MobileMeter vs ParkChicago®Fleet
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!
ParkChicago®Fleet
This app allows companies to manage on-street metered parking for their employees in Chicago. It simplifies payments, provides consolidated invoicing, and eliminates the need for expense reports.
- Manage employee street parking
- Consolidated invoicing for all employees
- Online parking history review
- Direct billing and expense report elimination
- Remote time addition for parking
- Payment for 36,000+ metered spaces
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ParkChicago®Fleet is the next generation mobile payment app designed for companies to manage on-street metered parking for their employees. ParkChicago®Fleet enables employees to pay for parking at more than 36,000 metered spaces in Chicago’s downtown and neighborhoods using their phones. Benefits include: - Receive a single invoice for ALL your employees who use street-metered parking. - Manage employee parking access and review parking history online. - Eliminate the need for your employees to fill out expense reports as user accounts allow for online direct-billing in real time. - Employees no longer have to visit meter boxes or place receipts on dashboards. - Drivers can add time remotely via their phone instead of hurrying back to their vehicles. Email ParkChicagosupport@amigroupllc.com to get started. Make your company’s parking experience easier and more convenient – download ParkChicago®Fleet today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MobileMeter at 4.5 against ParkChicago®Fleet's 2.8. MobileMeter also leads on ratings volume (729 vs 11). ParkChicago®Fleet's advantage is update cadence (every 14 months vs every 30 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
MobileMeter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MobileMeter has 729 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.
MobileMeter ships an update every 30 months, ParkChicago®Fleet every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileMeter | ParkChicago®Fleet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (729 ratings) — better | 2.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 729 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Champaign | Chicago Parking Meters, LLC |
Customer experience
MobileMeter
ParkChicago®Fleet
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
ParkChicago®Fleet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MobileMeter
No in-app purchases
ParkChicago®Fleet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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