Balboa Park Official App

Name: Balboa Park Official App
Rating: 4.5 (185 reviews)
Author: Balboa Park Online Collaborative

By: Balboa Park Online Collaborative

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Features & Capabilities

Balboa Park Official App is your interactive travel guide to San Diego's Balboa Park. Explore 100+ things to do, photos, and a complete map of the park with navigation and directions.

Discover parking, restrooms, ATMs, picnic areas, event schedules, and add your own tips, photos, and lists to share with family and friends.

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By:

Balboa Park Online Collaborative

Rating:

4.50

(185) 1 new ratings

Version:

5.3.5 Last updated: 2020-11-12

Version code:

838513174

Creation date:

2015-03-05

Compatible devices:

Size:

317.78MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 118,838 ▲ 264

Other platforms

Balboa Park App (v6.2)

56,910 2.95

(105)

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Developed by:

Balboa Park Online Collaborative

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balboa-park-official-app/id970502543

User Reviews

Balboa Park Official App is praised for centralized park information and useful planning features (museums, hours, costs, events, favorites) and strong GPS/navigation including find-my-car. It’s helpful for locals and easy to plan days. However, it suffers from outdated data, map display issues, and messy, source-divided information that often requires checking external sites. Overall, it’s a powerful planning tool when data is current, but reliability is inconsistent.

Pros

Comprehensive information about Balboa Park, including museums, hours, costs, and links to related apps.
GPS-based navigation and a 'find my car' feature to help you get around and locate parked cars.
Trip planning and favorites: save museums and activities for easy planning on small screens.
User-friendly interface that makes it easy to discover what's happening in the park.
Event listings and discovery tools help plan a day and stay organized.

Cons

Content appears outdated or abandoned; the app hasn’t been updated for years and data like hours and events isn’t always current.
Map and text display problems reduce reliability: street names may be missing, text can be obscured by overlays, and satellite view may not work.
Messy, inconsistent data presentation and reliance on external websites for current exhibits and hours.

Recent reviews

When tapping “want to visit” it from the Alcazar Garden, took me to the veterans garden. Then when trying to navigate around the park, the lack of street names appearing on the map made it difficult. Lastly, despite selecting satellite display for the map, it would not show it. The satellite view would have made following the map a little easier.

by Lj*****, 2026-04-16

Hasn’t been updated in 4yrs, ie, abandonware. So why is this still in the Apple Store?!

by Do*****, 2025-06-16

The Balboa Park only provides tons of useful information, and lets you share that with friends. Every museum is listed with cost and operating hours. There are even links to the few museums that have their own apps. There is even a find your car option. I like that you can create an account and save favorite activities or museums. This is really useful for the iPhone smaller screen. If you have a computer or an iPad, the balboapark.org website will provide all the same information.