Honk for iPhone

Parking perilous . There ’s always the problem of the metre : How much money did you feed it ? And how much time did that give you ? When was that , anyway ? Then there ’s the less vulgar but far more come to question : Where the hell did I park to start with ? Do n’t panic . Honk knows all .

What is it?

Honk , $ 1 , iPhone . Honk ’s the Swiss Army Knife parking app . The first matter you see when you sack it up is a nicely rendered parking meter . This solves the simplest parking problem : once you push your coins into the real spirit meter , or fancy , futuristic electronic parking box , just plait Honk ’s meter to the same amount of sentence and you ’re mark . The app ikon ’s badge ingeniously keeps track of how many min you have remaining , and a push notification ( along with a appropriately annoying consternation ) will go off before your meter money runs out , at a number of minutes you could adjust to your liking . ( Maybe 3 if you ’re o.k. with running like a madman back to your car , maybe 10 or so if you want to be able to saunter back at a less hurried time . )

Then there are the tool for finding your car . The app practice your speech sound ’s GPS detector to automatically call back where you ’re park whenever you set the meter clip , which is brilliant , but it also lets you break down a photo of just where your car is park and , if you choose , scribble a superimposed note on top of it with your finger’s breadth . Say you ’re in some interminable subterraneous parking labyrinth and GPS is yield you the large downcast roofy . Take a picture of your car next to tower 3A and you wo n’t end up like that episode of Seinfeld .

Who’s it good for?

Anyone who drive . Anyone who tend to forget where or when they stopped take .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

It ’s no revelation that an app might be the solution to the great parking problem , but for just a buck , Honk does an thoroughgoing and thoughtful line of sorting it out . It not only helps you find your car but helps you do so before you take chances arrive a parking ticket , and it looks keen through and through . And you may enjoin that the devs sweated the lowly stuff , with smart touch like using the app ikon as a meter clock time remain index number and having the GPS set a marker mechanically when the dismay is set .

How could it be even better?

The option to change the alarm tether time is nice , but even the max of 10 minutes might not be enough for some far put away urban dangerous undertaking . Besides that , I ca n’t really think of how it could get better without devote my outstanding parking ticket for me .

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