picoPark - The parking app

General (non-technical) New Apps / Works in Progress
#1

Hi all,

I am proud to release my second app made with Corona, now available for Android on Google Play and very soon for iOS devices as well.

picoPark - Find your car

picoPark is a parking app which helps you to find your car wherever you have parked it. I know, there are a number of parking apps already out there on the store but this one is unique and stands out from the rest. Slim and clean look, intuitive interface and packed with useful functions. Let me know what you think!

Here is the official app description:

picoPark, one of the most innovative park & find on the store! With its clean, slim and intuitive interface and multitude of helpful functions, parking and finding your car has never been so comfortable and easy than with this app. Now you can park and find you car with ease - whether you go shopping, sightseeing, visiting a festival or many other occasions you could think of. picoPark is the perfect companion - and best of all, it is free so try it out today!

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picoPark comes with the following set of features:

  • Simple, clean and easy to use interface

  • Automatic and manual parking mode

  • Parking location can be changed at any time after car has been parked

  • Parking meter with automatic notification once parking time is about to expire

  • Take a photo and notes of your parking location

  • Automatically saves address details (street, city, etc.)

  • Provides longitude and latitude information on parking location

  • Compass function directs you to your car (showing heading and distance to parked car)

  • Routing function which gives directions to your parking location (via third party map apps)

  • No internet connection required to park and find car (great for holidays where no mobile connection is available)

  • Supports normal, satellite, terrain and hybrid map modes

  • Choice between metric and imperial system (meters / yards)

  • Suports English and German language, more to follow

Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heftyapps.picoPark

Link should be active within the next few hours! Enjoy the app.

Jens

#2

Most excellent!

#3

Looks amazing!!! Great job!

#4

Downloaded, looks nice!

I’ll leave you a review after i try it out. Nice work :slight_smile:

#5

My app “picoPark - Find my car” has been released for iOS devices today:

Link to App Store

Let me know what you think, feedback is very welcome.

Thanks,

Jens

#6

Great app. Downloaded on iPhone 4 and giving it a spin. Just so you know, here in Canada the app is not showing any ads. Not sure which ad provider you are using but it appears you might be losing some revenue. On another note, my only feedback so far is to do with the parking meter hour & minute setting sliders. The handle of the sliders is so very small I can’t seem to be manipulate them with ease. Not sure if this is an iPhone 4 issue. 

#7

Hi Ksan,

iAds are now slowly showing up - it took some hours after release for the fill rate to go up. I will watch this closely and may introduce some kind of ad rotation in case fill rates remain low.

On the size of the sliders: I will have another look but understood from the widget documentation that you cannot change the size of the slider buttons. Maybe I am wrong but I tried to make changes without avail.

Jens

#8

Hi Jens, 

I am leaving the app running for a while and still see no ads. Seems like you are not getting any fills in Canada. Not sure if this is because there are no ads available or because of a setup issue. Just a small heads up for you. 

I am very very impressed with your interface design. Such a nice job. I am also very intrigued with your path to car function where you activate Apple Maps or Google Maps. It is a great showcase of what can be achieved with Corona SDK. 

As for the slider I think you are skinning it already and perhaps you can change the overall image size to see if the button can be made larger. 

Keep well. Regards,

Kerem

#9

Most excellent!

#10

Looks amazing!!! Great job!

#11

Downloaded, looks nice!

I’ll leave you a review after i try it out. Nice work :slight_smile:

#12

My app “picoPark - Find my car” has been released for iOS devices today:

Link to App Store

Let me know what you think, feedback is very welcome.

Thanks,

Jens

#13

Great app. Downloaded on iPhone 4 and giving it a spin. Just so you know, here in Canada the app is not showing any ads. Not sure which ad provider you are using but it appears you might be losing some revenue. On another note, my only feedback so far is to do with the parking meter hour & minute setting sliders. The handle of the sliders is so very small I can’t seem to be manipulate them with ease. Not sure if this is an iPhone 4 issue. 

#14

Hi Ksan,

iAds are now slowly showing up - it took some hours after release for the fill rate to go up. I will watch this closely and may introduce some kind of ad rotation in case fill rates remain low.

On the size of the sliders: I will have another look but understood from the widget documentation that you cannot change the size of the slider buttons. Maybe I am wrong but I tried to make changes without avail.

Jens

#15

Hi Jens, 

I am leaving the app running for a while and still see no ads. Seems like you are not getting any fills in Canada. Not sure if this is because there are no ads available or because of a setup issue. Just a small heads up for you. 

I am very very impressed with your interface design. Such a nice job. I am also very intrigued with your path to car function where you activate Apple Maps or Google Maps. It is a great showcase of what can be achieved with Corona SDK. 

As for the slider I think you are skinning it already and perhaps you can change the overall image size to see if the button can be made larger. 

Keep well. Regards,

Kerem

#16

Hi everyone,

version 1.5 of picoPark has just been published to the iOS store: http://apple.co/1Ah3GNi . The new version comes with lot’s of new features and a redesign.

picoPark is also available for Android devices (v1.51): bit.ly/1G35ayj

Jens

#17

Hi everyone,

version 1.5 of picoPark has just been published to the iOS store: http://apple.co/1Ah3GNi . The new version comes with lot’s of new features and a redesign.

picoPark is also available for Android devices (v1.51): bit.ly/1G35ayj

Jens