# Roam With Kids — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Roam With Kids by RENATA MCLEAN WILES. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roam-with-kids/id6496283494/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roam-with-kids/id6496283494.md ## What do users think of Roam With Kids? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Helpful for planning activities - 💡 Comprehensive information on kid-friendly places - 👍 Saves time and stress for parents - 👍 Useful for exploring new areas - 👍 Convenient for finding playgrounds and cafes **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and lags - 💰 Subscription-only model, no free version **Commonly reported bugs** - Difficulty unsubscribing from the app **Most requested features** - Expand coverage to more areas of Auckland - Add more features for rural/suburban families ## Newest reviews (16 of 82) ### 5/5 — Genius Idea! *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* The app makes getting out and about with my kids so easy. Whenever I want to catch up with friends, we can jump on and find something to do in an area that works for both of us. Even better, lots of places have offers to use like free coffee or discounted entry! I used to have to google every area before - this saves so much time! ### 5/5 — Best app for busy parents! *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* I have been a day one user of this app and me and my husband both absolutely LOVE it! We use it constantly for ideas on cool new places to check out with the kids, plus I love the events page that tells you all the local happenings. So affordable for everything we get out of it. Plus I love that it’s been developed by a local Mum who is working hard behind-the-scenes to keep it as user friendly as possible. ### 5/5 — Mum’s best friend *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* The ultimate app to get you + the minis out of the house and into somewhere there’s something for everyone! So cheap. Treat yourself. ### 5/5 — Fantastic and so cheap *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* This app is great and it’s only $3 a month. Every time I am not sure where to go, I reach for Roam. I have visited some real hidden gems, one of which is becoming regular. It’s very user friendly, the photos are clear and you can filter based on what you are looking for. I also like that you can read reviews from other users about the locations. ### 5/5 — Essential Family Resource *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* Without a doubt an essential family resource. I get my subscription fee back and more each month by taking advantage of the perks within the app. There are constant updates and improvements. It just keeps getting better! Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great app. Awesome value *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* Love that everyone is in 1 searchable place. The filters make it super easy to find something to do that suits my family. The vouchers on the app create tremendous value. We save over $30 every time we go to My Wonderland indoor playground. This alone makes the app more than worth it. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Saved more than I spent, and found so many fun new places! *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* My favourite app of 2025! We’ve had such great value out of the Roam app since downloading it earlier this year. We’ve found lots of our new favourite local places to take our 2 daughters and have saved so much money using their deals too! Definitely worth the $3 subscription! ### 5/5 — An easy way of seeing what events are on without having to trawl thru FB events! *2025-10-28, version 6.0.4* Grateful to have something easy in my pocket to see what’s coming up to do with the kids and love the deals the app has with amazing vendors like My Wonderland where I get to benefit too! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2025-10-21, version 6.0.4* This app is great for finding new places to go with young kids! Really handy for going around different areas in Auckland, or finding places to stop on a road trip. ### 5/5 — Essential for parents with young kids in NZ *2025-10-09, version 6.0.4* Highly recommend this app. I have both kids home today and I thought “mm what should I do with them?”. Having this app is a game changer. I’m able to look local and find new places we haven’t explored. Would be perfect for families with young kids travelling to New Zealand! ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2025-10-02, version 6.0.4* Such a great resource for parents and caregivers! ### 5/5 — Best app for parents *2025-09-01, version 5.4.3* I’m loving using Roam to find fun new things to do with my kids! It’s been so helpful when stuck in new areas with an hour to spare, good coffee and good play areas are a life saver! ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2025-04-30, version 5.3.2* Such a great resource! It makes planning a day out, so much easier! ### 5/5 — Parent must have *2025-04-28, version 5.3.2* Absolutely love the app! So good exploring the different playgrounds on offer around Auckland and also Hamilton when we visit. All of the indoor activities recommended too has saved us on many rainy days. 100% would recommend to any parent ### 5/5 — Best App for Parents! *2025-03-29, version 5.3.1* Before this amazing app, you would be scratching your head to find suitable playgrounds - I know I did. I’ve got a reserve 2YO so finding something for her growing confidence, but still has equipment that’s familiar to her has been stress free. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great for the price of a fluffy *2025-03-23, version 5.3.1* Absolutely love the ease of this app!!! We literally choose a random spot each weekend and go exploring. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pay to use app *2025-10-23, version 6.0.4* This app is pay the use absolutely anything about it. Totally fine if u want pay money (didnt used to cost just to use the app but obvi things have changed). Don’t want to pay money then do t bother downloading as it’s a waste of time 😅 ### 1/5 — Subscription needed to even browse app *2025-09-05, version 5.4.3* I’d rather search google for free. ### 1/5 — Hard to stop/ unsubscribe *2025-02-07, version 4.2.2* Easy to pay $3, but no option to unsubscribe. Looks most of the reviews not legit and written by AI ### 1/5 — Not free *2024-10-09, version 3.0.2* Disappointed there’s nothing saying this is a subscription-only app. I’d rather have known that before downloading. There’s literally no free functionality, which I get, you want to earn money from your app, but be upfront about it ### 1/5 — Average for nothing new information *2024-06-16, version 2.3.0* This should be free charge.. ### 1/5 — Paid app monthly subscription *2024-06-05, version 2.3.0* All fake reviews. All this information can be gathered for free. Not keen on paying $3 subscription ### 2/5 — Love the idea *2025-06-06, version 5.4.3* Love the idea of having all things family friendly at your finger tips. However after paying for the subscription and searching up my area (Cambridge) I feel the App fell short on what my location and near by city (Hamilton) has to offer. There are alot of child friendly cafes that weren’t on the App. I felt I had better/more locations to go to then the App offered. ### 2/5 — Great App but lags a lot *2024-12-27, version 4.1.3* Super glitchy and laggy which makes it hard and frustrating to use. ### 3/5 — Filters a bit broken *2025-07-14, version 5.4.3* I subscribed for our recent trip to Akld. Love the idea of this app and had high hopes. I was very reliant on the filters given the volume of options in Akld but they resulted in no options. Tried only selecting one filter and the same thing happened. High hopes for the next version ### 4/5 — Needs more pins for East and south Auckland *2024-06-11, version 2.3.0* This app is very west and north Auckland heavy. Iam from ( East) Auckland and downloaded this app thinking that it had covered all/most of Auckland. more pins around east and south Auckland would be great ! It's a great app if you can travel or live in west or over the shore ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Auckland Parent Essential *2026-08-19, version 7.0.2* We use to app pretty often to find new places to visit with our kids within Auckland. The app has continued to improve since its first launch. ### 5/5 — More bang for your buck! *2026-08-05, version 7.0.0* This app makes planning outings with kids so effortless, it suggests kid friendly cafes, who's offering free kids meals, ice cream etc it has everything listed from kid friendly nature walks, the best playgrounds to check out, even family/kids events that are in your local or location of which you choose. Highly recommend buying this app. And is super affordable. ### 5/5 — A must for any Auckland parent! *2026-06-21, version 6.0.4* We love this app, whenever my husband and I have no plans on the weekend we look in the app for ideas of places to go! I see a few negative reviews saying you can get this info from google, but google doesnt tell you things like pram friendly, what the parking is like, if the playground is for toddlers or big kids! Its such a cheap price to pay at $3 a month, plus so many offers in the offers tab u easily make that back with one of the free fluffys on offer at a cafe! ### 5/5 — Absolutely LOVE this app *2026-05-09, version 6.0.4* This app is a must for NZ parents all over. Whether it’s your local stomping ground or you’re off on a tiki-tour, this app is a must. I love getting up on Saturday, sun shining, no plans for the day - open up Roam and there’s half a day or whole day sorted checking out playgrounds in different areas. ### 5/5 — Amazing resource *2026-04-16, version 6.0.4* I’m about to move back to NZ with my toddler and I cannot WAIT to check out all these incredible spots - wow! ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-04-01, version 6.0.4* We love the app - it’s so helpful and absolutely worth the money. 😊 ### 5/5 — So much to explore! *2026-01-23, version 6.0.4* We love Roam. So many fun places to explore. We use this app every weekend to find new fun playgrounds to visit. Love that you can filter by the different types of places you want to visit. ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-01-17, version 6.0.4* Super handy for first time parent looking for baby friendly places ### 5/5 — 5STAR APP *2025-12-27, version 6.0.4* Would recommend this app to any adult with children it’s so convenient and handy! I believe for myself it saves a lot of time, literally search whatever and it comes up with related things if not exactly what you’re looking for !! Definitely deserves a download and for whoever to have a look on it … CHEERS ### 5/5 — A godsend! *2025-11-16, version 6.0.4* We use this all the time for our 5 year old. So many weekends saved by finding great activities to do. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*