Comparison

HonkMobile vs Zipstall

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

Head to head
About

HonkMobile

Easily pay for parking on your phone at thousands of locations across Canada and the US. Avoid pay stations and parking tickets by booking in real-time or reserving spots in advance. Save time and money on hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly parking.

Highlights
  • Mobile parking payment
  • Real-time and advance reservations
  • Save up to 40% on parking
  • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly options
  • Mapview of available spots
  • Meter feeding from phone
  • Notifications before session expiry
Features
Currently charting
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The #1 trusted parking app: Save up to 40% on parking with Honk. Forget waiting at pay stations, digging for change and circling the block trying to find an empty parking spot - use the HonkMobile app the next time you park and save on time, money and parking tickets! Using a single account, drivers can pay for parking on their phone at any of the 2,000 locations and 190,000 parking spaces Honk is accepted across Canada and the United States. Whether you’re looking for city, off-street, hospital, school or airport parking, Honk has you covered! Just some of the cities you’ll find us in: Corner Brook, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Whitby, Oshawa, London, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Waterloo, Windsor, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Lethbridge, Burnaby, Kelowna, Surrey, Okanagan, Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Victoria. How It Works: - Sign up and create a free account using your email or Facebook Connect - Add your license plate - parking sessions are validated by license plate - store as many as you like! - Add as many payment methods as you’d like - great way to manage personal and business expenses - Honk accepts all major credit cards, Visa/Debit, PayPal, MasterPass and ApplePay - Book parking in real-time or make a reservation for the future - Click ‘pay’ and get on your way faster! App Features & Functionality: - Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly parking options Mapview of all available parking spots in relation to your destination - Choose parking spot based on price and proximity - Park in the same spot for work? Favourite your most frequented parking spot for even quicker and easier access to the spots you use on a regular basis - Receive text notifications 15 minutes before your session is set to expire - Feed the meter directly from your phone - no more running back to beat the meter maid! - Receipts are emailed to you within seconds of a booking - Municipal, private, school campus, university, airport and residential parking - Access to parking deals and promotions - with savings up to 40% off regular parking rates! Go ahead and ghost the parking meter and download the HonkMobile app today - you’ll never look back! Follow us for updates and announcements: HonkMobile.com: https://www.honkmobile.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/honkmobile Twitter: https://twitter.com/honkmobile Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honkmobile/

About

Zipstall

This app acts as your personal parking broker, finding the best parking spots based on your trip details and priorities. Filter options by proximity, cost, amenities like heating or pedway access, and avoid parking tickets by eliminating guesswork about your parking duration.

Highlights
  • Personalized parking broker
  • Find best parking for destination
  • Filter by closer, cheaper, heated, secure, pedway connected
  • Eliminates guesswork on parking duration
  • Guaranteed no tickets
Features
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Zipstall is YOUR Parking Broker, not just a parking app that takes your money and forces you to guess how long you will be parked. You tell us about your planned trip and your priorities and we will get you where you actually need to go - the BEST parking for your destination. We even let you filter options by closer, cheaper, heated, secure, pedway connected, etc. to make sure you get the best parking for you. What's even better is that after you follow the directions we give you, you don't have to guess how long you will be parked. Not guessing means no expiring session which means NO TICKETS GUARANTEED. Check out the app for all the other amazing things we do and... WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF PARKING!

Screenshots

HonkMobile4 screens
Zipstall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zipstall at 80% against HonkMobile's 26%. HonkMobile's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HonkMobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HonkMobile has 3.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of HonkMobile's written reviews are positive against 80% of Zipstall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HonkMobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Zipstall every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
HonkMobile versus Zipstall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHonkMobileZipstall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.1K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews25.6% of reviews79.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#121 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHonk Mobile Inc.Zipstall Inc.

Customer experience

HonkMobile

All ratings3,089 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative69.3%

Zipstall

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.3%

User reviews

HonkMobile

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient and quick
  • 📱 Saves vehicle information

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 💰 Expensive parking rates
  • 🤔 Confusing user interface
  • ❌ Unreliable - users still get tickets
  • 🕰️ Lack of flexible time options

Zipstall

From 1 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and simple
  • 💡 Pay for only time used
  • 💰 Saves money on parking
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient parking
  • 😊 Excellent customer service

Room to improve

  • 😠 Complicated and time-consuming setup
  • 💸 Can be expensive/higher than expected
  • 🤔 Predatory design/takes advantage of forgetfulness
  • ⚠️ Risk of overcharging if session not ended
  • 😵 Too many steps to start parking

Bugs and requests

HonkMobile

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or doesn't load
  • Issues with login and account setup
  • Incorrect parking time/charges

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to cancel/refund unused time
  • Option to pay for custom time increments
  • Better support for international users

Zipstall

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Received ticket despite active session
  • QR code vandalized (external issue, but impacted app use)

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow pre-payment for a set amount of time before leaving the car
  • Make it clearer how to spend local dollars

In-app purchases

None

HonkMobile

No in-app purchases

None

Zipstall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HonkMobile free?
HonkMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zipstall free?
Zipstall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HonkMobile or Zipstall?
HonkMobile is rated higher. HonkMobile averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Zipstall averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HonkMobile or Zipstall have ads?
Neither HonkMobile nor Zipstall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HonkMobile or Zipstall?
HonkMobile ships an update every 6 weeks, and Zipstall every 5 weeks. Most recently, HonkMobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Zipstall on October 29, 2026.

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