OpenPaths vs iPayParking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenPaths
Securely store and visualize your personal location history. Track your movements, upload data to a website for download in various formats, and control who can access your information. Offers API integration and runs with minimal battery drain.
- Location tracking
- Data visualization
- Data export (KML, JSON, CSV)
- Secure data locker
- API integration
- Background operation
- Minimal battery drain
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OpenPaths (https://openpaths.cc) is a secure data locker for personal location information. Using our iPhone app you can track your location, visualize where you've been, and upload your data to the OpenPaths website. You can then download your data from the website in a variety of friendly formats, including KML, JSON, and CSV. The OpenPaths API enables you to integrate your own software with the platform. You can keep your location history to yourself, or you can share it with specific research initiatives, art projects, or educational programs as you so choose. The OpenPaths online interface allows you to manage who has access to your data. Your data is secure on the encrypted OpenPaths servers and cannot be accessed by anyone without your express consent. OpenPaths is a new way for individuals to take ownership of, to work with, and to share the data that they generate in their daily lives. OpenPaths is a community project initiated by the Research and Development Lab at the New York Times Company. - Runs in the background - Minimal battery drain For more information, please visit https://openpaths.cc
iPayParking
Pay parking tickets quickly and easily through a mobile application. It offers a simple interface for fast transactions and integrates with Apple Wallet for secure, registration-free payments.
- Fast parking ticket payment
- Easy and reliable user interface
- No registration required
- Integrated with Apple Wallet
- No additional configuration needed
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iPayParking- the new incredible way to pay a parking tickets. Fast, Easy and Reliable. The application provides an innovation of the mobile parking payments Flexible Use Simple and reliable user interface! Two button presses and you could achieve the final goal - to pay the ticket and to leave the parking lot. No Registration No need to enter Credit Card into unsecured environment. The app is integrated with Apple wallet. No Configuraton No additional configuration needed. Just download and start using. Warning: The application could be used only in the parking lots with iPayParking logo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OpenPaths at 44% against iPayParking's 0%. OpenPaths also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). iPayParking's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 35 months) and rating (2.5 vs 2.3). 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.
iPayParking holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of OpenPaths's written reviews are positive against 0% of iPayParking's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OpenPaths ships an update every 35 months, iPayParking every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenPaths | iPayParking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 2.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, San Diego (Business Affairs) | IBS Technology LLC |
Customer experience
OpenPaths
iPayParking
In-app purchases
OpenPaths
No in-app purchases
iPayParking
No in-app purchases
