Comparison

ParkPal vs PersonalMap Journal

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

Head to head
About

ParkPal

Easily find and pay for city parking. Explore locations on a map, manage your e-wallet, and receive timely notifications before your parking session expires. View your parking history and download reports.

Highlights
  • Map exploration of parking locations
  • Parking payment timetable
  • E-wallet top-up
  • Quick parking payment
  • Session management (stop/extend)
  • Expiration notifications
  • Parking history
  • Monthly reports
Features
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The new, upgraded ParkPal app makes city parking an easy challenge! The app currently supports parking in the city of Thessaloniki. • Explore parking locations on the map • Check the parking payment timetable • Top up your e-wallet with a single tap • Pay for parking quickly and easily • Stop or extend an active parking session • Get notified a few minutes before your session expires • View your full parking history • Download monthly reports of paid parking fees Your opinion is valuable to us for constantly improving the app! Please provide feedback by selecting the corresponding option in the app menu. For any requests or questions, contact us at info@parkpal.gr.

About

PersonalMap Journal

Features
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You remember the place. You just can't remember when you were there. PersonalMap quietly records the places you stop, using the low-power location signals your iPhone already produces. Every day becomes a page: a map of where you went, the stops you made, that day's photos, and your notes. Ask "when was I here?" about any place and get an answer. FREE FOREVER • Automatic visit recording, with no limits • Your last 7 days, in full detail • Notes on a day or pinned to a spot on the route — typed or spoken • Export of your entire history: JSON, GPX, CSV, or an encrypted archive. Always free. Your data is never held hostage. FULL VERSION — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Your whole history, however far back it goes • Search everything — places, notes, dates • Insights: countries and cities visited, the places you return to, and what you were doing on this day years ago • Trip mode: precise, temporary route recording for a hike or a day out, stopping automatically after 4 hours. Can be started from Apple Watch. • That day's photos beside your visits, shown live from your library — nothing is ever copied • Bring in your past: Google Timeline (JSON), photo EXIF locations, GPX files • Look Around at the places you stopped, satellite and hybrid maps, visit editing • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch with a single purchase Everything is unlocked for 3 days when you install the app. No card, no sign-up. PRIVACY IS ARCHITECTURE, NOT A PROMISE • No servers of ours. Your history stays on your device. • No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads, no account • Data Not Collected, because there is nothing to collect • Automatic place naming (Apple geocoding) is opt-in and off by default • Optional iCloud sync uses your own private iCloud database • Face ID lock, and the app hides its contents in the app switcher OUR COMMITMENTS 1. No subscription, ever. 2. Recording and export stay free forever. Whatever was recorded remains yours, and it always comes back out. 3. If the app goes 24 months without an update, the last version unlocks everything for free. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. PersonalMap relies on low-power location signals rather than continuous GPS, except in Trip mode, which you start yourself and which stops on its own.

Screenshots

ParkPal4 screens
PersonalMap Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ParkPal at none against PersonalMap Journal's 1. ParkPal also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PersonalMap Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ParkPal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
ParkPal versus PersonalMap Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParkPalPersonalMap Journal
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPARK PAL MEPESpyridon Tsiolakis

In-app purchases

None

ParkPal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PersonalMap Journal

One-time1
  • PersonalMap Full$8.99

Questions

Is ParkPal free?
ParkPal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PersonalMap Journal free?
PersonalMap Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ParkPal or PersonalMap Journal have ads?
Neither ParkPal nor PersonalMap Journal shows ads.

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