Butlin’s Bognor Regis vs NCP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Plan and book your next family holiday with ease. Discover live shows, activities, and resort amenities. Manage your booking and explore interactive maps before you arrive.
- Book live shows and activities
- Interactive resort maps
- Manage booking details
- View break information
- Discover entertainment schedules
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DISCOVER BUTLIN’S We’ve been delighting families for 90 years, so we know a thing or two about great holidays. The days are packed, the pace never slows, and every night feels like Saturday night. Get excited and book your next break at the Home of Entertainment in just a few taps. PLAN AHEAD Never miss a moment of fun! See what’s on during your break and book live shows and activities in advance, so you can get stuck in as soon as you check in. EXPLORE RESORT Get your bearings before you arrive. Use the interactive maps to find your accommodation, venues, restaurants and more, all from the comfort of your sofa. MANAGE YOUR BOOKING Keep everything in one place with our handy wallet feature. View your break details, bookings and extras whenever you need them. VISIT ALL YEAR ROUND No sunshine? No problem. From summer breaks and Easter escapes to Halloween frights and festive lights, we’re open all year round, all under one roof!
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.
- Digital season tickets
- Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Favorite car park sites
- AutoPay with VRN
- In-app chat support
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Butlin’s Bognor Regis at 5.0 against NCP's 4.3. Butlin’s Bognor Regis also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 12%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). NCP's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Butlin’s Bognor Regis's written reviews are positive against 12% of NCP's.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis ships an update every 3 weeks, NCP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Butlin’s Bognor Regis | NCP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Butlin's Skyline Limited | National Car Parks Limited |
Customer experience
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
NCP
User reviews
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to manage bookings
- 🗺️ Useful for park navigation
- 🤩 Great for planning activities
- ✨ Staff are friendly and helpful
- 🎉 Lots of fun and entertainment
Room to improve
- 🐛 App login issues
- 🐛 App doesn't update bookings
- 🐛 Cannot get bookings on app
- 🐛 App shows no bookings
- 🐛 Cannot book activities on app
NCP
From 100 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Intuitive app
- 🚀 Helpful auto-popup to scan barcode
- 👍 Great app, easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work, redirects to web
- 🐛 App not recognizing username/password
- 🐛 App not storing login details
- 🐛 App not working, logging out constantly
- 🐛 QR code not working
Bugs and requests
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Reported bugs
41 issues- Never updates your booking
- Cannot get bookings up on the app
- Says I have no bookings when I do
- Cannot book any activities on the app
- Cannot receive my voucher
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- Play experience bit makes scrolling a pain
- Machine that takes inflatables up top was broken
- Rapids are closed as roller door won’t open
- Not all activities shown on app
- Can’t login
- Email address is correct. Password same as web account login password. Web account login is ok, app login is not!
- The app won’t work EVER!!!
- Loads list of activities but when you select activities you would like to book it says “failed to get activities”
- Customer service on Butlins Twitter page are no help
- Can’t get login on app!!
- Says failed to login and username and password incorrect when it isn’t!
- Won’t work
- Unable to book any activities
- Customer service patronising
- Shows a list of all activities with no indication of what date they’re on
- Map sometimes don’t work
- Can’t even get in!
- No option to set up a password for the app
- Have 3 bookings, however if I want to access them, I have to delete app after viewing one booking then reinstall app then log in again to access the other booking
- Itinerary section doesn’t work
- When trying to add activities to the itinerary it comes up with an error message “oops something went wrong”
- When you add an activity as a favourite it won’t be saved when you go back into the app next time
- Can’t log in if you didn’t personally make the booking
- Spent several hours this week looking at activities and creating an itinerary in advance of our trip. Logged in today and it’s all disappeared!
- Favourites tab isn’t working
- Itinerary - well, what is that supposed to do?
- Can only get one booking details on the app if you have more bookings
- Doesn’t let you create an account
- Oops! Something went wrong!
- Can’t even log in.
- Won’t even let u log on
- Account not recognised on the app!!
- Previous reviewer pointed it out but not been addressed obviously
- Unable to book arrival time
- Unable to access the the booking screen.
- Can see the screen by swiping right but it will not stay there.
Requested features
20 requests- Filter out play experience stuff
- Add way to filter play experience
- Put activities and shows in chronological order
- Choice of views for activities
- View by venue in time order
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- View all activities in time order
- Name of venue and finish times on activity booking
- Improve map detail
- Put venue labels on tickets
- Cancel activities from the app
- Fairground opening times visible
- Book bikes or go karts
- Add dark mode
- Improve app performance
- Fix itinerary function
- Fix favourites function
- Allow booking directly from the app
- Show all bookings on the app
- Add option to set up password for app
- Allow login for bookings not personally made
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
In-app purchases
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
No in-app purchases
NCP
No in-app purchases
Questions
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