You parked. You got out. You didn’t tap anything, drop a pin, or open the app.
A few hours later, you need the spot back. BetterKey already saved it.
You don’t tell BetterKey you parked. It notices.#
Park Location is off by default. Flip the toggle in Settings and BetterKey asks for two things: Motion access and Always location access. Both matter. Always is what lets iOS wake BetterKey the moment you park, even when the app is closed. No pin to drop. No check-in. No extra step on your way out of the car.
Turn it off and BetterKey stops. Your last saved spot stays right where it is until you turn it back on.
How it knows you’ve parked#
A wrong saved spot is worse than no spot at all. So BetterKey only saves one when it’s sure.
The whole thing happens on your phone. BetterKey watches for a familiar pattern: you’ve been driving, you slow to a stop, you step out, you walk away. When all of that lines up, BetterKey saves the spot.
When it doesn’t, BetterKey waits. No guessing. Just a spot you can trust, or none at all.
Tied to the right car#
A saved spot alone isn’t very useful. Which car? matters more than the exact coordinates.
So before BetterKey saves anything, it checks the cars you’ve connected. If one of them is right where you stopped, that’s the match. The spot belongs to that car, and that’s the car the notification names.
No connected car nearby? Nothing gets saved. Better than guessing wrong.
If your family has more than one car, this is the part that matters most. The notification doesn’t just say “we saved a spot.” It says which car.
Getting back to it#
The moment your spot is saved, BetterKey lets you know. The notification names the car. Tap it and you go straight to the map for that one.
Or open the app later. The map shows the spot. Tap directions and Apple Maps, Google Maps, Uber, or Lyft takes you back.
Or just ask Siri. “Where did I park?” and you’ve got it.
Built to wait#
Anything that runs without you watching has to be right. The first time it saves the wrong spot is the one you remember. So BetterKey doesn’t take shortcuts.
Motion alone isn’t enough. Location alone isn’t enough. A nearby car alone isn’t enough. Together, and only together, do they count.
When BetterKey isn’t sure, it does nothing. Your last good spot stays right where it is.
You parked. You walked away. You didn’t have to do anything else.
That’s the whole point.
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