ParkPal
Find the perfect park for your kids. Powered by AI. 🌳
11 followers
Find the perfect park for your kids. Powered by AI. 🌳
11 followers
A dad got lost in Paris trying to find a park for his toddler. He came home and built ParkPal. ParkPal is the only AI-powered family park finder — ask anything in plain language: "what parks near me are good for a 1-year-old?" or "what free events are happening this weekend?" Filter by age, fencing, shade, accessibility & more. Real safety ratings from parents. Works in every US city. Free, no ads, built by one dad for his daughter Portia.
How does the AI actually decide which parks are good for a specific age like a 1-year-old, is it pulling from reviews or some kind of feature checklist?
Love the origin story here, getting lost trying to find a decent park with a toddler is such a relatable problem. The safety ratings from parents piece is the part I'm most curious about though. How are you solving the cold start on that, since a brand new app needs real reviews before the filtering actually means anything? Did you seed it yourself for your area first or is it fully crowdsourced from day one?
Asked it about shaded playgrounds within 10 minutes of me and it nailed two spots I didn't even know existed, which is rare for these kinds of apps. Love that the safety ratings come from other parents.
Love that you built this after your own Paris mishap with Portia, and the plain language query like "good for a 1-year-old" is such a smart way to cut through typical filter overload.