Parkable vs Kiwi Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parkable
This app simplifies parking by allowing users to find, reserve, and pay for spaces. It enables gate access via phone and offers the ability to share parking spots. Designed for both individual users and businesses, it aims to eliminate parking stress and wasted time.
- Find and reserve parking spaces
- Future book office parking
- Open gates with phone
- Secure in-app payments
- Share parking spaces
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Parking, without the pain. Tired of circling the block or fumbling with key cards and tickets? Parkable makes parking easy - at work, in the city, or anywhere in between. With the Parkable app, you can: - Find & reserve a parking space in seconds - Future book your office parking for coming weeks - Open gates with your phone - Pay securely in-app - Share your space with other Parkable users or your coworkers (if your workplace has Parkable) No stress. No wasted time. Just reliable, easy parking whenever you need it. Parkable is used by top employers and leading commercial buildings to make parking better for everyone - from private office garages to public car parks. The insider scoop? That smooth arrival isn’t just a win for you—it’s part of a smarter workplace. Parkable helps businesses reduce admin, use space better, and create a better start to the day. Small wins. Big impact. Download Parkable.
Kiwi Central
Manage your power, broadband, and mobile accounts in one place. Track usage, view plans, make payments, and get support. Offers choice deals and transparent service for New Zealand residents.
- Manage power, broadband, and mobile accounts
- Track usage and spending insights
- View plan details and rates
- Make payments and set billing notifications
- Add new services
- Chat with customer support
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The Kiwi Central app is your one-stop shop to manage your Electric Kiwi Power, Electric Kiwi Broadband, and Kiwi Mobile accounts. Our mission is to make mobile, broadband and power better for Kiwis. Choice deals, awesome service and no sneaky stuff. In the app, manage your free Hour of Power and Kiwi Mobile plan mode. Get crisp insights on your usage to help you stay on top of your spend. Chat with us when you need a hand. Check your plan and rates. Make a payment. Set up billing notifications. Add a new service. And so much more! Haven’t joined us yet? Go to www.electrickiwi.co.nz/join
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kiwi Central at 5.0 against Parkable's 4.4. Kiwi Central also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Parkable's advantage is ratings volume (661 vs 4) and review sentiment (33% vs 22%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Kiwi Central holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parkable has 661 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Parkable's written reviews are positive against 22% of Kiwi Central's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Parkable ships an update every 2 weeks, Kiwi Central every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parkable | Kiwi Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (661 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews — better | 21.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 661 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Translate Digital Limited | Electric Kiwi Ltd |
Customer experience
Parkable
Kiwi Central
User reviews
Parkable
From 661 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Affordable parking
- ⏱️ Easy to use
- 🤝 Good customer service
- 🚗 Convenient parking access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 🔑 Difficult to find/access parking spots
- 💳 Unexpected/incorrect charges
- 🚫 Unreliable service
Kiwi Central
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Informative power usage details
- 💡 Easy Hour of Power (HoP) changes (historically)
- 💡 Savings with HoP
- 👍 Detailed dashboard
- 👍 Good bill breakdown
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently freezes/crashes
- 🐛 Login issues (persistent)
- 🐛 Payment issues (cannot pay)
- 🐛 App not optimized for iPad/iPhone
- 🐛 Poor user interface/design
Bugs and requests
Parkable
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- App freezing/crashing
- Incorrect parking charges
- Inability to open gates
Requested features
4 requests- CarPlay integration
- Improved notification system
- Better user interface and navigation
- Ability to cancel/modify bookings
Kiwi Central
Reported bugs
53 issues- App broken, free hour time not changeable
- Cannot see or change Hour of Power
- Pages poorly displaying, tabs cut off, pages won't scroll
- Cannot display average daily usage or estimate bill
- Update added more bugs
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- Payment through app never loads
- App freezes all the time
- App occasionally hangs
- Cannot pay bill, app stuck
- Payment setup broken, cannot choose week for payments
- Manual payment never works
- Blank page when trying to make payment in app
- Hour of Power reminder constantly a pain, old reminders persist
- No reminder when free power has started
- App won't allow anything on iPhone, cannot make payments
- App always asks to log in
- Keeps logging out, needs sign in every time
- Cannot figure out how to set Hour of Power
- Cannot login to app, can login to browser
- New wheel-based time changing is fiddly
- Forced landscape orientation on iPad annoying
- App doesn't work after update, says 'oops, something wrong'
- Logging in every time is a pain
- Too much crud on app (CO2, GREEN ENOUGH)
- Broadband feature not loading
- HOP notifications broken since redesign
- Why do we have to log in all the time?
- No daily usage in Insights
- Power usage data disappeared
- Unable to login since app update, password reset link doesn't work
- Insight screen too small, unnecessary border
- Everything crammed, smallest font imaginable
- Background activity ruined battery life
- Glitches regularly
- No autocorrect in chat, weird formatting
- App glitches out frequently
- No deposits available for payment
- App has glitches, never loads properly
- No option to edit payment method on app
- Cannot access app or website overseas
- Login button does nothing
- App glitches out frequently, changing HOP is a risk
- Glitchy controls, data not loading or delayed
- App won't even let me open the app
- App is not native to iPad
- Graphs could be clearer
- App is unusable on iPad
- Scrolling animation when setting HoP is awkward
- App is no more starting
- App is incredibly slow to load
- Will not let me sign in with email and correct password
- App does not allow me to sign in
- App is not iPad friendly
Requested features
17 requests- Automate Hour of Power (HoP)
- API or Siri shortcut for HoP
- Display HoP status (green light)
- Daily usage in Insights
- Remove unused service tabs
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- Forecasted usage alerts
- Broadband usage tracking
- iPad native app
- Set HoP for each day
- Clickable half-hour bars for usage
- Improve HoP slider usability
- Add 0800 THE KIWI number to outages tab
- Ability to switch between multiple accounts
- Make app native to iPad
- Add dark mode option
- Improve graph clarity for HoP
- Make HoP slider less awkward
In-app purchases
Parkable
No in-app purchases
Kiwi Central
No in-app purchases
