Notifications vs meterEZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notifications
Receive real-time updates on terminal operations, including supply, office closures, and outages. This app is designed for registered CITGO users to stay informed about critical information.
- Real-time terminal notifications
- Supply updates
- Office closure alerts
- Outage information
- RVP conversion notices
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CITGO Terminal Notifications App allows registered users to receive real-time terminal notifications regarding supply, office closures, outages, RVP conversions and more.
meterEZ
This app allows you to pay for parking using your smartphone. Enter your payment and meter details, select your vehicle, and you're set. An optional wallet feature can save you money on parking fees.
- Mobile parking payment
- Enter payment information
- Enter meter number
- Select vehicle
- Optional EZwallet for savings
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Available in Erie & Meadville, PA (moving to more cities in the future!), meterEZ is a mobile parking payment app, dedicated to a great user experience and ease of use. No more carrying quarters around to pay for parking -- Simply enter your payment information and your parking meter number, choose your vehicle and you're ready to go! Optionally add funds to your "EZwallet" and use it as your payment method and save money on your parking!
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Verdict
Notifications and meterEZ both sit at 3.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Notifications's written reviews are positive against 52% of meterEZ's. Notifications also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). meterEZ's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 4). 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 — 3.8 for Notifications against 3.6 for meterEZ. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: meterEZ has 38 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Notifications's written reviews are positive against 52% of meterEZ's.
Notifications ships an update every 7 months, meterEZ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notifications | meterEZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.6 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 52.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CITGO Petroleum Corp. | MeterEZ LLC |
Customer experience
Notifications
meterEZ
In-app purchases
Notifications
No in-app purchases
meterEZ
No in-app purchases
Questions
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