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Parkpin
Drop a pin when you park — then beat the meter on the way back
Save the spot with the garage level, a note and how long you paid for. Parkpin counts the meter down, warns you before it runs out, and points a compass arrow and a distance back at your car. Free, no install, no account.
Stored in your browser only. Nothing you do in the web version is sent to our servers. Clear your browser data and it's gone — so export a backup from the in-app menu if you want to keep it.
In your browser
What you can do in Parkpin on the web
One-tap save with level and note
Grab your coordinates from the browser, add the garage level ("Level 3A"), a note ("near the elevator, blue pillar") and the street or garage name.
Meter countdown that ticks live
Pick 30 min, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 8 hours — or any 15-minute step up to a day. The home screen goes amber inside the last ten minutes and red when the time is up, and you can top up by 30 minutes or an hour.
Compass walk-back
A compass rose with an arrow pointing at the car, the bearing in degrees, and the distance in feet or metres — it rotates with your phone when the browser reports a heading.
Searchable parking history
Every cleared spot is filed by month with its level, note, paid time and how long you actually stayed. Search by address, level or note, and park in a good spot again in one tap.
Did you beat the meter?
History counts meters beaten, overstays and your closest call in minutes, plus spots per week and a breakdown of back-in-time, close-call and overstayed returns.
Nothing leaves the browser
No account, no background tracking. Export the whole parking log as JSON or CSV whenever you want it elsewhere.
Screens
Every screen, rebuilt for the browser
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Parked
The live meter countdown for the car you are parked in right now, the level and note, and the walk-back button.
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Save spot
Coordinates, street or garage, level, note and the meter presets — the whole park-and-go form.
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Spot detail
Everything about one spot: where it was, how long you stayed, and whether you got back before the meter died.
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Walk back
Compass rose, bearing and distance back to the car, with the level and note you left yourself.
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History
Meters beaten, hours parked, closest call, spots per week and every past spot grouped by month.
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Settings
Warning window, default paid time, feet or metres, and export / sample / erase.
Try it with sample data: Loads ten past San Francisco parking spots from the last five weeks — garages, street meters, an SFO long-term level and two overstays — plus a car parked 45 minutes ago on a two-hour meter. You can start fresh at any time.
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Questions
Is the web version of Parkpin free?+
Yes. Sign in with a free All Things AI account and use every screen — no subscription, no in-app purchases.
Where is my data stored?+
Only in this browser's local storage. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers, so we can't see it, back it up, or restore it. Clearing site data, a private window, or another device starts empty. Export a backup from the in-app menu to keep it.
Do I need an account?+
You can read about the app without one, but you must sign in to open it. Sign-in is free and takes a few seconds with Google.
How is the web version different from the Parkpin iPhone app?+
Coordinates come from your browser's location permission, read only when you tap "Use my location" — the web version never watches your location in the background, so the distance updates when you ask rather than continuously. The compass arrow only rotates with your phone if the browser reports a device heading; on desktop and on browsers that withhold it, the arrow shows the bearing from north and you hold the phone facing north to read it. The iPhone app schedules a real notification ten minutes before the meter expires; a web page can only highlight the countdown while the tab is open. No photo of the spot on the web, and no reverse-geocoded address — you type the street or garage name yourself.