MOTU

City of Grand Rapids, Michigan

About this app

Pay, extend, and manage your parking session with Grand Rapids' official parking app. It’s easy!

Pay on the go
Pay quickly and securely with your smartphone.
- Didn't need as much time as you thought? Stop your parking session early and only pay for the time you need.
- Forget refilling the meter in the rain or braving the cold.

No price surprises
See when parking rates will change in the future – even when there’s free parking!
- Receive email receipts at the end of your parking session.
- Expenses made easy, manage your parking history through the mobile app.

Stress-free parking
Get alerts when your parking session is about to end.
- Stop worrying about how much time is left on the meter, we have you covered.

No need to rush
Add time to your parking session directly from your phone where parking rules allow.
- Your plans change, your parking spot shouldn't. Simply extend your parking session via our app.

Get started today
1. Download the Motu app.
2. Park where you see Motu app signs.
3. Pay for your parking session from your phone.
4. Relax, welcome to parking as it should be.

Coming soon
The Motu app is not done yet! We're constantly updating the app based on your feedback.

App Permissions
- Location Services (optional): Used to quickly provide nearby parking zones.

Ratings and reviews

Let's see, EXTREMELY dated UI, hasn't been updated in months, plenty of bad reviews highlighting bugs, targets an Android version that's 4, almost 5 years old. Not seeing any upsides to this. But hey! City can claim it's made for GR. Great. Can't wait for the next version of Android to warn me that this app "targets an older version of Android" everytime I open it cause I don't see it being updated anytime soon. 👎👎

I thought this would be a good way to update my parking spot without having to visit the meter repeatedly. Turns out that you have to know your zone number - search zones doesn't work with a street or anything else. Since I downloaded the app after paying at the meter, it could not find my zone or the fact that I was parked, even though I was registered with the plate that I used at the meter. By the time I got back to my car to check the zone, there was a pretty green envelope on the window.

Garbage app - you can't see a map of the parking zones like other apps offer, and just parking a car requires more steps than other parking apps. Also the app is constantly accessing your phone's GPS in the background, even when you're not using it. Worst of all, you are forced to pick the duration of your park - you can't start a timer and then end it when you're finished (like you can with other apps such as Parkmobile).

What’s new

Minor improvements and bug fixes.

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