Flowbird Parking

Flowbird

About this app

Parking convenience is at your fingertips with the flowbird app. Pay for parking on your mobile device, get notified before your time runs out, and extend your time without visiting a parking meter (note that time extension rules vary location by location).
Key features of the app include:
• Mobile Payments via smart phone or web
• Parking Pressure display (for select locations)
• Find my car (for those of us who forget where they parked)
• Fingerprint login

Registration for flowbird is free: just create your account via the app. Once you’ve created an account, you can park and pay for parking in any location that utilizes the flowbird app. Caution: flowbird is not available everywhere, please consult the list of eligible locations on our website.
How to Use the App:
• Create an account
• Choose the vehicle license plate
• Select your location on the map
• Use the dial to choose how long you want to park
• Confirm your payment

Payment with flowbird is ultra secure. Your data is protected and our process is certified via 3rd party audit against Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

Ratings and reviews

Their app malfunctioned, charging me several times on transactions it said failed for the same parking time. I contacted the company and they said they fixed the glitch that caused the issue - but refused to refund the purchases, instead suggesting that I could contact the city if I wanted a refund. Do yourself a favor and use one of the other apps.

No. Or not without heavy caveats. It's not working right now, and a similar not working issues in the past. Right now, it won't accept my credit card. And I'd love to hear a good explanation why you can't enter a credit card when logged in from a computer. Having to enter a credit card when you're trying to get to an appointment is no good, and it's especially no good when it rejects perfectly good credit cards. Oh, and forgot the previous. This is probably the first such totally negative review I've ever written, but it has been a very frustrating app (well, whoosh is, and flowbird appears to be more of the same). Oh, and it used to pinpoint my location, zoomed in more or less correctly. Now it starts zoomed way out, and you have to pinch zoom repeatedly to get to the actual location and meter. Not impressed.

EDIT: The new update is now allowing me to save cards and parking pins are actually appearing consistently, instead of requiring a relaunch and a prayer. No longer freezes on a blank page over and over again when buying a ticket. The UI changes are much appreciated at well. Basically, the app is now usable, and much more convenient than paying at a parking station. Hopefully it will remain this way.

What's new

Enhancements according to your feedback!