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Playground Buddy

Playground Buddy is an app that helps families find playgrounds!

Features:
- Access a worldwide database of over 350,000 playgrounds, in over 170 countries
- Search for playgrounds near you, across town, across your country and across the world!
- See photos or street view of playgrounds before you visit (where available)
- Easily get directions to the playground of your choice
- Share playground details and location with others, even to those without the app
- Create and save a playground favourite list
- Add new playgrounds and improve existing playground listings for the benefit of others

Playground listings are made up of user-contributions and other publicly available sources, help us make playgrounds readily accessible by adding playgrounds in your area!

Category : Travel & Local

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Reviews (30)

She. C. May 10, 2022     

Near Seattle, found 1 Park. Ridiculous, I know of at least 15 within 10 miles of me, but only found 1. Clearly this app is not useful and I certainly am not going to do all the work to populate it when it's useless to me. And have to look at an add in the meantime.

Lin. C. Feb 10, 2021     

It's great for finding a playground quickly, but I would like to be able to search by accessibility for my son with disabilities. Could this be added to the list of search options as well as a specific section on each playground description? (ie: is there an adaptive swing, platform swing for wheelchair users, ramp access to the playground equipment, some kind of base other than gravel or wood chips that can be navigated easier, equipment that is designed for all abilities, etc.)

Ash. F. Jul 15, 2020     

I absolutely love this app. I have recommended it to literally every parent I meet at parks and playgrounds, playgroups and libraries, and just mutual friends! My daughter is extremely active so getting outside to burn off energy is a must. I hated googling "playgrounds near me" cos they never were. It was always the extremely packed and popular ones! But this app has saved me and my little girl's summer during Covid as we've explored park after park. We also love taking photos for the community

A. G. u. Sep 20, 2019     

Great concept just wished it worked. Said no playgrounds in the area and on the rare occasion it finds a playground it has no pictures, details or information of any kind. I wanted an app to help me find new playgrounds to explore and to make sure they were appropriate for my 14 month old in addition to older kiddos. Maybe it works better in major cities.

Jen. B. May 11, 2021     

Useful app, nice for finding other playgrounds in my area or when we go on holiday. Some good features (users can upload photos, select which features a playground has). Helpful response when I contacted them with a query. Thank you!

Lau. E. Oct 17, 2021     

It has great filters for playgrounds, but not for other park options like a walking trail or any nature features around the parks. I have this app and the app called all trails, but I need a cross between the two.

A. G. u. Nov 6, 2018     

This app is great. Yes, it seems to lack information on several local parks but guess what... YOU can add them! It's super easy and extremely helpful for other parents looking for playgrounds!

Hid. H. Sep 27, 2020     

I find this app so useful but being in Australia, I'd love the option in the tick boxes for a BBQ as many times a picnic area does not always mean there is a BBQ. So often this is how our summer days are spent or how we celebrate birthdays. It has everything else that is important but I then still have to use Street view to see if I can spy a BBQ.

Tra. C. Nov 21, 2020     

Great concept but nobody really adds photos of the parks. Still use it though and going to all the different parks and adding pictures. However it does feel a bit like a forgotten app that no-one uses

emi. Mar 17, 2022     

This is great! It has tons of hidden parks listed near me! There are some not listed, so I'll go take some photos and add them to the map.

Jos. S. Sep 27, 2020     

This app does not list two fairly large playgrounds near my house. If it can't find those I doubt it's going to be very helpful at finding a park that I can't find with alltrails.

Ric. W. Mar 9, 2021     

Very useful resource for finding playgrounds for sure. Have been adding info and photos for my local ones too. Don't complain about a lack of info if you've not contributed any yourself.

A. G. u. Jan 20, 2020     

Great app - I use it to find parks and then add any I come across not on the map. The more active users the better! It's not a one-way street :)

A. G. u. Sep 28, 2018     

Foley, Alabama is 8 miles from The Gulf of Mexico (Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, AL.). Outside play dominates this area and I'm sitting within 2 miles of 4 parks I'm aware of. I tried this app to find some more parks/playgrounds, but this app keeps saying "none found in this area". This app is of no use to me or anyone else here.

A. G. u. Sep 10, 2019     

Great app works for London UK, Budapest Hungary and Kampot Cambodia perfectly, so much unnecessary criticism towards how it works, if you know there's a park nearby and it's not listed why not tag it and help the community rather than expect everything to be perfect.

A. G. u. May 8, 2019     

this app has saved me on multiple occasions when I've needed a playground in an area I'm not familiar with. it is our go-to app when travelling with the kiddos. awesome.

Sco. &. A. R. Jun 27, 2021     

Regarding the complaints on playgrounds not showing for certain areas - this app is reliant on users adding them. Rather than complaining, just add any parks you know of which aren't yet on the app for the next user..!

Reb. P. Aug 29, 2020     

The app won't work for me or my husband. I have a galaxy s10 and he has an iPhone 11. It says 'chain validation failed'. That's a shame, really wanted it to work

Cha. M. May 15, 2021     

Great app and has loads on there, wish there was a way to colour code the parks that come up so you can see at a quick glance the ones that you have favourites and the ones that you have already visited

A. G. u. Sep 28, 2018     

This didn't have all my local play parks so didn't even try it when I was out exploring with the bairn. Please someone make lists of all parks not just big ones. There's plenty of good local parks

Eli. R. Jan 23, 2022     

Very useful! Easy to use. Playgrounds already marked and additional information added by users.

A. G. u. Feb 25, 2019     

love this app. helps me find great spots for my munchkins and share great spots. look for the one i added in Iceland!

A. G. u. Mar 9, 2019     

We've found this a super useful when we're visiting new places with our son. Also showed us a couple new playgrounds near home.

A. G. u. May 28, 2019     

crashes a bit. Has quite a few private playgrounds. wish it had an age filter. like toddler park vs adventure park

W. P. Mar 26, 2022     

Very useful for finding parks with age appropriate things for my little one

A. G. u. Feb 4, 2020     

Yeah its great that you find new places for your kids to play. But you do realise any kind of pedophile and child kidnappers can download this app, with the intent of harming your child.

Jul. S. Mar 31, 2022     

I love this app, it is amazing. I have recommended it to all my friends, even shared it on Facebook.

A. G. u. Oct 26, 2018     

Great idea, but missing many parks in my area. Uninstalled after it said there were none in my neighborhood, when there are several.

Joe. S. Jul 10, 2021     

downloaded and uninstalled in 2 min... barely any info, no pictures. just search on google map.

Mel. K. Sep 23, 2020     

Show some parks in north Queensland but little information. Working on adding info.