and for how long. Visit Recorder receives Visit events from the iOS Location Services system and saves them with the location address to its database. These events are delivered to the app even when Visit Recorder is in the background or even if Visit Recorder is not executing in the background. You do not have to ensure Visit Recorder is in the foreground or even running. If the system terminates the app it will restart the app when it needs to deliver another Visit event. Visit Recorder needs ALWAYS access to your location to function most effectively. Please go into Settings, find Visit Recorder and set its Location access to ALWAYS even before it prompts you. Visit Recorder gives the user the ability with the tap of a button to record the current location with time and address into its database. Each Visit and Location can be viewed on a map and annotated with a description. The Visits and Locations can be shared via a CSV file via email or SMS. The app saves the device's location when it starts up. By default it deletes Visits and Locations more than 35 days old. The number of days of visits and locations that are stored in the app can be set in the Settings app. NOTE: Visit events may take a while to be delivered to the app. The iOS Location Services system is responsible for determining what is a visit, and the accuracy and timeliness of the data delivered to the app. This accuracy may depend on such factors as the hardware, the mobile carrier, iOS version, etc. Please go into the app every day for the first week until you are asked to ALWAYS allow access to your location to Visit Recorder. PRIVACY All data is stored only on the device and nowhere else. It is not stored in iCloud. Visit Recorder does not send the data anywhere except by user request.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PARK'nPAY at Free against Visit Recorder's $0.99. Visit Recorder's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
PARK'nPAY is free to download; Visit Recorder costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PARK'nPAY ships an update every 2 months, Visit Recorder every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PARK'nPAY | Visit Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (147 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Customer Service | Godfrey Raftesath |
Bugs and requests
PARK'nPAY
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when ending parking session
- Payment fails with 'unknown error' message
- Unable to confirm price error
- Session doesn't end despite user action
- App freezes during payment processing
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- Keyboard input fields not appearing
- Map constantly reloads and doesn't display meters
- App logs out unexpectedly
- Loading spinner stuck indefinitely
- Double charging for single parking session
- Session remains active after app crash
- Inconsistent meter location display
- Card details not saving properly
- App doesn't recognize Services NSW login credentials
- Payment taken but session shows unsuccessful
- GPS location detection inaccurate
Requested features
14 requests- Apple Pay support for registered accounts
- CSV export for expense tracking
- Automatic refunds for early departure
- Live parking availability updates
- QR code scanning for easier meter selection
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- Push notifications for parking zone type
- Integration with Apple Maps parked car feature
- Wider geographic coverage and council participation
- Automatic session detection based on GPS
- Improved meter location accuracy and selection
- Better zoom level on map at app launch
- List view option instead of map view
- Warning alerts when leaving parking zone
- Keyboard input field fixes for credit card and vehicle details
Visit Recorder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PARK'nPAY
No in-app purchases
Visit Recorder
No in-app purchases







