MobileMeter vs Park Princeton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobileMeter
Easily pay for on-street parking directly from your iPhone or iPad. Access your parking history, charges, and profile information through a secure website, and print reports.
- Pay for on-street parking
- Use iPhone or iPad
- Access secure website
- View parking charges
- Access parking history
- Print reports
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MobileMeter provides an easy way to pay for on-street parking using your iPhone or iPad. You can also login to our secure website to access parking charges, history, profile information and print reports. Registration with us is free and you are never under an obligation to use our system once you join. If there are ways we can help make your life easier as you're taking the key from the ignition, please let us know!
Park Princeton
Easily pay for and manage your parking sessions directly from your smartphone. Avoid the hassle of meters and receive notifications before your time expires. Extend your parking remotely to accommodate changing plans.
- Pay for parking on the go
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Receive parking session end alerts
- View future parking rates
- Get email parking receipts
- Manage parking history
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No more digging for coins. This is how parking should be. Pay, extend, and manage your parking session with just a few taps. 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 Princeton app. 2. Park where you see Park Princeton app signs. 3. Pay for your parking session from your phone. 4. Relax, welcome to parking as it should be. -------- COMING SOON The Park Princeton 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 update cadence: Park Princeton at every 2 months against MobileMeter's every 30 months. Park Princeton also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (3K vs 729). MobileMeter's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 15%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Park Princeton holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 729 and 3K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of MobileMeter's written reviews are positive against 15% of Park Princeton's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MobileMeter ships an update every 30 months, Park Princeton every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileMeter | Park Princeton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (729 ratings) | 4.7 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 15.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 729 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Champaign | The Town of Princeton |
Customer experience
MobileMeter
Park Princeton
User reviews
MobileMeter
From 729 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient
- 💡 Useful app
- 🚀 Excellent parking app
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive convenience fee
- 🐛 Doesn't work with latest iOS
- 🐛 Crashes and issues opening app
- 💰 Inflexible and possibly malicious
- 🐛 Faulty app
Park Princeton
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient
- 💡 Prevents parking tickets
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 💰 Excessive convenience fees
- 🔑 Complicated login process
- 🕰️ Strict time enforcement
- 🤖 Lack of customer support
Bugs and requests
MobileMeter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Doesn't work on latest iOS
- Parking time not reflected on meter
Requested features
4 requests- Add Apple Watch app
- Allow early parking session end
- Improve UI and UX
- Add QR code scanning for parking spots
Park Princeton
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent payment processing
- Time selector issues
- Repeated login requirements
- Unreliable app functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Add Apple Pay support
- Implement grace period for time extensions
- Improve payment history tracking
- Provide better customer support channels
In-app purchases
MobileMeter
No in-app purchases
Park Princeton
No in-app purchases
