MobileMeter vs UI Ride
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!
UI Ride
This app provides an affordable and efficient shuttle service connecting Urbana-Champaign and Chicago. It's designed for University of Illinois System faculty, staff, and students to facilitate official business and research collaborations.
- Intercampus shuttle service
- Connects Urbana-Champaign and Chicago
- Affordable transportation
- Efficient and convenient
- For University of Illinois System members
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UI Ride is an intercampus shuttle service connecting Urbana-Champaign and Chicago to provide an affordable, efficient, and convenient mode of transportation for the University of Illinois System faculty, staff, and students to conduct official University of Illinois business as well as to encourage and facilitate research collaborations. The University of Illinois System’s UI Ride shuttle service is operated by Facilities & Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with Facilities Management at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MobileMeter at 4.5 against UI Ride's 3.2. MobileMeter also leads on review sentiment (34% vs 0%) and ratings volume (702 vs 5). UI Ride's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 30 months). 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.
MobileMeter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MobileMeter has 702 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of MobileMeter's written reviews are positive against 0% of UI Ride's.
MobileMeter ships an update every 30 months, UI Ride every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileMeter | UI Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (702 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 702 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Champaign | University of Illinois |
Customer experience
MobileMeter
UI Ride
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
UI Ride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MobileMeter
No in-app purchases
UI Ride
No in-app purchases
