Playground - Places & Reviews

🗺️ Playground — discover places worth visiting, all around you.

Looking for somewhere new to go? Open Playground. Browse hand-picked collections of places worth a trip, explore them on the map, and read real reviews before you head out. Save your favorites and take them with you.

▣ Features

🧭 Curated collections
• Hand-picked places worth visiting, grouped into themed collections
• "Why visit," "How to get there," and "Good to know" at a glance

🗺️ Explore on the map
• See places across the city on one Google Map
• Filter by category and recenter to your location in a tap

📍 Around you
• Find places near you, sorted by distance
• Discover hidden gems in a new neighborhood

🔍 Search
• Find any place fast by name or keyword

⭐ Reviews & ratings
• Read real reviews and average ratings before you go
• See related places worth checking out nearby

💛 Save & sync
• Sign in with Google to keep your favorites across devices
• Organize by Places and Collections

🗓️ Trip planner
• Build day-by-day itineraries from your saved places
• Add, reorder, and remove stops on any day

🌏 Foreigner essentials (in Settings)
• Emergency numbers — Korea's key emergency and helpline numbers, one tap to call
• Dietary card — tell restaurant staff your dietary needs in Korean, with text-to-speech
• Arrival guide — practical tips for your first days: transport, SIM, essentials

🚗 Directions & sharing
• Open turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps in one tap
• Tap to copy an address or call a place
• Share a single place or a whole collection with friends

🌗 Automatic Light / Dark mode
🔔 Notification controls — only what you want to hear about
🌐 Available in English and Korean

▣ Who it's for

• Anyone asking "where should I go today?"
• Travelers and business trippers scanning a new city
• People settling into a new neighborhood
• Locals who want a clean home for their go-to spots

▣ Why Playground?

✓ Curated — real places worth your time, not endless listings
✓ Fast — optimized data, results in an instant
✓ Beautiful — Material 3 design, polished in both Light and Dark
✓ Respectful — location is used only to find places near you, never stored

▣ Permissions

• Location (optional) — to show places around you and recenter the map
• Notifications (optional) — for new recommendations and updates

📮 Send feedback from Settings > Send Feedback, or email derek.j@stable.codes.

Download Playground and find your next place worth visiting.
Every place worth a trip — all in one Playground.