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ParkFinder

A parking-assistant app that remembers exactly where you parked and walks you back to it — with GPS-guided navigation, a rewards system, and parking-timer features built around one simple daily frustration.

PROJECTParkFinder
INDUSTRYConsumer / urban mobility
STACKMobile · GPS
3
Core features — park, navigate back & rewards
GPS
Turn-by-turn walk-back navigation
Live
Shipped and in use
Mobile
Consumer app — iOS & Android

"Where did I park?" is a small problem that happens to almost everyone.

Forgetting exactly where a car is parked is a common, low-stakes but genuinely annoying problem — especially in large lots, unfamiliar areas, or after a long day. Most solutions to this are manual: dropping a pin in a generic maps app, or just trying to remember a landmark.

ParkFinder turns this into a dedicated, single-purpose tool: save your parking spot in one tap, then get GPS-guided walking directions back to it — turn-by-turn, distance remaining, and a clear "arrived" confirmation.

ParkFinder is a standalone consumer app built for anyone who drives in urban areas. It was designed and delivered by Nurbs.io as a focused single-purpose product — not a platform with dozens of features, but one core problem solved exceptionally well. The rewards mechanic was added to give the app network value beyond a single user's own parking habits.

A focused tool built around one core loop.

01 · SAVE LOCATION

Park my car

One-tap location saving the moment a user parks, with a confirm/cancel step to make sure the pin lands in the right spot.

02 · NAVIGATE BACK

GPS-guided walk-back

Turn-by-turn walking directions back to the saved car, with live distance remaining and a clear "you've arrived" confirmation screen.

03 · REWARDS

Spot-sharing rewards

Users can report open parking spots to other drivers and earn points redeemable for gifts, cards, or cash — turning the app into something with value beyond a single user's own parking.

04 · ROADMAP

Parking timer & spot-finder (coming soon)

Two features already designed and flagged in-app as "coming soon" — a parking meter timer with alerts, and a feature to help find open parking spots nearby.

A few calls that shaped how this was built.

01

Ship the core loop first, label the rest "coming soon"

Rather than delaying launch until every planned feature was ready, the parking-timer and spot-finder features are visibly present in the app — labeled "coming soon" — so users see the product's direction without the launch depending on every feature being finished.

02

Rewards tied to a real action, not just app usage

Points are earned specifically for reporting open parking spots to other drivers — a genuinely useful action — rather than generic engagement rewards, so the incentive structure reinforces the thing that makes the app more useful for everyone.

03

One-tap save with a confirm step, not a form

Saving a parking location is the single most critical action in the app — if the pin lands wrong, the whole experience fails. Rather than auto-saving on app open (which can misplace the pin), the flow is one tap to save with a quick confirm/cancel step, so the user can verify the map shows the right spot before locking it in.

A look at the app.

// onboardingParkFinder onboarding
// save & navigateParkFinder navigation
// live trackingParkFinder tracking

A simple problem, solved well.

ParkFinder's core save-and-navigate-back loop is built to handle the most common version of this problem reliably, with a clear roadmap for the features still in development.

Live
Core save-and-navigate loop live, with rewards and parking timer features shipped

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