Playground User Reviews

Playground: Child Care App
Playground: Child Care App
After School Development LLC

Customer Experience

Positive experience71.2% of reviews
Neutral9.6% of reviews
Negative experience19.2% of reviews

~ Based on 73 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Playground Safe?

Playground: Child Care App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Playground is 100/100.

This assessment is based on 6,957 user ratings, with an App Store average of 5/5.

Safety Analysis

99.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 6,957 App Store ratings for Playground.

Is Playground Legit?

Playground: Child Care App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Playground is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Child care update made simple

Love the app!! Seeing continuous updates about my son, fast contact to the staff and most of all the photos!! The app allows me to stay up to date on my account as well as other family members I add.

So grateful

I’m so grateful our daycare uses this app. It’s amazing. I love being able to talk with the teachers and see pictures of my kiddo while he’s at school.

This app sucks

I don’t know if it really is just me, but I’ve had nothin but issues with it. I can’t schedule my kiddo for care. It let me once and never again. I’m seriously so frustrated

Love this app

This app is so awesome lets me see what my child is doing during the day while at the daycare. And lets me see their progress doing different activities

Need additional privacy features

When trying to add a profile photo of my child in the app, it needs FULL ACCESS to my photo library (on iPhone) and it will not work if you set the permissions to limited access. Since this is an app to support the youngest of our children, I would encourage the app to fix allowing limited access permissions as privacy is an increasing concern for families.
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Awesome job

I absolutely love it my babies are doing better than I expected they love going I can definitely see the change in them each day they go. The staff is really nice & amazing people I love their kindness & great customer service care with the kids. This is definitely a great daycare 10/10 I recommend. The kids come home happy & have lots to talk about I love them singing the songs they’ve learned & more 🩷🥹🙏🏾
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Easy to Use

I love using the Playground app! It makes it easy to communicate with my child’s teachers and getting updates throughout the day. Having that really makes my day and puts my mind at ease.

Thanks !

I want to thank Mr Earl , miss vanny and miss Shayna for always taking care of Ellie , I’m so happy for this app and impact learning center !

Brightwheel is better

The chat feature is messy and often unusable

Excelente

Muy buena aplicación fácil de usar

Comprehensive App

I enjoy that the app allows for a comprehensive set of notes, pictures, and activities. I enjoy the message feature the most. I also enjoy that the teachers can add notes to my child’s activities and even fun pictures of him throughout the day.

User ability

I love that I am able to react and comment to the updates from the teachers. It gives me peace seeing the transparency and being able to communicate easily to be on the same page between the school and home disciplines.

Love it

Playground has made our role so much easier.

Daycare moms

This is so great, but honestly it’s all the staff because I could see if someone could just post the notifications. I love that they post pics, announcements for activities whether it’s staff or for individual kids, or room notifications. I didn’t think I’d enjoy so much but since this is my first kid, this has been a game changer. I feel more included and it’s nice.
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Easiest app to use!

We’ve been in several daycares that have uses various apps and Playground is by far the most uses friendly!

User friendly

Love using this and getting updates on my kiddos while I’m at work

Love Them

Love how they act with each other not just with the children but with each other it’s a big loving family bond

Playground is a Game Changer!

Playground has truly been a game changer for our program. Before making the switch, we were juggling multiple platforms for billing, family communication, attendance, and documentation which not only created confusion for staff and families but also significantly increased our monthly expenses. Since implementing Playground, we have been able to consolidate those systems into one seamless platform and the impact has been immediate.

From an operational standpoint, the efficiency gains have been remarkable. Our administrative team spends far less time navigating between systems, troubleshooting issues, and duplicating work. Families appreciate having one centralized space for updates, payments, and daily information, which has strengthened communication and overall satisfaction.

Financially, the difference has been just as powerful. By eliminating overlapping subscriptions and streamlining processes, Playground has saved us more than $2,000 per month while simultaneously improving our workflow and organizational clarity.

If you are seeking a solution that reduces administrative burden, enhances family engagement, and delivers real cost savings, Playground is absolutely worth the investment. It has simplified our operations, reduced headaches, and allowed us to focus more intentionally on what matters most — the children and families we serve.
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Love playground

It’s amazing when you get a photo of your children threw out day and you can talk with teachers and respond back and forth

Great

I really like this app for keeping an eye on my kids while they’re in daycare all day. I was wondering if the developers could make it easier/fewer taps to switch between accounts. That would make it even better!