Parka.is vs Klappið
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.
Klappið
This official public transportation app allows users to purchase single tickets and period passes for buses in Reykjavík. You can register payment methods, buy travel media, and validate your purchase directly on the bus.
- Purchase single tickets
- Buy period passes (monthly, yearly)
- Register payment methods
- Validate travel media on buses
- Official Strætó app
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The Klappið app is an official Public transportation payment app, made for Strætó Iceland (the Administrative body for public transportation in the capital area of Iceland). The purpose of the app is to provide payment possibilities of various sorts in public transportation, including single tickets and period passes (such as monthly or yearly passes) for the citizens and guests of Reykjavík. The user can, in the first phase, sign on, register a payment method, purchase a travel media and confirm the purchase by validation in the buses of Strætó.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Klappið at 3.3 against Parka.is's 1.8. Klappið also leads on ratings volume (158 vs 28). Parka.is's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Klappið holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Klappið has 158 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Parka.is's written reviews are positive against 12% of Klappið's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Parka.is ships an update fortnightly, Klappið every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parka.is | Klappið |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (28 ratings) | 3.3 (158 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.4% of reviews — better | 12.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 158 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parka Lausnir ehf. | Stræto bs. |
Customer experience
Parka.is
Klappið
Bugs and requests
Parka.is
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Klappið
Reported bugs
16 issues- SMS verification codes not sent to international numbers
- Tickets disappear after purchase or login
- QR codes fail to scan on bus readers
- App crashes and becomes unresponsive
- Credit card addition fails with validation errors
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- Anonymous login conflicts with phone number registration
- Incorrect country code auto-selection
- Tickets don't load when activated
- App logs out users unexpectedly
- Duplicate charges for single ticket purchases
- Timetable inconsistencies between app and actual schedules
- Keyboard covers input fields during card entry
- App incompatible with older iPhone models
- Tickets don't display while offline
- Payment processing errors requiring multiple attempts
- Saved card information removed after updates
Requested features
11 requests- Email-based verification as alternative to SMS
- Support for international phone numbers
- Offline ticket activation capability
- Live bus location map display
- Physical card payment option without extra cost
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- Child, disabled, and elderly pricing visibility
- Better error recovery and account reset options
- Improved anonymous account stability
- Delay notifications with red text on real-time map
- Card reader payment option on buses
- Clearer distinction between single and group tickets
In-app purchases
Parka.is
No in-app purchases
Klappið
No in-app purchases
