ParkMate (NZ) vs Anywhere
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.
Anywhere
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Your laptop deserves better than a wobbly table next to the toilets. Anywhere is a map of places that are actually good to work from — cafés, libraries, pubs, quiet corners — rated by people who sat down, opened a laptop, and found out the hard way. FIND SOMEWHERE IN SECONDS Tell it how you need to work today. Heads down. Need a buzz. Back to back calls. All-dayer. Skint. The map answers with places that suit. THE STUFF THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS Is the wifi fast? Are there power outlets? Can you hear yourself think, or take a call without apologising? Every place is tagged by people who worked there — good coffee, comfy seating, natural light, quiet, lively. KNOW BEFORE YOU WALK A score and a handful of honest tags, straight off the card. You'll know whether it's worth the walk before you pick up your bag. BUSY OR CALM, YOUR CALL Some days you want a room with a hum in it. Some days you want the quiet table at the back. Anywhere shows you which is which, so the place matches the mood you turned up in. JUST OPEN IT AND GO No sign-up wall. No tutorial. No account. Open the app and the map is already there. BUILD YOUR SHORTLIST Found the one with the good corner table and the outlet nobody fights over? Save it. Rate it. Add somewhere the map is missing. Sign in with Apple, Google or email when you're ready to chip in — never before. THOUSANDS OF DESKS NOBODY'S CHARGING FOR Every café with a spare corner is a desk you're not paying for. Anywhere maps them, rates them, and hands you the good ones. We're live in Sydney today, with more cities on the way. Free. Always was.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Anywhere at every 3 weeks against ParkMate (NZ)'s every 3 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.
ParkMate (NZ) ships an update every 3 months, Anywhere every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ParkMate (NZ) | Anywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (76 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advam Pty Ltd | Jack Downs |
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
Anywhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ParkMate (NZ)
No in-app purchases
Anywhere
No in-app purchases







