SpotAngels Parking & Gas
July 29, 2024
More About SpotAngels Parking & Gas
Take advantage of the free 7-day trial to protect yourself from tickets and save time and money on parking! You can cancel anytime and will be reminded 2 days before the end of the trial!
🅿️ Find free & available street parking
Yes, you'll be able to see the streets with free parking! It also shows where you're likely to find available street parking. The information is provided by our community of millions of Angels who report open spots and take pictures of parking signs. Search and filter the map in 1 tap to find free parking and save money!
🤑 Book the best parking deals
SpotAngels also lets you book parking deals in advance. Ideal for events, airports, and downtown parking. You can pay directly in the app in 1 click with Google Pay!
🗓️ Get street cleaning and alternate side parking hours for your neighborhood
See where to park to avoid street cleaning or alternate side parking. SpotAngels also supports residential parking permits in cities where they apply.
🔔 Locate your car at any time and get parking reminders
The app automatically remembers your parking location using your car’s Bluetooth. It then sends you notifications when it’s time to move your car for street cleaning or any other street parking rule. If you don't have a car bluetooth you can still set your car location manually.
⛽️ Find the Best Gas Prices
Locate the closest and cheapest gas stations near you. You can filter by type of gas - regular, medium, and premium. The information is maintained by the awesome SpotAngels community.
😇 Contribute and Earn SPTC
Earn Spotcoins by reporting open spots, adding parking sign pictures and gas prices. You will be able redeem your Spotcoins for money, discounts in garages or to get free access to our premium subscription SpotAngels Plus.
🌎 Cities:
Atlanta
Austin
Berkeley
Boston
Chicago
Columbus
Dallas
Detroit
Hoboken
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Los Angeles (LA)
Miami
New York City (NYC)
Oakland
Philadelphia (Philly)
Phoenix
Portland
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco (SF)
San Jose
Santa Monica
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
+ Many more!
Start crowdsourcing to put your city on the map!
📺 They are talking about SpotAngels:
“The NYC street parking spot finder” New York Post
"SpotAngels can at least make sure you avoid a parking ticket" The Boston Globe
"SpotAngels helps drivers avoid parking tickets” San Francisco Chronicle
"Useful for finding open meters and free parking" Chicago Tribune
"SpotAngels helps drivers find free parking and cheap parking, fast" Patch Los Angeles
Happy parking 😊
We’re here to help at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Latest Version
14.0.0
July 29, 2024
SpotAngels
Internet
Android
508,266
Free
com.spotangels.android
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User Reviews
A Google user
6 years ago
I just wanted see a map. I don't want any "register with your email, we sent you verification link, now tell us how you going to use the app" kind of nonsense. Upd -thanks for answer. I don't need to "retrieve my account" ability. Because I don't need an account. Because I just need to see the map and spots. Without having to do email sign and answering the survey "how I'm planning to use this app" or any other type of surveys.
A Google user
5 years ago
First the good: This app is awesome and saves money by providing critical information about free and metered parking start and end times. The bad: 1. filtering could be improved. When I filter a 4 hour requirement, please do not show spots with only one or two hour limit; please put a filter for min price and not just max price. filter and add cost of oversized vehicles. 2. gui can be improved. it us hard to read street names as font is too small. 3. It does not remember where I parked.
AS Your Local Guide
10 months ago
Not free. Must pay to really utilize it. Doesn't show accurate info like for event prices and real time changes. All the apps that allow buying parking have a lot listed at 30 but on this app it is listed at 3 dollars... not possible.
A Google user
5 years ago
Great app with helpful features, I've been using it for some time now and it really saved me lots of headache. The app still lacks ability to report parking rules and signs easily (have to take a photo of the sign and wait). Also, there is no way to keep track of multiple vehicles in your household.
Outdoor Urban Mama
3 years ago
Not that great for me. Meter pay only has drop down menu for Atlanta, GA and IL. No NYC. Not many users are using this app in NYC so no one is sharing spots with me. I've contributed parking signs, available parking spots and on my screen show that each adds up to 70 credits but only got rewarded (-18). I don't get how they calculate that. After 7 day trial they charged my card, figure I give it a try. I don't see many other spot angels using this app. Not worth it in NYC.
aten rok
3 years ago
Beware: the app is full of garbage notifications. It's been two days after I installed it, I haven't used it for actual parking a single time after installation, but it already drives me nuts with constant buzzing and some new pop up messages like every 15 min. Had to disable all notifications and all the permissions, because the developers clearly don't understand when it's too much.
A Google user
5 years ago
Received an error "enter valid email address" but developers quickly contacted me and fixed the issue. Was able to book parking at 50% regular rate in NYC midtown. When arrived at parking garage attendant punched in code from email and everything checked out. Before purchasing parking read reviews of quality of service of the garage on Google. The cheapest may not be the quickest to get in and out of.
A Google user
5 years ago
Wow, I've downloaded and deleted this app before because I thought it was useless. But I decided for some reason to try it again while in Chicago. All I can say is, this app helped me find excellent parking the whole weekend. Remembered where I parked, and even auto set reminders for when I needed to move my car. Must have app if you are driving to the city.
Tricia Muir
3 years ago
I'm in SF and have used this app for free, without the upgrade, for well over a year and it's been stellar!! I contribute pkg info and photos as do my peers, so even temp street closures, etc are up to date. I think a lot of this app relies on user/peer group contributions. I do know that when a pic/info I submit is unclear that cust svc is awesome about contacting for clarification as to variables such as two times a month street sweeping vs weekly st cleaning, for ej. Love it!
J. M.
3 years ago
This app just can't be respectful of user settings and privacy. It constantly enables background settings that it shouldn't after repeated attempts to disable them. App crashes frequently and isn't that useful when it does work. I don't need parking reminders when I'm parked in the driveway at my house, grandma's etc. Focus on doing one thing right instead of incessantly tracking your user base.
Julien Sinclair
1 year ago
Was pretty decent but now it refuses to load information or let me save my car's parking space which I need since sometimes I have to park blocks from my house. No info is popping up anymore either. Pity. *edit*: One issue fixed just for another to make the app useless. App won't even save my car's location even after exiting and reopening multiple times. About to delete it and just go back to writing notes down
Erik LaMothe
3 years ago
This is essential to finding free parking in downtown Chicago without ripping your hair out or just completely guessing. I also found parking in a nearby suburb and the app informed me that I could park there for days - and I saved a ton of money. You can find where there is handicap parking as well, which is also very important! I like to use it when planning ahead and also live to see if there is parking on the street I'm driving on. I also like how certain spots are highlighted as more reliable bets for finding free parking.
Dave Swaney
2 years ago
Sells parking that you can't use, because the lot wants a printout in the car, which you can't get from the app. They had no knowledge of this when I told them, and they have no plan to fix it. Also, their "exclusive deal" was the same price as the machine on site. They make a note that this doesn't seem right and to contact them. I have already had a very lengthy exchange with them on this point at that very email. They are now claiming ignorance.
Alex P
3 years ago
This app use to be great. But now when I search for an address, I no longer see the color on the streets for street parking. Turns out, you need to pay now to see where you can park for free, where you have to pay to park, etc.. and not a one time fee, it's a subscription! All content seems static though, it is definitely not worth a subscription.
A Google user
6 years ago
While i love the idea, the app is either very confusing or doesn't work. Every single time I tap "Find Parking Here" I get "Couldn't get place information, please try again". at the same time it still shows some of the parking lots and garages around. If it doesnt work yet at some location it should be easy to communicate it explicitly.
Carlos M
4 years ago
It used to be worthwhile but all notifications are now behind a paywall (except the 30 minute before). A subscription service model does not make sense for static content. Maps are fixed and likely pulled from google maps api, the data on street sweeping days complied from mta and crowd sourced. You are better off creating an appointment reminder on your phone. Or using one of the other apps out there that provide a comparable, arguably better solution.
Bruce Caines
4 years ago
Driving in a city like New York, this is great searching for street parking & knowing how long you can take advantage of free parking. It also tells you where paid parking can be found. The reason for only three stars is twofold. 1- When navigating real-time location, the map spins around when you are not moving. So sitting at a light, suddenly the orientation of the streets in relation to your car is upside down or sideways. 2-This app sucks battery power more than ANYTHING I've experienced.
A Google user
6 years ago
The app is generally good. It shows where I can park and for how long and even let's me search for future parking to plan ahead. There are two flaws though. First, the GPS isn't accurate. When I stop moving the map will start rotating such that when I look back at the screen I have no idea which way is forward. This doesn't happen with any other gps enabled apps, so it's clearly not a hardware issue. Second, the map doesn't show the direction of one way streets.
A Google user
6 years ago
The app is rather useless for actually finding available spots. It also constantly erroneously detects me driving when I just walk around. There is no way to disable that "feature". It is still useful for parking location map, street cleaning information, and reminders, but most of it is negated by bad implementation of driving detection. edit: So it is possible to disable the driving detection. But it is not obvious how right away.
Airstream Enlightened
1 year ago
I was using this app to find parking in very urban spaces (Los Angeles). There were inaccuracies in some of the information, so I started contributing edits, which I thought would be helpful. I started doing the challenges, which were to submit photos of parking signs. Apparently, I inadvertently submitted duplicate photos for a few of the challenges (I used GPS for the address given) which prompted them to completely wipe out all of my points. Harsh. I honestly tried to help.
