Parking Pin™ vs PARKLYO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parking Pin™
This app automatically remembers where you parked your car using GPS and motion sensors. It provides walking directions, distance, and a compass to guide you back. It also includes a parking meter timer with notifications.
- Automatic GPS parking tracking
- Compass pointing to car
- Walking directions with map
- Parking meter timer with notifications
- Distance to car
- Manual pin dropping
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▶ Parking Pin™ - The App that Automatically Remembers Where You Parked & Guides You Back To Your Car! ◀ » “A steal for the value you get” - appshappens.com « » “It just knows. Like magic. [...] it is well thought out and easy to look at. (It’s even fun to play with!)” - Item of the Day on hellogiggles.com « » App of the Day & App of the Evening on AppTurbo.com « Never waste your time or energy wandering around again. Other apps claim to guide you back to your car but let’s face it-using an app that requires you to tell it that you’ve parked just isn’t going to work. After all, if you’re prone to forgetting your spot, you’re going to forget to tell the app you’ve parked. Parking Pin is different. Use it when you need it most-that painful moment when you realize you can’t remember where you parked. Unlike other apps that require you buy extra accessories or to mark your location beforehand, Parking Pin simply remembers your last spot for you without your iPhone ever leaving your pocket or purse. Parking Pin remembers where you’ve parked, even if you don’t! How Does It Work? Parking Pin's Pin Finder* uses the newest iPhones’ Motion Coprocessors in combination with Location Services to pinpoint your spots as you park. It does this in the background, while your iPhone is asleep or as you use other apps. The next time you open the app, your current spot will be saved along with a list of your most recent spots. Don't have an iPhone with Motion capabilities? We’ve got you covered! As long as you enable Location Services, saving your spots has never been easier. Simply drop a Pin manually with the tap of a button or easily reposition an existing Pin for a more accurate location. Rotating your iPhone reveals a fullscreen map making getting back to your car a snap. It even works without Wifi or Cell Service! Where’s My Car? Open the app to see your current Pin location on a map with walking directions, distance to your car, street name, date you parked & how long you’ve been parked for along with a compass needle that continuously points in your car’s direction. When Does My Meter Expire? Was that 1 hr 35 mins you bought at 3:15pm or was it 3 hrs at 1:15!? Hate remembering how much time you have left on your meter? So do we. That’s why Parking Pin has a slick built-in Meter with Time Left, Time Available & Expire Time settings. Pinch or tap to set one of these options. Parking Pin automatically calculates & sets the rest-you’ll never need to do the extra math! Parking Pin will even notify you when your meter expires or is about to expire. Features ∙Automatic Pin Finder* ∙Compass Pointing to Your Car ∙Walking Directions with Fullscreen Map ∙Date & Time & Duration of Parking ∙Distance to Your Car in Feet or Meters ∙Ability to Orient the Map to Your Direction ∙Easy Pinch-to-Set Meter Calculates All Times for You ∙Meter Notifies When It Expires & 15 Mins Before ∙Add Multiple Notes to a Pin ∙Open a Pin in the Maps App ∙Switch the Map style to Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid ∙Tracks Up to 30 Days of Parking Pins ∙All Your Data Stays Private to Your Own Device ∙Delete Pins Easily ∙Straightforward Sleek Minimalist Design Requirements ∙iOS7+ ∙Location Services enabled/authorized for Parking Pin in the Settings App ∙*Pin Finder (automatically finding parking locations) requires a device with the M7 or M8 chip, Location services enabled/authorized, Motion Activity authorized & Background App Refresh (Multi-Tasking) enabled/authorized. You must travel above 3.5m/s (~7mph) to find your parking spots. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Use Parking Pin in open areas. Indoor garages, interference, weather conditions & locations with poor coverage may affect accuracy. By downloading & using Parking Pin™ you agree to the Terms of Use.
PARKLYO
Never lose your car again with this app that saves your parking spot and provides walking directions back. It's useful for large venues like malls, airports, and stadiums, offering a history of your parked locations.
- Save parking spot in one tap
- Walking directions to car
- Parking history
- Stadium Mode for specific locations
- Works in background
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Parklyo helps you find your parked car fast. Whether you’re in a crowded mall, airport, stadium, or large parking garage, Parklyo saves your parking spot and helps you navigate back to your parked car anytime. Key features: • Find your parked car with saved location • Save your parking spot in one tap • Walking directions back to your car • Parking history so you always know where you parked • Stadium Mode: save your seat, gate, merch stand, and more • Works in the background Stop wandering parking garages and retracing your steps. With Parklyo, you’ll always know exactly where your car is parked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PARKLYO at Free against Parking Pin™'s $0.99. PARKLYO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Parking Pin™'s advantage is chart position (#167 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
PARKLYO is free to download; Parking Pin™ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PARKLYO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Parking Pin™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of PARKLYO's.
Parking Pin™ ships an update every 2 months, PARKLYO every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parking Pin™ | PARKLYO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #167 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Everyday Odyssey LLC | David Rabinow |
Customer experience
Parking Pin™
PARKLYO
In-app purchases
Parking Pin™
No in-app purchases
PARKLYO
No in-app purchases








