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Had to delete it. It only worked once. It's a shame because it has great potential and I would rather pay the app direct then have my credit card scanned at one of those meters. It's a shame. Because in NYC it's more expensive to park and to be able to use this app while not having to exit the car and find the meter would've been great. The issue was I would input my zone and time and click send. Then nothing would happen. I would go and check email to see if they emailed me the confirmation and they wouldnt I would waste time thinking it's wifi sitting in my car and people would come by thinking I'm leaving my spot. No I was just waiting to see if it went through. Also the other issue is it only alerts you by email when you're close to your end of time and who checks their email when they're out shopping. A text should be given or an alert that's audible on the phone would be better. Fix the app and maybe I will redownload but otherwise I want my refund of 25 dollars.

Download this bad boy right now. I’ve been using this app for 2 years and I love being able to just get out of the car and not have to finangle with the machines to pay. The app is super convenient and quick. I totally get the frustration of the other reviewers, but I feel like most people who use this app love it, but as with most things, people who have problems with it are the most vocal. Being unable to extend past the max time is annoying, but the app never claims to allow that. When I know I’m staying longer than the max time, I just pay at the machines first, and then when that time is up, I pay via the app so I don’t have to leave wherever I am. Works smoothly. Onlyyy problem I’ve consistently had is that when the app feels like it, it won’t let you pay for the time. You’ll have to delete the app and re-download. It’s really frustrating, hopefully it gets fixed soon! Otherwise, it’s a great app and don’t listen to the negative reviews, make your own judgement. :)

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The app boast an “extend time” feature. It’s tutorial does not caution that extensions can’t be made beyond Max parking time. In other words, unlike paper generated parking receipts, you can’t add an extension of a second session. The fine print says there’s no extension beyond 5 minutes before expiration or if you select maximum time. I understood that to mean select 45 minutes on a one hour parking spot and extend for another hour between 15 and 5 minutes before expiration. It took 2 tickets — both appealed and denied — to learn that the app allows only one maximum time session! I’m an English teacher and have no issues with literacy. When you create an app that can replace a meter, but will eliminate a very important feature of the meter we’ve used for decades, that detail should be stated loud and clear in the tutorial and in the Help feature. How hard is it to write: a car is only allowed to park up to the maximum time. No back to back repeat sessions are allowed anywhere in the parking zone. At least 30 minutes must pass before you may park again in the same parking zone?

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Those developers that are working on this app to fix all the issues need to be fired. Worst app I have experienced in my life. Constantly crashing, every week or two I need to reinstall it. Got couple times parking ticket even after purchasing mini meter ticket through the app. You can not add more vehicles than 5, my question is why????? Why is there a limit on it? I have delivery business with 7 vehicles and it’s a burden for me. Please Apple take this useless app down. It does not deserve to be listed, the rating speaks for its self. It’s a tragedy that in 2019 soon to be 2020 this city and developers can not create properly working app. Total waste of city money. I think friend or family member from the mayors office got this job, and is taking money out but has no clue of how to create working app. I am annoyed and discussed by this. Developers are total garbage in what they are doing. I hope they ready this and take the app issues seriously. Please fix this crappy app. Once again PLEASE, PLEASE.

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Use to work just fine for a year , only issue I had was the 30min wait period between adding more time to the meter if you’ve already reached maximum time allowed and still in the same spot but I guess that’s so people don’t monopolize the parking space but if I paid at the meter with my card or cash directly you can still do the same thing you’d just have to keep coming back outside to your vehicle to do that so whatever. But now for months I have not been able to use the app put in the meter information and when I press confirm to pay nothing happens.... was convenient prior to this issue now it’s useless and what’s crazy is they just took a new $25 payment from me prior to this issue and I have only been able to make one 50cent purchase since so I guess after months of hoping it would start working again I have to just call it quits and ask for a refund. Technical support was no help over the phone with the apps issues