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Icon, logo, four screenshots in both raw and captioned versions, founder photo, the SF ticket-data card, a preview still and the fact sheet. The preview video is linked separately below.
In one sentence
CurbScout is an iPhone app that reads the street-parking rules for the block you are heading to, built from city records in 32 US cities, and navigates you to the correct side of the street.
Boilerplate
Short. CurbScout reads the curb before you get there. The iPhone app turns city records into block-by-block parking rules for 32 US cities: meters and their prices, time limits, permit zones, street cleaning and tow-away windows. It ranks the legal blocks along your route, navigates you to the correct side of the street, and reminds you before sweeping, a time limit or a meter runs out. Built and run by one independent developer. 14 days free, no card required.
Long. CurbScout is an iPhone app for people who park on the street in a big city. Type a destination and it ranks the nearby blocks where you can legally park right now, using each block's actual rules: meter schedules and prices, time limits, residential permit zones, street-cleaning days and tow-away hours. Then it guides you turn-by-turn to the block, on the correct side of the street, and sets reminders before the next rule bites. The data comes from city records in 32 US cities, including meter inventories, sweeping schedules, sign records and curb regulations, supplemented by public-records requests where a city publishes nothing usable. When the records cannot say whether a block is legal, the app says unknown instead of guessing. CurbScout was built and is run by Kanha Narla, an independent developer, and launched on the App Store in September 2026. It is free for 14 days with no card, then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year.
Fact sheet
| Name | CurbScout (one word, capital C and S). App Store listing name: "CurbScout - Parking". |
|---|---|
| What it does | Reads block-by-block street-parking rules, ranks legal blocks along your route, navigates to the correct curb side, reminds you before sweeping, time limits and meter expiry. Also shows public lots and garages, and a Parking Strategy view that compares street parking with garages for a trip. |
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later. On the App Store since September 2026. Android: waitlist only. |
| Price | 14 days free, no card. Then $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, billed by Apple. No free tier. |
| Coverage | 32 US cities. San Francisco Bay Area (14): San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, San Mateo, Daly City, South San Francisco, Burlingame, Menlo Park, Alameda, Walnut Creek, Mill Valley, Sausalito, San Rafael. Greater Los Angeles (8): Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Pasadena, Glendale, Culver City, Long Beach. Greater Boston (4): Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Somerville. New York metro (3): New York City, Jersey City, Hoboken. And: Chicago, Seattle, Washington DC. |
| Data | City records: meter inventories, sweeping schedules, sign records and curb regulations, plus public-records requests where nothing usable is published. Rebuilt monthly and delivered to the app without an app update. Availability is an estimate from typical patterns, never a live sensor, and the app says so. Unknown blocks are shown as unknown. |
| Vehicle types | Passenger, commercial and motorcycle. The curb rules and space counts follow the vehicle you pick. |
| Privacy | No data sales, no ads. Background location is optional. Search text is never stored on CurbScout's servers. Privacy policy. |
| Founder | Kanha Narla, independent developer. One person built the app, the curb rule engine, the city data pipeline and the self-hosted routing. |
| Links | curbscout.app · App Store · SF ticket data story |
The numbers behind the story
CurbScout analyzed every parking citation San Francisco recorded in the twelve months to June 30, 2026. The full report, with a map and the most-ticketed blocks, is at curbscout.app/sf-most-ticketed-blocks. Reporters are welcome to cite it with attribution.
One San Francisco street-cleaning ticket ($105) costs more than two years of CurbScout's annual plan ($39.99). One ticket also covers the year in New York, Chicago, Seattle and Boston; in Washington DC it takes one or two, depending on the violation, using each city's published fines.
The same analysis for Los Angeles, 1,928,025 citations and $173 million in fines over the same twelve months, is at curbscout.app/la-most-ticketed-blocks.
Founder
Kanha Narla is the founder and developer of CurbScout. One person wrote the app, the curb rule engine, the 32-city data pipeline and the routing stack. Where a city publishes nothing usable, the data comes from public-records requests filed with that city, and from time spent checking signs at the curb. Longer bio and profiles: curbscout.app/author/kanha-narla.
Available for interviews by email. Photo: kanha-narla.jpg (620 px, the largest available).
Assets
Free to use in coverage of CurbScout. Please do not alter the icon or recolor the logo. The captioned screenshots are the App Store set with their headline bands; the raw captures are the same screens without them. The UI in both is real app data for real blocks.
App icon, 1024 px PNG
Destination card, captioned, 1206×2622
Ranked spots, captioned, 1206×2622
Turn-by-turn, captioned, 1206×2622
Reminders, captioned, 1206×2622
App preview video, 29 s, 886×1920 MP4 (8.7 MB)
SF ticket data card, 1200×630
Raw captures without caption bands (1320×2868 JPG): destination card · ranked spots · turn-by-turn · reminders
Logo mark (SVG) · Preview still (886×1920 PNG) · Fact sheet (text) · Everything except the video as a zip
Official profiles
These are the only CurbScout accounts. Searching the name on some networks finds an unrelated, defunct company page first; it is not us.
- App Store: apps.apple.com/app/curbscout-parking/id6760272723
- X: @curbscoutapp
- Instagram: @curbscout.app
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/curbscoutapp
- Reddit: u/CurbScoutapp
- Product Hunt (maker): @kanha_narla
Contact
Press and interview requests: . You will reach the founder directly. Most messages get a reply within one to two business days.