Comparison

Park Watch vs Co

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

Head to head
About

Park Watch

Find convenient, free on-street parking by connecting with other users. Share your parking spot to earn points and priority access, or rent out your driveway to earn money. Navigate to your destination with ease and avoid expensive garage fees.

Highlights
  • Community-based parking spot sharing
  • Rent driveways to earn money
  • Earn points for priority parking
  • Direct messaging with parking buddies
  • Navigation to destination
  • Parking schedule matching
Features
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Discover stress-free parking with Park Watch, the ultimate community app designed for locals and commuters alike. Say goodbye to endless circling for parking and expensive garage fees of over $500 a month!   Why does it take hours to find parking? According to our research, there is 1 parking spot available for every 3 cars in New York City. Due to outdoor dining, city bike stations, and loading zones, the Department of Transportation eliminated 7,000 parking spots.   How do we fix this?   We match users based on their parking schedules to provide parking at their destination. Our first parking buddy match was a hospital worker who needed parking in the morning. She received a local resident’s parking spot and returned the same spot to them after her shift ended in the afternoon. Both users were grateful to save money, time, and have a parking buddy to increase the chances of finding free street parking. Park Watch automates this process for you. Simply download our app, start creating your user profile, and select your weekly schedule for parking needs. We will match you with parking buddies, whose parking schedule aligns with your parking needs. It is a one-stop application to navigate to your destination and find convenient, free on-street parking. Don’t have a consistent schedule? No worries, you can also use our app to navigate to your destination and see parking buddy suggestions as a pop-up banner notification message once you are close to your destination. Remember to enable notifications for the Park Watch app. Sharing is caring, so always remember to share your spot to increase your rank in our app and get prioritized parking. Park Watch also lets users rent driveways to earn money, directly message your parking buddy, and allows users to earn points to gain priority parking. Join our community and help spread the love by sharing your parking spots. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Co

This app automatically detects when you leave a parking spot, updating a community-sourced map of available street parking. Find open spots quickly and reduce time spent circling for parking.

Highlights
  • Automatic parking spot detection
  • Real-time parking availability map
  • Community-sourced parking data
  • Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • Neighborhood parking improvement
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Co-Park automatically picks up when a user gets in their car and frees up a spot. No need for users to tell the app when they leave parking. With thousands of people on Co-Park near you, rest easy knowing when parking gets tough, you can open Co-Park, press a button, and see where someone emptied out a spot. Features: • Automatically detected street-parking spots • Nearby spots displayed on an interactive map • Spot age and freshness information • Street View • Directions and in-app navigation Download and share, the more people on it, the more parking for everyone. Happy parking! Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_yBIXG48ff8lmSFnGH6IC9ESE0O6CX2Una-vhi7hJ7c/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

Park Watch4 screens
Co4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Park Watch at 67% against Co's 0%. Park Watch also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). Co's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Park Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Co asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Park Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Park Watch's written reviews are positive against 0% of Co's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Park Watch ships an update every 10 days, Co every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Park Watch versus Co: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPark WatchCo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPark Watch LLCMahdiur Rahman

Customer experience

Park Watch

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Co

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Park Watch

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$7.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$300.001 Year
None

Co

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Park Watch free?
Park Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Co free?
Co is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Park Watch or Co?
Park Watch is rated higher. Park Watch averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Co averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Park Watch or Co have ads?
Neither Park Watch nor Co shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Park Watch or Co?
Park Watch ships an update every 10 days, and Co every 8 days. Most recently, Park Watch was updated on November 3, 2026 and Co on November 3, 2026.

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