Your phone is the key: how Figpark gate access works
The hardest problem in parking-spot sharing isn't payments or maps. It's the gate. Most private spots in Prague sit behind one — a garage door, a barrier, a courtyard gate — and the traditional ways of letting someone through are all bad: lending your clicker, taping a code to the wall, or walking down in your slippers at 21:40.
Figpark's answer: the driver's phone is the key, and only while their booking runs.
What the driver sees
After booking, the Access screen shows everything needed to get in: the entrance location, the gate code, and a big friendly button. Depending on how the host set the spot up, opening the gate means one of:
- Tapping "Open the gate" — for gates connected to a smart relay, the tap opens it directly.
- Calling a number — for GSM-module gates, the app places the call that the gate recognises. No app juggling at the barrier; one tap dials.
- Entering a code — for keypad gates and lockboxes, the app shows the code exactly when it's valid.
Whichever it is, the credential is scoped to the booking. It starts working when the booking starts and stops working when it ends (extensions update it automatically). Yesterday's driver can't come back tonight.
What the host sees
Every use of the gate lands in an access log attached to the booking: who, when, which entrance. If your building manager or neighbours ask who's been driving in, the answer is a screenshot, not a shrug.
Hosts also stay in control of the hardware. Nothing about Figpark requires rewiring your gate: GSM gates keep their phone-number allowlist (we rotate authorised numbers per booking), keypads keep their codes (we rotate codes on a schedule you approve), and smart relays speak to our API directly.
Why not just hand out the permanent code?
Because codes leak. The parking spot next to a metro station whose code has been the same since 2019 is, functionally, public parking. Booking-scoped credentials mean a leak is worth at most a few hours — and the log tells you exactly which booking leaked it.
What this unlocks (literally)
Booking-scoped access is what makes it safe to rent your spot to strangers at all — it's the difference between "sharing my gate clicker with the internet" and "letting a registered, paying, logged driver in for exactly the window they paid for". It's the piece we built first, and the reason hosts who tried informal arrangements switch.
Curious what your gate would earn? Run the numbers, or go straight to listing your spot.