Playground safety inspection app Draw the playground, inspect from the plan, sign the report.
Playwarden is an offline inspection app for playground safety inspectors, parks crews, schools and child care centers. Place the equipment on a site plan once and every use zone is drawn to scale, with overlaps flagged. Then run routine checks or a full audit from the plan: surfacing depth is checked for you, every hazard gets a priority, and the report, plan included, is signed on site.
Free for your first playground. Pro: 7 days free, then $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year, or $99.99 once.
- Works fully offline
- Android
- Pro free for 7 days
- Your data stays on your device
- Your company on every report
Playground inspections today
- The checklist is a PDF, the measurements are on a clipboard and the photos are on a phone.
- Working out surfacing depth and use zones for every swing and slide takes the handbook and a calculator.
- Inspection software for parks is sold as a yearly subscription with a sales call first.
What Playwarden does
The site plan
Place each piece on a scaled plan. Use zones are drawn from the heights you enter, and zones that must not meet are flagged by the handbook's rules. The plan goes into the report.
Routine checks and full audits
Quick weekly or monthly condition checks, and a comprehensive audit with measurements. Tap a piece on the plan to open its checklist.
Surfacing and use-zone checks
Enter the fall height and surfacing once. Depth readings and use-zone distances are compared with the CPSC handbook as you measure.
Hazards ranked by priority
Every finding gets priority 1, 2 or 3. Close equipment until it is repaired, and mark what you fixed on site.
Due dates and tools
A Due tab lists every routine check and annual audit across your playgrounds. A Tools tab works out use zones, surfacing depths and gauge figures on the spot.
Signed PDF reports
Hazards worst first, the site plan, an equipment table with depths and use zones, photos, your logo and certification number, signed on site.
Inside Playwarden
Every use zone, to scale 
Tap the hazard, set its priority 
Use zones worked out on the spot 
A signed PDF with the plan inside
How it works
List the equipment
Add each structure, swing bay and slide with its fall height, surfacing and age group, and place it on the plan.
Inspect and measure
Tap a piece on the plan, tap what is wrong, set its priority, add depth readings and use-zone distances. Works offline.
Sign and send
Sign on site and share the PDF with the owner, with closed equipment and priority 1 hazards at the top.
Price
Try it
Free
For your first playground. Every screen works; reports are marked Trial.
Playwarden Pro
$19.99 a month
Or $149.99 a year. Both start with 7 days free; cancel any time in Google Play. Prefer to pay once? $99.99 for life. Unlimited playgrounds and clean, branded reports.
No per-report fees from us. Playground inspection software is commonly sold as a yearly subscription, for much more. Playwarden Pro is one low price for your phone, or one lifetime purchase.
Get Playwarden
Free to download and free for your first playground. Then try Playwarden Pro free for 7 days.
Free tools and guides
Playground surfacing depth chart
Loose-fill depths by fall height, use zones by equipment and guardrail heights from the CPSC handbook, with a surfacing check.
Questions
Does it work offline?
Yes. Everything in Playwarden, including photos and PDF reports, works with no signal. It never needs a connection to do its job.
Is it for iPhone or Android?
Playwarden runs on Android phones and tablets. There is no iPhone version.
Is there a subscription?
You choose. Playwarden Pro is $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year through Google Play, and both start with 7 days free: cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. Prefer to pay once? The lifetime unlock is $99.99. No per-report fees from us.
Where is my data stored?
On your device. There is no account and no cloud server holding your jobs. Your data, photos and reports stay on your phone or tablet until you choose to share them, so keep your device backed up.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. Playwarden is free to download and free for your first playground, with every screen working. Reports are marked Trial until you unlock Playwarden Pro: 7 days free, then $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year, or $99.99 once.
Can I get a refund?
You buy through the App Store or Google Play, so refunds follow Apple's and Google's policies. Try it free on one playground first: every screen works, and reports are marked Trial until you unlock.
Does it replace the standards?
No. Checklist items summarize the U.S. CPSC Public Playground Safety Handbook in plain language, with section numbers. ASTM standards (such as F1487 and F1292) are not reproduced; check them in your own copies. Playwarden records what you observe; it does not certify a playground as safe.
Can parks crews use it for weekly checks?
Yes. Routine checks use a short checklist per piece of equipment, and the Due tab shows when every playground's next routine check and full audit are due.