Run the lot from your phone.
WPS ParkID gives you a PC in a closet and a validation-scanner app that was built in 2016. BankTheLot gives you a real operator app — live occupancy, revenue today, every plate in and out, surge on/off, and push alerts — on every phone, tablet, and browser you already own.
Included in every plan. Unlimited users per lot. No seat fees.
Everything you'd want to know about your lot, mid-shift, from anywhere.
Built for owner-operators who don't sit in the booth. Check revenue on the drive home. Toggle surge from the dinner table. Catch a held gate before it costs you $200.
Live occupancy
Occupancy by zone, by lane, by hour. Refreshed every few seconds. Drill into any zone to see exactly which spots are full.
Revenue today
Up-to-the-minute revenue with transient, passes, and surge broken out. Compare against yesterday, last week, last month. Export CSV.
Every car in and out
Plate, ticket, lane, timestamp — every entry and exit logged. Search any plate or ticket in a second. Pull the photo on demand.
Surge on, surge off
One tap to raise rates for an event, storm, or peak block. Set recurring rules once — the app enforces them for you.
Push alerts that matter
Gate held open. Printer out of paper. Offline reader. Revenue milestone hit. Shift change. You choose what pings you.
Remote gate control
Lift a gate from the app for a stuck customer — authenticated, logged, and with a photo of the lane. No more 2 a.m. phone calls to the attendant.
Passes & permits
Sell a monthly pass from the app. Revoke one that bounced. Auto-billing handles the rest. No more spreadsheet.
Staff chat & incident log
Your attendants log incidents right from their phones — dented bumper, spilled coffee, angry customer. Timestamped, photographed, searchable.
Change a rule in 10 seconds
Raise grace period. Change evening rate. Turn off weekend passes. Edit on the phone, save, live in the lot the same second.
Nightly report in your inbox
Every morning at 6 a.m. — yesterday's revenue, occupancy peak, top plates, anomalies. Opens in your email. No login.
Multi-lot dashboard
Own two lots or ten? One app, one login, every lot. Switch between them with a swipe. Roll-up totals across the portfolio.
Works when the internet doesn't
Local network mode keeps the app functional at the lot when the ISP goes down. Syncs everything back up when the line comes back.
What the $7,000/yr software doesn't give you.
ParkID's "mobile" story is a ticket-validation scanner app built for hotel concierges. There is no live-operator companion for the owner of the lot. We checked. Here's what you get on each side.
| Capability | WPS ParkID | BankTheLot |
|---|---|---|
| Live occupancy on your phone | ✕ Desktop GUI only. No native owner app. | ✓ iPhone, Android, web. Refreshed every few seconds. |
| Revenue today, up to the minute | ✕ Run a report from the PC. Export to CSV. Wait. | ✓ Open the app. See it now. Broken out by transient, passes, surge. |
| Push alerts for held gates, printer out, offline readers | ✕ You find out when a customer calls. | ✓ Phone pings you in 30 seconds with the lane photo. |
| Toggle surge pricing remotely | ✕ Not supported. | ✓ One tap. Event, weather, demand, time-of-day. |
| Change a rate without a technician | ✕ Call the reseller. Wait. $175/hr. | ✓ Edit on the app. Save. Live in the lot the same second. |
| Remote gate lift with photo evidence | ✕ Intercom from the GUI, only from the booth PC. | ✓ From your phone, anywhere, authenticated and logged. |
| Plate search across all entries | ✕ LPR is a paid add-on module, desktop-only. | ✓ Included. Search any plate, pull the photo, one second. |
| Nightly report email | ✕ Schedule a PDF in the GUI. Hope it runs. | ✓ 6 a.m., in your inbox, every morning. No login. |
| Works when the internet drops | Partial ParkID GUI is moving to cloud — if their cloud blips, you're blind. | ✓ On-prem controller plus local-network app mode. Keeps running. |
| Multi-lot rollup | Partial "Multiple car parks from one screen" in ParkID 3.0 — if you pay for the upgrade. | ✓ Standard. Swipe between lots. One login. |
| Unlimited users per lot | ✕ Per-seat pricing. Every new staff login is a line item. | ✓ No seat fees. Ever. |
| Annual cost | $7,000/yr and climbing. | $3,000/yr flat. Everything above, included. |
Sourced from WPS's own ParkID 3.0 migration documentation and public App Store listings for WPS / parking-operator apps. If you believe any of the above is out of date, tell us on the contact form and we'll correct it.
Run the lot from the couch. Tonight.
Buy a plan, we install the swap in 60 minutes, you get the app on every phone in the household. 30 days to change your mind and we put the old PARCS box back.