ParkMate (NZ) vs Roady
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ParkMate (NZ)
Easily find, navigate to, and pay for parking across New Zealand. Save time and money with features like start-stop payment, session reminders, and favorite locations. Enjoy ticketless and contactless parking for a seamless experience.
- Find car parks near destination
- Start-stop parking payment
- Extend parking sessions
- Parking session reminders
- Save favorite car parks
- Ticketless and contactless parking
- Transaction history and receipts
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Do more with ParkMate Parking woes? Say no more. ParkMate is here to help you find a car park, get directions, and pay for your parking, every time you need to park. Choose from over 400 car parks across New Zealand. How ParkMate helps you: · Convenient – search for car parks close to your destination to save time. · Cost effective – no need to guess your time, simply use the Start-Stop option when you park and end your Active session when you are finished. You can also Extend your session from the app if you’re using a prepaid option. · Reminders – set up reminders to notify you that you have a session running or if it’s about to expire. · Favourites – if you park in the same car park often, you can set up a specific car park or session as a favourite and start a parking session each day with only three touches. · Bundles and Promotions – save on parking all over New Zealand with promo codes and bundle purchases. · Ticketless - no need to display anything on your dashboard. It’s all monitored digitally. · Transaction history – keep track of when and where you have parked and get receipts resent through the Transaction History section in the main menu. · Contactless – to help keep you safe. ParkMate also caters to businesses: · Fleet Parking – we provide a simple, centralised platform to manage your fleets parking needs · Staff Parking - we can set your car park up for only your staff to use, pre-book and view occupancy before they arrive. · Customer Parking - providing parking for your customers is a breeze with ParkMate’s Customer parking solutions · Marketing - you can take advantage of our marketing tools and have customised messaging to your users via EDM, splash screens, push notifications or text. ParkMate. Do more. Visit www.parkmate.co.nz for more information.
Roady
Discover hidden local gems like walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints in New Zealand and Australia. Plan your road trip with reliable information and share your own travel experiences.
- Discover local walks, waterfalls, and viewpoints
- Access reliable travel information
- Plan NZ and AUS road trips
- Tick off experiences and earn badges
- Climb the leaderboard
- Create a travel profile map
- Share ratings and tips
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Finding things to do in new places can be tough. We got sick of Googling “best things to do in XYZ” and finding the same results each time. We wanted local knowledge, the walks, waterfalls, swimming holes and viewpoints that we didn’t know existed. But finding these, let alone getting any reliable information on them to plan an NZ or AUS road trip, isn’t easy. So Roady set out with a mission to give travellers easy access to local knowledge, no matter where they are. After years of travelling around the country capturing content and learning about these places, we’ve built a travel app that includes our favourite spots and key information that we would have wanted in one place. Tick off experiences as you travel the country, earning badges and climbing the leaderboard along the way. By ticking off an experience, you’ll create a record of your travels on your profile map. Upload a photo, leaving a rating and sharing a tip to provide your own local knowledge for others. Follow us on Instagram @roadynz [:mav: 2.71.0]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Roady at 71% against ParkMate (NZ)'s 13%. Roady also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). ParkMate (NZ)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Roady sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ParkMate (NZ) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roady holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ParkMate (NZ)'s written reviews are positive against 71% of Roady's.
ParkMate (NZ) ships an update every 3 months, Roady every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParkMate (NZ) | Roady |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (73 ratings) | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.6% of reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advam Pty Ltd | Roady Travel Limited |
Customer experience
ParkMate (NZ)
Roady
User reviews
ParkMate (NZ)
From 73 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick and easy parking sessions
- 💡 Useful map feature to find nearby parking
- 👍 Decent user interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable license plate recognition
- 💰 Exorbitant and unclear pricing
- 🤯 Clunky and unintuitive user experience
- 🕰️ Difficult to stop/end parking sessions
- 🔒 Security concerns with payment information
Roady
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Discover hidden gems
- 🗺️ Great for road trips
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- ✅ Easy to tick off places
- 💡 Inspiring and fun
Room to improve
- 💰 Too many paid features
- 💸 Now requires payment
- 🔒 Content behind paywall
- 📉 Going downhill
- 🤔 Not free anymore
Bugs and requests
ParkMate (NZ)
Reported bugs
4 issues- Parking sessions not ending properly, leading to overcharges
- App freezing and crashing issues
- Login and account management problems
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Allow setting of end time or max duration for parking sessions
- Provide regular parking session reminders
- Improve GPS integration and street identification
- Simplify the parking start/stop process
Roady
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot access bucket lists or add items
- Photos won't upload (not jpeg)
- Submit button doesn't work on survey
- Bug at the start - cannot use app
- Crash issue (now fixed)
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- Occasional issues with ticking off activities
- Images won't upload
- Slow page loading
- Bugs that sometimes close the app
- Unable to reset password
Requested features
10 requests- Version for Europe
- Add/suggest places
- Offline mode
- Ability to hide/color-code map pins
- "Along the way" feature for routes
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- Ability to tick off places without posting a picture
- Add local recommendations
- Access other photo options besides photo library
- More locations off the beaten track
- Paid vs free option for locations
In-app purchases
ParkMate (NZ)
No in-app purchases
Roady
- AUS Explorer - Monthly$4.991 Month
- NZ Explorer - 3 monthly$5.993 Months
- NZ Explorer - yearly$9.991 Year
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- AUS Explorer - Yearly$12.991 Year
- New Zealand Access$5.99
- New Zealand Access$7.99
- New Zealand Access$12.99
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- Australia Access$14.99
- NZ Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$17.99
- New Zealand Access$19.99
- Australia Access$19.99






