Laguna Beach Parking vs Drivably
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laguna Beach Parking
Easily find and pay for parking in Laguna Beach. This app helps you locate available spots, manage payments, and navigate to your destination.
- Check parking availability
- Make parking payments
- Find parking destinations
- Streamlined parking experience
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Making your parking experience at Laguna Beach easy. Check for available parking, make payments, find a destination and more with the Laguna Beach Parking app!
Drivably
Get real-time traffic updates, bridge wait times, and community-reported road conditions for El Paso. Receive instant 911 dispatch alerts and save your frequent locations for nearby incident notifications. Start your day with a morning briefing on traffic and bridge status.
- Real-time 911 dispatch alerts
- Live border bridge wait times
- Community-powered road reports
- Save favorite locations
- Daily morning traffic briefing
- Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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Drivably — El Paso Traffic & Bridges Stay ahead of El Paso traffic with real-time 911 dispatch alerts, live border bridge wait times, and community-powered road reports. What's inside: Live traffic incidents straight from El Paso 911 dispatch — updated every 5 minutes Real-time bridge wait times for BOTA, Paso del Norte, Ysleta, and Stanton Community reports — submit and confirm accidents, road closures, hazards, and more Save your places (Home, Work, School) and get alerts when incidents happen nearby Morning briefing — get a daily push with bridge waits and overnight incidents before you hit the road Available in English and Spanish Built for El Paso. By El Paso. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drivably at 100% against Laguna Beach Parking's 11%. Drivably also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Laguna Beach Parking's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 3). 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.
Drivably holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laguna Beach Parking has 59 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Laguna Beach Parking's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drivably's.
Laguna Beach Parking ships an update monthly, Drivably fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laguna Beach Parking | Drivably |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Frogparking | CHRISTIAN PINTOR |
Customer experience
Laguna Beach Parking
Drivably
Bugs and requests
Laguna Beach Parking
Reported bugs
20 issues- App won't open or crashes on launch
- Login credentials not accepted after account creation
- Password reset emails not sent
- Credit card information cannot be added or saved
- Payment processing fails with vague error codes
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- Parking space not found errors (El1050)
- Meter location mismatch - payment applied to wrong spot
- Time displayed in app doesn't match meter display
- Extending parking session fails or charges without adding time
- Settings and preferences not persisting
- Push notifications not working
- Text fields partially obscured or unreadable
- Scrolling issues preventing input of required information
- App loses saved payment methods after updates
- Keyboard covers input fields during signup
- Rate selection dropdown won't open when extending time
- Spot selection cannot be cleared without restarting app
- Server errors - 'couldn't get rate data from server'
- Meter doesn't show green light or payment confirmation
- Session tracking shows 0:00:00 or incorrect time remaining
Requested features
15 requests- Allow payment without account creation
- Direct meter number entry instead of map navigation
- QR code or camera scanning for parking spots
- Ability to add time to meters with remaining time
- Support for American Express cards
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- Ability to delete saved license plates
- Better error messages and descriptions
- Improved UI/UX design and intuitiveness
- Receipt generation and email confirmation
- Parking space availability map (previously removed)
- Support for overnight parking with scheduled payments
- Simplified guest checkout process
- Faster email verification process
- Comparison with ParkMobile or similar established apps
- Better keyboard handling on signup screens
Drivably
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laguna Beach Parking
No in-app purchases
Drivably
No in-app purchases
