SimplePark or Yellowbrick? How they differ.
Both charge a fixed amount per parking action, whether you stay 10 minutes or an afternoon. With Yellowbrick you can take a subscription instead.
Yellowbrick prices and details checked on 8 November 2026 · How we compare
| SimplePark | Yellowbrick | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | A fixed amount per parking action, no subscription | Basic: a fixed amount per parking action. Unlimited: a monthly subscription |
| Per parking action | € 0.29 | Basic: € 0.49. Unlimited: € 0 |
| Subscription | None | Basic: none. Unlimited: € 3.99 per parking user a month |
| Per payment | € 0.29 per top-up or direct debit | None |
| Paying | In advance with iDEAL | Wero. Direct debit is not available to everyone straight away | Afterwards by direct debit, weekly for the first 3 months and monthly after that |
| Where | On the street, in cities across the Netherlands | On the street across the Netherlands and in parking garages, including over 300 from ParkBee |
| Starting and stopping | In the app. Your parking action stops by itself at your end time, even when your phone is off | In the app or by phone call |
Sources:Rates, Payment and invoicing, The parking app, Benefits, Parking by phone
What the app costs you a month.
Five ways of parking, with what the app adds. Where Yellowbrick comes out lower, you see that too.
| How you park | Parking fee | SimplePark | Yellowbrick Basic | Yellowbrick Unlimited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A quick errand4 times a month, 20 minutes, € 2.00 an hourParking fee: € 2.68, to the municipality | € 2.68to the municipality | € 1.20Lowesta month | € 1.96a month | € 3.99a month |
| An hour in town4 times a month, 1 hour, € 3.00 an hourParking fee: € 12.00, to the municipality | € 12.00to the municipality | € 1.31Lowesta month | € 1.96a month | € 3.99a month |
| An afternoon in the center2 times a month, 3 hours, € 5.00 an hourParking fee: € 30.00, to the municipality | € 30.00to the municipality | € 0.93Lowesta month | € 0.98a month | € 3.99a month |
| Twice a week8 times a month, 2 hours, € 4.00 an hourParking fee: € 64.00, to the municipality | € 64.00to the municipality | € 3.09Lowesta month | € 3.92a month | € 3.99a month |
| Almost every working day20 times a month, 1 hour, € 2.50 an hourParking fee: € 50.00, to the municipality | € 50.00to the municipality | € 6.45a month | € 9.80a month | € 3.99Lowesta month |
Only what the app costs. The parking fee comes on top in every app and is the same everywhere. For the parking fee we use exactly the time you park; a municipality that bills in blocks can charge a little more. For SimplePark we include the € 0.29 per top-up, for a top-up of € 25; smaller top-ups cost a little more, and with direct debit it is € 0.29 per invoice, which you get every month you park. Text message reminders are not included.
Where Yellowbrick is strong
Yellowbrick works across the Netherlands, in parking garages too, including over 300 from ParkBee. You can start and stop a parking action with a phone call, which helps when your phone has no data. Extra license plates cost nothing. And if you park a lot, Unlimited is one fixed amount a month, however often you park.
Where SimplePark is different
- A lower amount per parking action. You pay € 0.29 per parking action, plus € 0.29 per top-up or direct debit.
- No subscription. If you don’t park for a month, you pay nothing that month.
- Always an end time. When you start, you choose until when you park. At that time your parking action stops by itself, even when your phone is off.
- See what it costs first. You see the zone, the rate and the maximum parking time before you start.
- Support on WhatsApp, day and night.
Which one suits you?
Against Yellowbrick Basic you pay less with SimplePark as long as a parking action costs less than about € 17 in parking fees, if you top up € 25 at a time; at € 10 that line is around € 6.50. If you park about ten times a month or more, Yellowbrick Unlimited is cheaper. If you want to park in parking garages or by phone call, you can with Yellowbrick and not with SimplePark.
Questions about switching?
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Is SimplePark cheaper than Yellowbrick?
Than Yellowbrick Basic, yes: € 0.29 per parking action against € 0.49, though with us € 0.29 per top-up or direct debit comes on top. If you park about ten times a month or more, Yellowbrick Unlimited is cheaper.
Can I use both apps side by side?
Yes. You can add your license plate to both. Start a parking action in one app only, or you pay twice.
How do I switch to SimplePark?
Download the app, add your license plate and top up your balance. A subscription with Yellowbrick you cancel with Yellowbrick itself.
Your next parking action takes 10 seconds.
Download SimplePark, add your license plate and top up your balance. At the next curb, you’re done.
No subscription. € 0.29 per parking action, € 0.29 per top-up or direct debit.