Mobilewalla: Parking game apps
Parking games appear to be about driving, but since they don’t involve an actual vehicle, they’re actually primarily about spatial relationships — like Tetris with wheels.
Apple apps
Parking Mania ($0.99)* Parking Mania allows you to drive in a variety of ways: with a steering wheel, by tilting your device or by swiping. It includes 195 levels of parking challenges. (Score: 99/100)
Police Car Parking Simulator Game — Real Life Emergency Driving (Free) The gamer in this app must rush emergency vehicles to crime scenes and park them quickly. (98/100)
Monster Truck Parking Simulator Game (Free) This game features both monster truck parking and driving through outrageous courses. (Score: 95/100)
Trucker Parking 3D (Free)* Parking an 18-wheeler is no mean feat. Test your truck-driving skills in 50 different parking-lot scenarios. (Score: 93/100)
Ice Road Trucker Parking Simulator Games (Free) As the name suggests, this parking challenge takes place on ice; you fall through if you are too slow. (Score: 90/100)
Android apps
Parking Frenzy 2.0 (Free)* Parking Frenzy 2.0 includes over 150 levels of parking challenges. Choose from 11 vehicles and different weather conditions for each challenge. (Score: 98/100)
Parking Madness (Free)* This parking game gives you the choice of driving a forklift, go-kart or automobile. Park your vehicle of choice in 75 different levels. (Score: 97/100)
Speed Parking 3D (Free)* This app features the ability to realistically drive your vehicles with brake pedals, gearshifts and on-screen steering wheels. (Score: 96/100)
Car Parking (Free) In Car Parking, you can choose your view — the perspective from inside the vehicle, or a bird’s-eye view — to help you park. (Score: 95/100)
Backyard Parking 3D (Free) With Backyard Parking 3D, you get to choose from a variety of vehicles, each with unique handling capabilities. (Score: 92/100)
*Available on Apple and Android.
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published January 26, 2015 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Mobilewalla: Parking game apps."