The frustration of circling the block searching for a parking spot can ruin an outing. There are some free apps you can download on your smartphone that will help. Jimmy Rhoades has three that promise to make parking a snap.

1.  Parking Panda

This app offers on-demand, guaranteed parking — participating paid parking lots will hold your reserved spot, even after the rest of the lot fills up. You can even book a spot on the fly. Remember,

2.  ParkNav

This app uses big data from various sources to find you open street parking in real time. Red lines means finding a spot is unlikely and green means there should be spaces available.

3.  ParkTag

This app takes a social approach to parking. When a ParkTag user vacates a parking space, the information goes out to everyone using the app.

All three of these apps are free and available both in App Store and Google Play.

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