ButterflyMX vs Parksie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ButterflyMX
Control property access, including doors, gates, elevators, and garages, directly from your smartphone. Grant entry to visitors and deliveries remotely, and receive video calls for enhanced security. Manage all building access points seamlessly from one app.
- Open doors, gates, elevators, garages from smartphone
- Grant visitor access remotely
- Receive delivery notifications and grant access
- Video calls with visitors before granting access
- Manage all property access points
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ButterflyMX makes property access simple. With the ButterflyMX mobile app, you can open doors, gates, elevators, and garages from your smartphone. Whether you’re coming home, welcoming a guest, or accepting a delivery, it’s all one tap away. Key mobile app features: - Property access from anywhere. Unlock any connected entry point on your property using your smartphone. - Visitor access made easy. Send Visitor Passes to friends, family, and trusted service workers so they can enter even when you’re not home. - Never miss another delivery. Share Delivery Passes and get notified when deliveries arrive to grant property access from anywhere. - Security you can see. Receive video calls and speak with your visitors before granting them property access. From front doors and garages to gates and elevators, ButterflyMX connects every access point in one secure, easy-to-use app, so property access is simple at your building.
Parksie
Find and reserve local parking spots in real-time, including private driveways and garages. Earn money by renting out your unused parking space to drivers of various vehicles.
- Real-time parking spot discovery
- Reserve private parking spaces
- Rent out your parking space
- Support for various vehicle types
- Save money on parking
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Tired of crowded parking lots and garages? Quickly find and navigate to your local community and neighborhood parking spots. Using Parksie, find parking spots in real-time, or reserve a parking spot in someone’s driveway, yard, or garage. Start saving money by parking in private parking spots with the Parksie app. Looking to rent out your private parking space? Easily setup your driveway, yard, or garage as a parking spot for Parksie users to find and park. Using Parksie, you can start making money by selling your free parking space when you’re away, when it’s not being used, or when you don’t need it. Parksie connects parking space owners with drivers seeking parking spots for their cars, trucks, RVs, motorcycles, electric vehicles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, or 18-wheelesr. If you can drive it, you can park it if someone has the space.
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Verdict
ButterflyMX and Parksie both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Parksie's written reviews are positive against 51% of ButterflyMX's. Parksie also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). ButterflyMX's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (114K vs 3). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ButterflyMX against 5.0 for Parksie. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ButterflyMX has 114K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of ButterflyMX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Parksie's.
ButterflyMX ships an update fortnightly, Parksie every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ButterflyMX | Parksie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (114K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ButterflyMX, Inc. | Parksie LLC |
Customer experience
ButterflyMX
Parksie
Bugs and requests
ButterflyMX
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Missed notifications
- Inconsistent door unlocking
- Intercom call routing problems
- Elevator access issues
Requested features
5 requests- Remote door opening option
- Improved delivery workflow
- Independent user controls
- Accessibility improvements
- Bluetooth/offline access
Parksie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ButterflyMX
No in-app purchases
Parksie
No in-app purchases









