GuideOn Military vs Park TYB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GuideOn Military
This app helps users navigate military installations by providing directions, contact information, and relevant community content. Search for buildings, resources, units, and events to easily find what you need on and around bases.
- Installation navigation
- Contact information
- Military community content
- Search by building number or keyword
- User-submitted content
- Directions and locations
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Find where you need go, get directions, contact information, informative websites, social media links, and military community relevant content with GuideOn. Search by Bldg. # or keyword for locations, resources, units, information, graduations and more on and around a military installations. GuideOn is a "by our community, for our community" app created and managed by a military spouse and greatly enhanced by thousands of user contributions. All users can easily contribute to the growing content by submitting adds and edits for review through the "+" icon on the dashboard.
Park TYB
Easily pay for and manage your parking sessions on Tybee Island directly from your smartphone. Avoid feeding meters, receive alerts before your session ends, and extend your time remotely. View future parking rates and access your parking history for convenient expense management.
- Pay for parking on the go
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Receive parking session end alerts
- View future parking rates
- Access parking history
- Receive email receipts
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Pay, extend, and manage your parking session with Tybee Island's official parking app. It’s easy! PAY ON THE GO Pay quickly and securely with your smartphone. - Time's precious, stop wasting it feeding a meter. - Forget refilling the meter in the rain or braving the cold. NO PRICE SURPRISES See when parking rates will change in the future – even when there’s free parking! - Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session. - Expenses made easy, manage your parking history through the mobile app. STRESS-FREE PARKING Get alerts when your parking session is about to end. - Stop worrying about how much time is left on the meter, we have you covered. NO NEED TO RUSH Add time to your parking session directly from your phone.* - Your plans change, your parking spot shouldn't. Simply extend your parking session via our app. -------- GET STARTED TODAY 1. Download the Park TYB app. 2. Park where you see Park TYB app signs. 3. Pay for your parking session from your phone. 4. Relax, welcome to parking as it should be. -------- COMING SOON The Park TYB app is not done yet! We're constantly updating the app based on your feedback. -------- APP PERMISSIONS - Location Services (optional): Used to quickly provide nearby parking zones. * where applicable
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Park TYB at 4.5 against GuideOn Military's 2.9. Park TYB also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). GuideOn Military's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (43% vs 31%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. GuideOn Military sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Park TYB asks for nothing beyond the download.
Park TYB holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 172 and 365 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of GuideOn Military's written reviews are positive against 31% of Park TYB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GuideOn Military ships an update every 3 months, Park TYB every 18 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | GuideOn Military | Park TYB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (172 ratings) | 4.5 (365 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.0% of reviews — better | 31.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 172 | 365 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OneDot Solutions LLC | City of Tybee Island, Georgia |
Customer experience
GuideOn Military
Park TYB
Bugs and requests
GuideOn Military
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Park TYB
Reported bugs
20 issues- App does not work
- Error messages preventing purchase
- Apple Pay option does nothing
- Cannot add vehicles
- Expired credit cards showing
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- Network error repeatedly
- Payment not going through without notification
- Session ends 2 minutes early
- Cannot choose 15 or 30 minute durations
- Error message processing payment
- Impossible to sign up for it
- Payment options not working
- App reverting to old license plate
- Location services not available
- App wouldn't load rates
- Charged multiple times for parking
- Won't determine location
- Dispute ticket button doesn't work
- Charged credit card when not on island
- Black bars on screen
Requested features
14 requests- Add Apple Pay support
- Allow extending parking by the hour
- Send alerts when parking is about to expire
- Improve payment options
- Fix bugs with credit card updates
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- Add dispute ticket button
- Provide clear contact for support
- Allow selecting shorter parking durations (15/30 mins)
- Fix issues with adding vehicles
- Fix issues with sign-up verification pins
- Fix issues with location services
- Fix issues with license plate registration
- Fix issues with Discover card payments
- Add password manager integration
In-app purchases
GuideOn Military
- GuideOn Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
- GuideOn Yearly Premium$12.991 Year
- Premium- Lifetime$24.99
- GuideOn Lifetime Premium$24.99
Park TYB
No in-app purchases
