Comparison

Fog & Fern vs Ticketless+

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

Head to head
About

Fog & Fern

Discover San Francisco's hidden green spaces with this app. It helps you find, visit, and track all the city's parks, from major landmarks to secret gardens. Get directions and inspiration to explore new places.

Highlights
  • Browse all San Francisco parks on a map
  • Track visited parks and progress
  • Get directions to parks
  • Discover random unvisited parks
  • Sync progress with iCloud
Features
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Discover the hidden green spaces that make San Francisco unique. Fog & Fern helps you find, visit, and keep track of every park in the city—whether you’re exploring a neighborhood you’ve never seen or revisiting a favorite spot. • Browse All Parks: View a curated map of San Francisco’s official parks—from major landmarks to secret pocket gardens. • Track Your Visits: Mark parks as visited and see how many you’ve explored so far. • Get Directions: Launch native directions to any park with a single tap. • Be Inspired: Shake your phone to select a random unvisited park. • Sync with iCloud: Your progress stays private and synced across your devices. Whether you’re a local looking for new places to relax or a visitor wanting to explore beyond the guidebooks, Fog & Fern turns every day into a chance to discover somewhere new.

About

Ticketless+

This app automatically detects when you park and alerts you to upcoming parking restrictions like street cleaning, meters, and tow-aways. It offers instant parking protection without sign-up, ads, or tracking, specifically designed for San Francisco's complex rules.

Highlights
  • Automatic parking detection
  • Street cleaning alerts
  • Meter expiration reminders
  • Tow-away warnings
  • Color curb detection
  • Citation hotspot avoidance
  • Crowdsourced restriction data
Features
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Ticketless automatically detects when you park and warns you before parking restrictions take effect. It supports street cleaning, meters, time limits, tow-aways, construction zones, and more. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Just instant parking protection that runs quietly in the background. Key Features • Auto parking detection (works even when the app is closed) • Street cleaning alerts (including complex weekly patterns) • Meter expiration reminders + custom paid-time tracking • Hourly time limit tracking (1–4 hour zones) • Tow-away + construction permit warnings • Color curb detection (red, green, yellow, white, blue, more) • Explore mode: check any spot before you park • Citation hotspots: avoid high enforcement areas • Drag-and-drop parking pin + manual controls when needed Ticketless also crowd sources restrictions that the city's data doesn't have! Privacy First Ticketless is built to protect your car, not collect your data. No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. San Francisco Only Ticketless is designed specifically for SF’s complex rules using official city data. Support: az_98@icloud.com

Screenshots

Fog & Fern4 screens
Ticketless+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ticketless+ at none against Fog & Fern's 3. Ticketless+ also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Fog & Fern sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ticketless+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fog & Fern against 5.0 for Ticketless+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ticketless+ has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fog & Fern ships an update every 3 weeks, Ticketless+ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fog & Fern versus Ticketless+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFog & FernTicketless+
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle OlivoAbdullah Zahid

Customer experience

Fog & Fern

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ticketless+

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Fog & Fern

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

Ticketless+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fog & Fern free?
Fog & Fern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ticketless+ free?
Ticketless+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fog & Fern or Ticketless+?
Fog & Fern and Ticketless+ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Fog & Fern or Ticketless+ have ads?
Neither Fog & Fern nor Ticketless+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fog & Fern or Ticketless+?
Fog & Fern ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ticketless+ every 5 days. Most recently, Fog & Fern was updated on October 22, 2026 and Ticketless+ on October 11, 2026.

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