# Balboa Park Official App

> Travel

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id970502543](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id970502543)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id970502543`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Balboa Park Online Collaborative
- **Category:** Travel
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (185 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.3.5
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-12
- **First published:** 2015-03-05
- **Size:** 318 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balboa-park-official-app/id970502543)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.tripbucket.com/privacy/](http://www.tripbucket.com/privacy/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #108,832 — Overall

## Review summary

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 However, it suffers from outdated data, map display issues, and messy, source-divided information that often requires checking external sites.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- Content appears outdated or abandoned; the app hasn’t been updated for years and data like hours and events isn’t always current.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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id970502543)