# Playground

> Playground helps educators document each child’s learning, development & safety.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.xplor.playground](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.xplor.playground)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.xplor.playground`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Xplor Education
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 66,097
- **Rating:** 4.29 / 5 (124 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.35.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24
- **First published:** 2018-09-20
- **Publisher country:** AU
- **Size:** 184 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xplor.playground)
- **Website:** [https://www.ourxplor.com/educator/](https://www.ourxplor.com/educator/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.xplortechnologies.com/us/privacy-notice](https://www.xplortechnologies.com/us/privacy-notice)

## Description

Playground is an all-in-one Chrome extension designed for educators to seamlessly document each child's learning journey, development, and safety. It allows users to capture vibrant stories with photos, videos, and audio, record attendance and manage educator-child ratios, and monitor children's health including nutrition, sleep, toileting, and sun protection.

Family engagement is made easy with real-time updates through Posts and Messenger, fostering collaboration for better outcomes. Additional features include linking learning outcomes, completing programming and planning cycles, managing transport lists, headcounts, and emergency lists — ensuring children's safety and comprehensive care are prioritized.

## Rankings

- #266,899 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REORDER_TASKS`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.xplor.playground.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate Playground for its ease of use, rich features that help capture and share children's learning moments, and helpful tools for managing health checks and emergencies. However, multiple reviews report recurring login problems, difficulties accessing saved drafts across devices, app instability causing frequent crashes, and poor usability due to repeated password prompts. These issues detract significantly from what could otherwise be an effective early childhood education app.

### Pros

- Easy to use with outstanding and useful features for educators.
- Facilitates capturing and sharing observations efficiently, including bulk photo sharing and multiple learning outcomes.
- Includes helpful tools like timers for health checks and an offline Emergency List for safety documentation.
- Supports multiple educators sharing a single device through a dashboard.
- Helps childcare centers manage attendance and maintain child-to-educator ratios effectively.

### Cons

- Frequent login issues including PIN and password not being accepted, with unclear or missing reset options.
- Draft observations saved on one device cannot be accessed or edited on another or via the web, limiting flexibility.
- App glitching, crashing, and requiring frequent uninstall/reinstall, leading to poor user experience.
- Annoying repetitive requests for password entry within the app, degrading usability.
- Problems with displaying full observation data, such as missing attendance info and inability to record new entries.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.xplor.playground)