Done when you arrive
Other apps wait until you open them and tap save. CarLoc writes it down when you turn the car off and get out.
CarLoc
Find my car · parking saved automatically
It remembers
the parking floor
even if you never open the app.
When your car’s Bluetooth disconnects, CarLoc keeps the time and the spot. Teach it the buildings you use often, and it can name the underground floor too.
- Free, with ads
- No sign-up
- Android
- 20+ languages
Down to the floor
Even in an underground garage GPS can’t reach, a building it has learned can show B1 or B2.
And the walk back
A large outdoor lot uses the compass. An unfamiliar neighborhood uses map directions. Either way you get back to the car.
How it works
Three ways to use it
Registering the car is enough. Add a building if you want the underground floor, and learn the floors ahead of time if you want it right away.
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Register the car only
Registering the car is enough to keep a parking record. The time and the spot on the map are saved. There are two ways back to the car.
The compass shows the direction and the distance. Hold the phone and follow that direction. The home-screen widget, notes, photos, and the parking alarm work here too. There is no underground floor number yet.
Compass. In a wide outdoor lot, such as an airport, you walk straight by direction instead of following a road. Map. The parking spot appears on the map. Use it when you move there along the surrounding roads. -
Add the building
Includes step 1. Add the building location, the entrance, and the parking floors.
When you park at that building, its name and entrance are attached to the record.
If someone else has already taught that building, the floor can be estimated even if you do not pick it.
The moment you park on a floor and pick it, that floor is learned. Other floors accumulate the same way, each time you park on them. -
Learn the floors first
Includes step 2. You walk the floors in one pass, instead of letting the learning build up each time you park. Stand on a floor and at the entrance, then save the learning.
You can skip waiting until you have parked on every floor again. The next time you park, CarLoc names the floor.
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Register the car’s Bluetooth, and it remembers
When a registered Bluetooth device, such as the car, disconnects, CarLoc treats that as parking. You don’t open the app when you arrive.
- One or more vehicles
- Time, place, building, and entrance on one card
- Works in the background
2
Teach the buildings you use, down to the floor
Register the building, entrance, and parking floors, then learn the floors. CarLoc can then estimate the floor even underground.
- Check and edit floors and the entrance on one screen
- Floor learning that finishes in five minutes
- Quick add, or register a building the app inferred
3
Walk back with the compass or the map
In a wide outdoor lot, like an airport, follow the direction instead of a route. Somewhere unfamiliar, open map directions. You can also share the car’s location.
- Direction and distance left
- Opens directions in a map app
- Share the car’s location
4
A photo or a note for a building you haven’t registered
At a new building, photograph the pillar number or jot a short note. The photo keeps the time and the address with it.
- Photos stay on the device and in a backup folder you choose
- A note on each parking record
More
Also included
Parking alarm
Pick the days and the time, and it reminds you then. Useful for a commute.
Home-screen widget
See the floor and the building without opening the app. Sizes 1×2 and 2×2.
Find-my-car beaconOptional
Leave a beacon in the car and the signal strength suggests which way it is, along with a walk time by floor. You need a separate beacon.
Backup and restore
Back up buildings, learning data, and parking records to a folder you choose, then restore them on a new phone.
20+ languages
Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, major European languages, and Arabic.
Screens
A look through the app
These are real screens. Swipe sideways.
Privacy
Permissions and privacy
We don’t take an account, contacts, or call history. Most data stays on the device.
Location
Parking records and building and floor estimates. Background location is needed if it should save a spot without you opening the app.
Bluetooth
Whether the registered car is connected, and the find-my-car beacon signal.
Notifications and camera
Parking alarms, service notices, and parking photos.
FAQ
Questions
Do I have to leave the app open?
No. When the car’s Bluetooth disconnects, CarLoc records the parking in the background. Open it when you need to find the car.
How does it know the underground floor?
Register the building, entrance, and parking floors, then learn the floors, and it estimates the floor at that building. With only the car registered, there is no floor number. If someone else has already taught the building, it can estimate the floor without you picking one.
Do I need a beacon?
No. The beacon is an optional way to find the car. It is separate from the car’s Bluetooth, and parking records and floor estimates work without it.
Do photos go to a server?
No. Parking photos stay on the device and in a backup folder you choose. They are not uploaded.
Where can I get it?
It is free on Google Play for Android. The app includes ads.
Next time you park,
don’t memorize the floor.
CarLoc remembers it. Questions can go to chocolabs.carloc@gmail.com.