Comparison

Bicycle Parking vs metroKEY

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

Head to head
About

Bicycle Parking

Easily find and add bicycle parking locations in your city. Mark your own parking spot, discover existing racks on a map, and contribute new spots with photos and notes. Helps cyclists safely lock their bikes.

Highlights
  • Mark your current bike parking spot
  • Discover bicycle parking on a map
  • Add new parking spots with photos
  • Upload parking spots later (offline)
  • View user-generated and external data
Features
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Free bike parking app. Features: - Tap "Park Here" to mark where you park your bike. - Tap the button on the bottom right to toggle between your parking spot and your current location. - Select the "Add" tab to add bicycle parking spots to the public map. Pinpoint the bicycle parking location with drag and drop feature. - Select the "Map" tab to view bicycle parking in your area. -- Parking spots are only loaded for the area that you are viewing! If your city has a lot of bicycle parking, zoom in to where you want to park for the best experience. - Select the "Manage" tab to enable special features such as the "Upload Later" feature. -- Upload Later lets you save parking spots to your phone and upload them later. Ideal if you want to wait for a WiFi connection to send the images or for bicycle parking in locations with weak cell signals. Ever wonder where the nearest bicycle parking is or have trouble finding a bike rack when you are in a rush? The bicycle parking project is taking advantage of modern technologies to help solve that problem for good. All green markers are user generated data with an image of the bicycle parking area and optional notes. All purple dots are from external data sources such as city data, department of transportation or other bicycle parking projects. External data has not been confirmed. It is pretty simple. If you are looking for bike parking, open the app and look at the map in the area where you want to park. If there isn't anything yet you can help by snapping a quick picture and sending it in when you find a bike rack or any other bicycle parking that isn't on the map yet! With this app, and help from cyclists all around, we will never have trouble finding a place to safely lock our bikes again.

About

metroKEY

This app provides interactive access control for waste facilities, offering end-to-end visibility on usage. It features a user-friendly interface with fast sign-up, clear instructions, unit location mapping, and information on depositable items.

Highlights
  • Interactive access control
  • End-to-end usage visibility
  • Fast sign-up process
  • Unit location mapping
  • Deposit information
  • Bluetooth unit latch opening
  • Bin fill level monitoring
Features
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metroKEY is an interactive access control system, delivering end to end visibility on how the organics drop off facility is being used, with a user interface that actively encourages participation with fast sign up, easy to follow instructions, map locations of units, and clear information on what can be deposited. metroKEY enables users to create their own metroKEY account following a standard 2-step verification and password set up using their smartphone Once logged in to the metroKEY app, access to the unit can be granted once the one time ‘tick box’ user agreement condition has been met. This feature means that Admin intervention is not required to grant user access at the time, though within the metroKEY web portal, your admin staff are able to both grant and revoke user access as necessary. Making recycling as easy as trash disposal demands streamlined processes that enable access to the organics unit. Once users have signed in, the metroKEY app opens the unit latch via an illustrated pop-up question banner with a simple yes/no tick box for access once the user is within Bluetooth range of the unit. Where fill sensors are deployed smartphone app users can also see when a bin is full, allowing them to navigate to the nearest available drop-off location.

Screenshots

Bicycle Parking4 screens
metroKEY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bicycle Parking at 71% against metroKEY's 0%. Bicycle Parking also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.8). metroKEY's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bicycle Parking holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Bicycle Parking's written reviews are positive against 0% of metroKEY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bicycle Parking ships an update every 6 months, metroKEY every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bicycle Parking versus metroKEY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBicycle ParkingmetroKEY
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings) — better2.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathaniel BurnettStreetspace Ltd

Customer experience

Bicycle Parking

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

metroKEY

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bicycle Parking

No in-app purchases

None

metroKEY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bicycle Parking free?
Bicycle Parking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is metroKEY free?
metroKEY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bicycle Parking or metroKEY?
Bicycle Parking is rated higher. Bicycle Parking averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while metroKEY averages 2.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Bicycle Parking or metroKEY have ads?
Neither Bicycle Parking nor metroKEY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bicycle Parking or metroKEY?
Bicycle Parking ships an update every 6 months, and metroKEY every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bicycle Parking was updated on October 23, 2026 and metroKEY on October 24, 2026.

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