Parka.is vs Bensin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parka.is
Easily pay for parking in Reykjavík and Icelandic national parks. This app provides a quick and straightforward method for managing your parking fees.
- Pay for parking
- Reykjavík parking
- Icelandic national park parking
- Simple payment
- Fast payment
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Parka offers users a simple and fast way to pay for parking within the city of Reykjavík and in Icelandic national parks.
Bensin
Find and compare petroleum prices across Iceland with real-time updates. View stations on a map, get driving directions, and filter by price, distance, and fuel type. Personalize your experience with favorite stations and custom discounts.
- Track petroleum prices in Iceland
- Map view of gas stations
- Automatic price updates
- Driving directions
- Filter by price, distance, company, fuel
- Favorite station selection
- Customizable discounts
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Track petroleum prices across Iceland and select them on a map. See prices listed and distances to the gas stations with automatic updates at location change of 500 m or 8 minutes intervals, when the app is being used. See stations on the map with prices. Select your favourite station to always display at the top. Get driving directions and set filters on price, distance, company, petroleum or diesel etc. Add discounts for each company and turn on/off showing of companies. The discounts are applied to all stations for each company unless they are exempt. Select light or dark mode or adapt to system settings. This app is entirely made with the new SwiftUI and Combine frameworks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bensin at 100% against Parka.is's 14%. Bensin also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8). Parka.is's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (28 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.
Bensin holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parka.is has 28 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Parka.is's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bensin's.
Parka.is ships an update fortnightly, Bensin every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parka.is | Bensin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parka Lausnir ehf. | Hannes Sverrisson |
Customer experience
Parka.is
Bensin
In-app purchases
Parka.is
No in-app purchases
Bensin
No in-app purchases
