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Parents' Guide to

AroundMe

By Carla Thornton, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 18+

Location info about surroundings not safe for kids.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Lifestyle
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A Lot or a Little?

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

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age 5+

Based on 2 parent reviews

JacobyShaddix32
JacobyShaddix32 Parent of baby, 2, 4, 9 and 11-year-old
October 21, 2010
age 5+
nice app
mumbai62
mumbai62 Parent of 10-year-old
August 3, 2010
age 4+
whoa i recommend for age 6 to 7
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Privacy Rating Warning

  • Unclear whether personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Unclear whether personal information are shared for third-party marketing.
  • Unclear whether this product displays personalised advertising.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • Unclear whether this product uses a user's information to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for personalised advertisements.
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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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