Parents' Guide to

AroundMe

By Carla Thornton, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 18+

Location info about surroundings not safe for kids.

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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

Community Reviews

age 5+

Based on 2 parent reviews

age 5+
nice app
age 4+
whoa i recommend for age 6 to 7

This title has:

Educational value

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (2 ):
Kids say (1 ):

AroundMe is an extremely useful app. Need to know where the closest gas station, hospital, restaurant or movie theater is? AroundMe provides quick, step-by-step GPS-based directions. The app incorporates Google maps, including the very useful 360-degree street-level view of your surroundings. It just added augmented reality, a new mapping technology that opens your camera and displays labels of nearby businesses on the live screen.

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