PayByPhone Parking
Description
PayByPhone is a global leader in mobile parking payments. More than 95 million drivers worldwide have trusted us with their payments to date. We simplify journeys for millions with smart, intuitive technology and user-focused features. Available in 11 languages, our app is used across more than 1,300 locations -including cities and private operators - in the UK, North America, France, Germany, and Switzerland. With the PayByPhone app, we help parking to be quick, seamless, and secure. Just enter or scan the location code, choose your duration, and pay using your preferred payment method - all from your phone. It’s all designed to simplify your journey, so you can focus on what matters most. Key features: Start and extend parking sessions remotely See active sessions at a glance with the Today View widget Use Maps or Nearby to find available parking Get SMS or push notifications before your session expires Review your parking history and past sessions Pin your parking location to easily find your vehicle Receive emailed receipts for expense tracking Pay with credit/debit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, or PayPal (where available)
What's New
This update focuses on improving stability and performance. * Resolved multiple reported issues * Fixed crashes affecting some users * General optimizations and refinements As always, we're working to make the app better with every update.
Details
- Developer
- PayByPhone Technologies Inc.
- Main Category
- Travel
- Version
- 26.7.3
- Version Release
- 2026-07-15
- Initial Release
- 2011-07-15
- Size
- 166 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- HY, EN, FR, DE, IT, PA and 4 more
- Bundle ID
- com.verrus.paybyphone
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.85 (743,896)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-07-19
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Travel Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uber - Request a ride | Free | ★ 4.90 | 16,394,413 | 49 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2 | Airbnb | Free | ★ 4.76 | 702,289 | 54 | 2026-07-15 |
| 3 | Lyft | Free | ★ 4.92 | 17,404,767 | 5 | 2026-07-13 |
| 4 | Booking.com: Hotels & Travel | Free | ★ 4.84 | 2,052,384 | 40 | 2026-07-17 |
| 5 | American Airlines | Free | ★ 4.78 | 1,318,421 | 1 | 2026-07-13 |
| 6 | Fly Delta | Free | ★ 4.85 | 7,005,575 | 2 | 2026-07-09 |
| 7 | Hilton Honors: Book Hotels | Free | ★ 4.90 | 3,179,544 | 11 | 2026-07-14 |
| 8 | United Airlines | Free | ★ 4.78 | 8,152,346 | 2 | 2026-07-14 |
| 9 | Lime - #RideGreen | Free | ★ 4.93 | 2,270,701 | 25 | 2026-07-15 |
| 10 | U-Haul | Free | ★ 4.49 | 217,662 | 3 | 2026-06-23 |
| 23 | PayByPhone Parking | Free | ★ 4.85 | 743,896 | 10 | 2026-07-15 |
User Reviews
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Once I parked in Miami-Dade and the app was down and I couldn’t login paybyphone to pay, it was activated about an our later and I paid, but of course I got a ticked (they put the tickets via wifi) and did not leave anything in my dashboard, I complained to the M-D Sect of Courts & didn’t care, now I have lawyers trying to collect payment Unacceptable!!!
Even though I have cell phone signal it absolutely never tells me nearby spots so I have to walk over and look at the number to park. And it charges a $.60 convenience fee! Whose convenience is it? Especially when it doesn’t even tell me the nearby parking lot number and the sign is tiny and far away. And now I also see there’s a $.20 SMS fee. What is that for? Do better pay by phone!
Completely broken in San Francisco, no locations recognized anywhere. What’s the point of this anymore?
I’m literally standing here at the meter and it won’t let me punch in the number of the meter to pay on my phone. Even though it shows the meter available as one of the current meters, when I tap on that meter number, it says it’s unavailable. Seriously, what is the point of this app. I just spent the last 30 minutes of my life trying to figure this out. It’s so unreliable
Horrible horrible experience. The app forces me to log back in every time I open it
For the last few months, the app is no longer working in San Francisco error messages all around, even if I type in the exact location it doesn’t work please fix
More than 2 weeks this app is not working! Could not find any location!
This app used to work fine/smoothly, but the latest update (as of July 2026) has deleted all my personal information, can't add my phone number for some reason, and actually just doesn't let me park ("This isn't working right now, sorry").
Horrible app. Blacked out and wouldn’t let me sign up for SMS or even set up an account. Charged me, but I still got a ticket. Then the site they are sub contracted for is totally broken so I can’t dispute or even pay it if I wanted to just be done!!
Terrible experience
It used to. Not anymore. Gave up. Googled it. SFMTA dropped support for PayByPhone. Use ParkMobile instead. This app refuses to acknowledge the issue. They just replied to say they fixed the issue. It’s not a software issue. It’s a policy and contract issue. You can’t fix what isn’t allowed. Such lying scums.
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