Meter Beaters

Chicago’s first app to display free street parking based on your time and location inputs. Meter Beaters brings you over 200 miles of street parking. With Meter Beaters, you’ll save money and confidently navigate through Chicago’s confusing parking signs. We’ve seen too many drivers pay for a meter or garage with available free parking just feet away. Don’t let that that to be you! Give yourself the opportunity and confidence to find free parking.

How does it work? We’ve collected all sorts of Chicago parking data and developed our application so you can input where and when you want to find free street parking. Using your inputs and our organized data, we’ll map the free parking for you. Our data encompasses the enforcement time periods for permit zones, meter zones, loading zones, rush hour zones and other restrictions.

Newly added: Street Cleaning Alerts

Enter the street address where you are parked and MeterBeaters will notify you the day before and morning cleaning for that location. No more street cleaning tickets!

For the times you can’t find free parking in your desired area, we’ve included an interactive meter map as well. We understand finding free parking isn’t realistic for every situation but we want to give you the best opportunity to find it first. Have a residential parking permit or been gifted a pass? We’ve included a permit map to explore the boundaries of each permit zone. Type in a permit number and we'll show you exactly where you can park on the map and in a convenient and easy to read list view of addresses.

Meter Beaters currently brings you street parking options in the following neighborhoods: Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Old Town, River North, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Gold Coast, Streeterville, Buena Park, Goose Island, Noble Square, Near North, SoNo, West Loop, South Loop. We will continue to add new areas and update parking locations.

Download Meter Beaters and have Chicago parking information available in the palm of your hand!