Spotlert Help Center
How can we help?
Find quick answers about reporting spots, holds, groups, shared household vehicles, reminders, notifications, and your account.
Getting started
Public map
Use the public map
Spotlert opens on a public map of open street spots shared by drivers nearby — no group needed.
Share an open spot on the public map
Pulling out, or passing an empty space? Put the pin on the curb and share it.
Still open, I got this spot, and No longer available
Drivers near a spot keep the map accurate with three taps.
How long public spots stay on the map
Fresh, then Possibly still open, then removed automatically.
Your public name
Reports show your public name — or “Spotlert driver” if you’d rather stay anonymous.
Why Spotlert checks your location
To center the map, and to check you’re near a spot when you share or update it.
How exact are spot addresses?
The pin is the spot; the label is a nearby street or address to help you find it.
Reporting spots
Report an open parking spot
Where you report decides who sees it: the public map, or one private group.
Why open-spot reports expire
Public reports fade on their own; group reports follow the group’s setting.
Correct a spot address or map position
A suggested address moves the map, but you still confirm the exact curb position.
Private parking groups
Ask to hold in a private group
Holds are a private-group favor: the reporter may accept or decline, and nothing is guaranteed.
Create a parking group
Start an optional private group for your block, building or community, and invite people.
How private parking groups work
An invite-only map for a block, building or community, run by its own admins.
Group roles and ownership
Owners, admins and members have different controls, including moderation.
Join or leave a parking group
Join a private group with an invite code, or ask to join one you can find by name.
Report a spot in a private group
Put the pin on the curb inside the group’s area; members can be notified.
Group boundaries and mapped streets
An admin draws the group’s parking area; reports must be inside it and on a curb.
Who can see group parking activity
Only the group’s approved members — never the public map.
Group notifications
Openings, holds, check requests and membership news — mute any group you like.
My Vehicles and households
My Vehicles and households
A household privately shares a vehicle’s parking location with the people you live with.
Create or join a household
Start a household from My Vehicles, or accept an invitation from a household member.
Invite someone to your household
Share the household code or send a private invitation by email.
Add a vehicle to your household
Household administrators add each shared vehicle and how it is labelled.
Save where you parked with Park Here
Park Here saves a shared vehicle’s location for your household.
What “I’m Taking It” means
Marks the shared vehicle as in use so the household stops looking for it.
Get directions to your parked vehicle
Opens your usual maps app with the saved parking coordinates.
Who can see your vehicle location
Only members of that household — never parking groups or the public.
Vehicle reminders
Vehicle reminders
Shared reminders for oil changes, inspections, registration, and similar tasks.
Record your vehicle’s mileage
Mileage is entered by hand and is always optional.
Repeating vehicle reminders
Repeat every few months, every few miles, or whichever comes first.
Mark a vehicle reminder complete
Any household member can complete a reminder, and Spotlert records who did.
Vehicle and reminder notifications
Two separate switches: vehicle updates and vehicle reminders.