Passport Mobile vs Parking Kitty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Passport Mobile
Discover and redeem offers from participating merchants with this app. Browse deals by category, location, or proximity to your destination. Manage your membership, save favorites, and receive personalized notifications.
- Browse participating locations
- Discover new offers
- Filter and search options
- Map view for nearby discounts
- Save favorite offers
- Curated notifications
- Mobile redemption
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The Passport Mobile app is the on-the-go resource for your Passport membership! Browse participating locations, discover great new offers and categories, or use the newly-improved category, filter and search options to find just what you're looking for. Switch to map view to browse the discounts nearest to you or in proximity to your destination. Also included are a number of features tailored to your specific Passport membership: quick access to your favorites, curated notifications based on your interests, mobile redemption options and the ability to manage account and gift card inventory! Note: The Passport Mobile app requires that you sign in using a current Passport membership. You must have a card displaying the Passport Dining, Passport Corporate or Passport Lifestyle program logo (or be a registered Mobile card member) in order redeem the offers listed in this app.
Parking Kitty
Manage your entire parking experience directly from your smartphone. Pay for parking, extend your session, and receive notifications about your remaining time. This official city app simplifies street parking.
- Pay for parking sessions
- Extend parking time remotely
- Receive low time notifications
- Manage parking history
- Get email receipts
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Parking just got easier in Portland! Parking Kitty, the City of Portland’s official mobile parking app, provides users with the convenience of handling the entire parking experience from their smartphone. Park, pay, extend and manage your parking session from your fingertips. It’s the cat’s meow! Get Started Today: Download the free Parking Kitty app Park where you see the Parking Kitty signs Pay for your parking session from your phone The Perks of Parking Kitty: - Receive “meow” notifications when your parking session time is low - Extend your parking session through the app - Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session - Manage your parking history through the mobile app Parking Kitty mobile parking app is making Portland meow! Make your parking experience as simple as possible -- download Parking Kitty today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parking Kitty at 4.9 against Passport Mobile's 2.5. Parking Kitty also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 20%) and ratings volume (9.4K vs 151). Passport Mobile's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 35 months). On price, ads, 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.
Parking Kitty holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parking Kitty has 9.4K ratings behind it against 151, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Passport Mobile's written reviews are positive against 60% of Parking Kitty's.
Passport Mobile ships an update monthly, Parking Kitty every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Passport Mobile | Parking Kitty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (151 ratings) | 4.9 (9.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 151 | 9.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Passport Unlimited, Inc. | City of Portland |
Customer experience
Passport Mobile
Parking Kitty
Bugs and requests
Passport Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Parking Kitty
Reported bugs
2 issues- Glitches causing multiple simultaneous charges
- Inconsistent parking enforcement despite app payment
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to pay and extend time from Apple Watch
- Provide option to rollover unused parking time
- Add ability to end parking sessions early
- Improve notification system to better alert users of expiring time
- Integrate zone identification based on geolocation
In-app purchases
Passport Mobile
No in-app purchases
Parking Kitty
No in-app purchases
