Where’s my cAR?our work

Where’s my cAR? is Appoly’s own app for finding your car in a multi-storey or underground car park. It remembers the level, the bay and the sign you parked by, then takes you back with a map, AR or your own photos.

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The Where's my cAR? app icon above two iPhones joined by a red thread

The Challenge One pin for every floor

Apple Maps and Google Maps can both drop a pin where you left the car. In a multi-storey or underground car park, that pin is the same on every level. Where’s my cAR? has been on the App Store since 2018, and James rebuilt it as version 2.0 around that problem.

Adding the level and bay after saving, with the level read from a photo of the sign
A saved spot: level minus 2, bay C42, blue zone, left by the lifts

Finding Back to the car, whichever way works

From across town, the map shows you and the car and hands walking directions to Apple Maps. Inside the car park, the AR view draws a red line across the floor towards the car, or you can step through the photos you took when you parked, one at a time. The app says how sure it is about each part, such as “Floor: sure, Direction: rough”, and if the compass can’t be trusted it says so instead of drawing a confident line.

Where's my cAR? on two iPhones: a saved spot on level minus 2, bay C42, and the AR view in the car park
Saved spots at an airport long stay, a festival field and a street

Engineering Honest about what a phone can know

A parking app that sends you confidently to the wrong floor is worse than none, so this one keeps track of what the phone knows and tells you.

The Results Free on iPhone and Android

  • Version 2.0 is free on the App Store and Google Play.
  • Both apps follow the same written rules, so a spot is saved and found the same way on either phone.
  • wheresmycar.app explains how it works, and opens shared spots in any browser.
The Where's my cAR? app icon above two iPhones joined by a red thread

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