Playground Buddy User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience66.2% of reviews
Neutral12.7% of reviews
Negative experience21.1% of reviews

~ Based on 71 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Playground Buddy Safe?

Playground Buddy appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Playground Buddy is 78/100.

This assessment is based on 48 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.1/5.

Safety Analysis

75.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
10.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 48 App Store ratings for Playground Buddy.

Is Playground Buddy Legit?

Playground Buddy appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Playground Buddy is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Awesome idea, however..

I do wish when you clicked on a playground you could see photos or reviews of it. Maybe it’s just my area that we don’t have that. (New England)

It would be cool if it connected to google reviews or something like that.

Great

Great app to show what’s around us to go play at. Would be better if there was a way to make personal notes on each place

Filter out schools

This app has a great concept and I use it gladly. However I’d love to filter out school playgrounds because you can’t go to them if school is in session.

not that good

very outdated, parks dont look the same in the pictures or they arent even there anymore but pop up

Helpful but lacking info

Most parks I click on in this app lack information and photos. My guess is people including myself don’t want to log in to contribute. Google is vastly populated with information and photos because it doesn’t require logging in.

Great app

This app is really useful to find play parks. We are touring play parks for a fun day out. We’ve found local play parks we never knew existed! Thank you

Handy app for exploring new areas

Great little app for showing parks nearby to you. The ability to filter to find ones with certain things, although it does rely on other users to keep the information updated. It helped us to find a shady park on a very sunny day. I love the new update with more information that can be added including more flooring options including grass which is common where we are.

Would love to be able to build a personal list of parks visited not just a favourite list, as some of the parks are not favourites 🤣 would also be good if the app supported dark screens as can’t see what I am writting (black writting on black screen) until it’s submitted.
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Amazing!

Thank you! It’s a wonderful app. Keep up the great work.

Great for parents of littles!

Love this app and actually enjoy editing parks that are in my area. Great for travels and needing to let the kids run without going crazy on Google maps.

Bof

L’application n’évolue pas depuis l’installation. De plus, les contributions disparaissent ainsi que les photos.
Finalement, les catégories de description des parcs sont vraiment limitées.
Dommage mais je vais la déinstaller.

Nice concept.

Totally bugged. Crashes within seconds.

Suggestions for improvement

The concept is neat, but I would love to see a filter to show playgrounds that offer inclusive playground equipment for kids with disabilities. (If it’s there, I couldn’t find it). I do see when you add a park you can check off a few accessibility notes - but i would love to see it show playgrounds that actually have equipment that a child in a wheelchair or mobility issue or other disability can access and play with (wheelchair accessible merry go rounds, etc) - not just swings. Parents of kids with disabilities (and parents and grandparents with disabilities) know just how few parks with inclusive equipment exist, and this would be a very valuable tool if it included such a filter! Also, I noticed that the Spark Parks are left off this app. Spark Parks are community parks located at public schools that are open to anyone in the general public after regular school hours, and on weekends and holidays. I added one…
Lastly, I tried to submit this feedback through the app itself, but just got a blank screen.
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Pokémon go is better at finding parks than this sadly

All I had to do for a download the app and see that there is no useful information.

App idea

Love being able to easily find playgrounds. Would be nice if you could chance the colour of the pins to know which playgrounds you’ve been to. I like the favourite list, but would like a way to track which ones we’ve been to but didn’t like for my kids age level.

Great App

I love this app. I’ve tried to update data and photos on playgrounds we’ve been too. It has been a lifesaver to find playgrounds while traveling. If I need more info, after I have a playground name I can usually find more info by searching for the playground. So that can be helpful if you need more info than is on the app.
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Horrible!

When you first sign in and it locates you- it says “no playgrounds found”. You have to zoom out and then you’ll see some location markers. When you click on one you get an “id number” and the location on a map. That’s it. No name. No photos. No description; oh except for “we don’t have a lot of information on this playground”. If you click on “get directions” it will open Apple Maps… wow. I wish I could give it 0 stars.
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OK, but few parks in the UK seem to be completed

Perhaps there are more elsewhere, so keeping it to try when travelling. I’ve tried updating details of a park a few times, but all the text keeps getting deleted after posting which is annoying.

Pitiful

This app is all but useless. We’ve only been in this community for two weeks and we already know where more playgrounds are than are featured in this app. No pictures. Just hasn’t attracted contributors. Because it’s basic.

Great app but

This is a great app for finding playgrounds near you. It would be nice if you could tick off where you had been and the favourite button doesn’t seem to work but good idea

I should be a spokesperson

I LOVE this app!! I swear I keep telling everyone I know about it. I wish this was made when I nannied because we would just drive around aimlessly looking for a cool park!
I’m always talking about how neat this app is and how you can search for certain things if you want.
It’s easy to use, and FREE!
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