MobileMeter vs Explored
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!
Explored
This app transforms your world into a personal map, highlighting places you've visited and revealing areas yet to be explored. Discover hidden gems in your city, track your progress, and find new routes for everyday journeys or grand adventures.
- Track visited locations
- Reveal unseen areas
- Map movement as coverage
- Explore cities and travels
- View progress with stats
- Use Cabin View while driving
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Find where you haven’t been. Explored turns your world into a personal map of places seen and unseen. Most maps are built to get you somewhere. Explored is built to show you everywhere you haven’t gone yet. Discover how much of your own city you haven’t seen. Walk a different block, drive a new route, revisit familiar neighborhoods, or take a road trip and watch your map fill in as you explore. You’ve seen less of your own city than you think. Explored helps you: • Track where you’ve been • Reveal unseen areas around you • Turn movement into map coverage • Explore your city, neighborhood, and travels • See progress through stats and goals • Use Cabin View while driving • Find new places hidden in plain sight Whether you’re walking across town, taking the scenic route, or exploring a new city, Explored gives you a reason to go somewhere different. Your world is full of gaps. Find them. Follow them. Explore them!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MobileMeter at free against Explored's paid. MobileMeter also leads on ratings volume (702 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Explored's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 30 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Explored holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MobileMeter has 702 ratings behind it against 2, 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 50% of Explored's.
MobileMeter ships an update every 30 months, Explored every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileMeter | Explored |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (702 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 702 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Champaign | Gui Pinto |
Customer experience
MobileMeter
Explored
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
Explored
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MobileMeter
No in-app purchases
Explored
No in-app purchases
