Swiss Post vs PrestoPark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swiss Post
Manage all your postal needs with this app. Track parcels, handle mail digitally, and find nearby services. It offers convenient features like home parcel collection and digital postage, all accessible on your smartphone.
- Track consignments with push notifications
- Digital mail handling and invoice payment
- Live tracking of PostBus vehicles
- Find branches and service locations
- Home parcel collection service
- Digital postage and letter franking
- 24/7 parcel and registered letter terminals
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Your Swiss Post. Simple, fast and anywhere. With the Post-App, you’ll always have our most important services at hand. You can track, manage or frank letters and parcels in just a few clicks, use the pick@home or My Post 24 services with ease and keep an overview of your postal transactions at all times – whether at home, in the office or on the go. Functions in detail: • My consignments: Never miss a delivery. You receive information about upcoming consignments via push notifications and can manage deliveries conveniently. • Code scanner: Scan or manually enter barcodes and QR codes. • ePost: Handle your mail digitally: receive letters, pay invoices, sign and return contracts, file and retrieve documents. All in one workflow, anytime and anywhere. • Track Postbuses live: Track timetable data and live positions of all PostBus vehicles in real time • Location and opening hours: Find branches, letter boxes and other services, including collection times and opening hours. • pick@home: Have parcels collected conveniently from your home or an address of your choice. • DigitalStamp: Frank letters and parcels easily and conveniently with your smartphone, anytime and anywhere, and calculate letter size using artificial intelligence. • My Post 24: Send or collect parcels and registered letters 24/7 at terminals (without a display). • Collection note: Missed a delivery? Scan QR code, extend collection period or plan second attempted delivery. • Support chat: Our chatbot and our customer service specialists will support you with your query directly in the app. • Languages: The app is available in German, French, Italian and English. • Feedback: Share your opinion and help to develop the app.
PrestoPark
Pay for on-street parking directly from your smartphone. Avoid the need for change or tickets. Receive notifications before your parking time expires, ensuring peace of mind.
- Mobile parking payment
- No change or ticket needed
- Parking time expiry notifications
- Secure registration
- User-friendly interface
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PrestoPark, pay with your mobile phone and park with peace of mind! PrestoPark is an innovative payment method for on-street parking. No change or ticket required, you pay for your parking space directly on your smartphone. Follow your activities without worries, PrestoPark will notify you a few minutes before your parking time ends! Register for free by simply and securely entering your license plate number and credit card details. Enjoy the simplicity and user-friendliness of this application. See you soon with PrestoPark! A service developed by IEM.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swiss Post at 56% against PrestoPark's 13%. Swiss Post also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). PrestoPark's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Swiss Post holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Swiss Post's written reviews are positive against 13% of PrestoPark's.
Swiss Post ships an update every 3 weeks, PrestoPark every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swiss Post | PrestoPark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (75 ratings) — better | 1.1 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better | 12.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 620 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Die Schweizerische Post | IEM S.A. |
Customer experience
Swiss Post
PrestoPark
Bugs and requests
Swiss Post
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PrestoPark
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on startup with white screen
- Credit card registration fails with error messages
- Payment processing fails but money is debited
- Double and triple charging on single transactions
- Geolocation detects wrong parking zones
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- Push notifications not triggering before expiration
- Payment history not updating or showing transactions
- Cannot add or modify vehicle information
- Password reset functionality broken (502 errors)
- App logs out users unexpectedly
- Connection errors during login
- Blank payment pages preventing transactions
- Unable to stop/end parking sessions
- Keyboard obscures password input field on iOS
- Form submission crashes (contact forms)
- Incompatible with special characters (umlauts, accents)
- Payment confirmation page not loading
- Delayed or missing email confirmations
- App freezes when switching between pages
- Vehicle number plate not saving correctly
Requested features
18 requests- Apple Pay and Google Pay integration
- PayPal payment option
- Ability to extend parking time mid-session
- Remote parking termination with refunds
- Real-time payment confirmation and receipts
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- Functional push notifications before expiration
- Support for disabled/handicap parking cards (CMI)
- Ability to manage multiple vehicles easily
- Payment history with detailed transaction records
- Multi-language support beyond French
- Automatic geolocation without manual selection
- Printable parking ticket/proof for inspectors
- Email receipts with parking details
- Refund for unused parking time
- Support for more countries and license plate formats
- Improved UI/UX with better intuitiveness
- Offline payment capability
- SMS confirmation of payments
In-app purchases
Swiss Post
No in-app purchases
PrestoPark
No in-app purchases
