Co vs Smart Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Co
This app automatically detects when you leave a parking spot, updating a community-sourced map of available street parking. Find open spots quickly and reduce time spent circling for parking.
- Automatic parking spot detection
- Real-time parking availability map
- Community-sourced parking data
- Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- Neighborhood parking improvement
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Co-Park automatically picks up when a user gets in their car and frees up a spot. No need for users to tell the app when they leave parking. With thousands of people on Co-Park near you, rest easy knowing when parking gets tough, you can open Co-Park, press a button, and see where someone emptied out a spot. Features: • Automatically detected street-parking spots • Nearby spots displayed on an interactive map • Spot age and freshness information • Street View • Directions and in-app navigation Download and share, the more people on it, the more parking for everyone. Happy parking! Privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_yBIXG48ff8lmSFnGH6IC9ESE0O6CX2Una-vhi7hJ7c/edit?usp=sharing
Smart Maps
Design custom maps with AI tools and share them with a community. Experience enhanced navigation with CarPlay and explore user-generated content. Access unique data layers for deeper insights.
- AI-powered map creation
- Map sharing and exploration
- CarPlay integration
- Proprietary data layers
- User-generated content
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- Create your own maps using AI and toolkits - Share your maps with others - Experience CarPlay and Navigation like never before - Explore maps that others have created - Explore our proprietary layers, including hundreds derived from U.S. Census data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Maps at 44% against Co's 0%. Smart Maps also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). Co's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Smart Maps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Co asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Maps has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Co's written reviews are positive against 44% of Smart Maps's.
Co ships an update every 8 days, Smart Maps every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Co | Smart Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mahdiur Rahman | Lucas Rugar |
Customer experience
Co
Smart Maps
In-app purchases
Co
No in-app purchases
Smart Maps
- Smart Maps Plus$9.991 Month
- Smart Maps Plus Annual$59.991 Year
