Comparison

NCP vs Only Farmers

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital season tickets
  • Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
  • Extend parking sessions remotely
  • Favorite car park sites
  • AutoPay with VRN
  • In-app chat support
Features
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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

About

Only Farmers

Discover and book unique farm experiences, from walks and tastings to workshops and stays. Personalize your feed and search based on your interests, save favorites, and connect with farmers. Offers a direct way to experience working farms and for farmers to share their offerings.

Highlights
  • Discover farm experiences
  • Book countryside stays
  • Personalize your feed
  • Save favorite farms
  • Message farmers directly
  • Manage upcoming trips
Features
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Only Farmers connects you with real working farms — the people, the land, and everything they open up to visitors. DISCOVER FARMS NEAR YOU Explore working farms on the map, follow the ones you love and find places you never knew were on your doorstep. BOOK FARM EXPERIENCES From farm walks, tastings and workshops to countryside stays, seasonal events and private hire — book memorable days out on working farms. Secure checkout (now with Apple Pay), easy messaging with your hosts, and all your trips in one place. JOIN THE FARMING COMMUNITY Only Farmers is also the digital home of the farming community: verified farmers sharing knowledge, advice and daily life from the field. Follow farms, join Herds around the topics you care about and see farming as it really happens. FOR FARMERS Create listings in minutes, manage bookings and payouts, rent out idle equipment, list livestock, post jobs and reach both visitors and fellow farmers. Built for the people who grow, make and share food — and for everyone who wants to feel closer to where it comes from.

Screenshots

NCP4 screens
Only Farmers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Only Farmers at 80% against NCP's 12%. Only Farmers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). NCP's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Only Farmers 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 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of NCP's written reviews are positive against 80% of Only Farmers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NCP versus Only Farmers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNCPOnly Farmers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (100 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.8% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB116 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperNational Car Parks LimitedOnly Farmers LTD

Customer experience

NCP

All ratings95 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews451 reviews
Positive11.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative82.7%

Only Farmers

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and 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

Only Farmers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

NCP

No in-app purchases

None

Only Farmers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NCP free?
NCP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Only Farmers free?
Only Farmers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NCP or Only Farmers?
Only Farmers is rated higher. NCP averages 4.3 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Only Farmers averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do NCP or Only Farmers have ads?
Neither NCP nor Only Farmers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NCP or Only Farmers?
NCP ships an update every 2 months, and Only Farmers every 2 months. Most recently, NCP was updated on October 25, 2026 and Only Farmers on October 25, 2026.

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