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GrandPlan is one person with one very specific promise: fun places for the kids, the kind of afternoons that turn into "remember when…" stories — each one checked the same way every time. Here's exactly where we are, state by state, and what's shipping next.
One checklist, 601 cities, across 38 states.
Every bubble below is a real market the agent has curated — sized by how many venues it has worked through there. Deep amber states have every target city done; lighter amber means the agent is still making its way through. The list is deliberate: these are cities with enough going on that choosing is the hard part — in a small town, you already know the spots. Each bubble is thousands of good afternoons waiting to happen.
See the largest markets and their venue counts
| Market | State | Venues curated |
|---|---|---|
| Central DuPage County (Wheaton / Glen Ellyn / Lombard / Villa Park / Elmhurst / Addison) | IL | 4,821 |
| Schaumburg | IL | 4,152 |
| Arlington Heights | IL | 3,947 |
| Chicago | IL | 3,709 |
| Naperville | IL | 3,382 |
| Orland Park / Tinley Park | IL | 3,148 |
| Elgin | IL | 2,907 |
| Aurora | IL | 2,441 |
| Joliet | IL | 2,426 |
| Hammond / Gary (the Region) | IN | 2,285 |
See every covered state and its city count
| State | Cities curated | Status |
|---|---|---|
| California | 50 | All target cities done |
| Texas | 41 | All target cities done |
| Georgia | 33 | All target cities done |
| Florida | 31 | All target cities done |
| New York | 31 | All target cities done |
| North Carolina | 31 | All target cities done |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | All target cities done |
| Michigan | 26 | All target cities done |
| New Jersey | 23 | All target cities done |
| Virginia | 21 | All target cities done |
| Arizona | 20 | All target cities done |
| Massachusetts | 20 | All target cities done |
| Indiana | 19 | All target cities done |
| Ohio | 19 | All target cities done |
| Illinois | 18 | All target cities done |
| Wisconsin | 18 | All target cities done |
| Colorado | 16 | All target cities done |
| Iowa | 16 | All target cities done |
| Maryland | 16 | All target cities done |
| Missouri | 16 | All target cities done |
| Washington | 16 | All target cities done |
| Minnesota | 14 | All target cities done |
| South Carolina | 14 | All target cities done |
| Alabama | 12 | All target cities done |
| Oregon | 11 | All target cities done |
| Tennessee | 10 | All target cities done |
| Kentucky | 8 | All target cities done |
| Nevada | 7 | All target cities done |
| Nebraska | 3 | All target cities done |
| West Virginia | 3 | Underway |
| Kansas | 2 | Underway |
| Louisiana | 2 | Underway |
| New Hampshire | 2 | Underway |
| Connecticut | 1 | Underway |
| Idaho | 1 | Underway |
| North Dakota | 1 | Underway |
| Rhode Island | 1 | Underway |
| South Dakota | 1 | Underway |
"Curated" means the agent's first full safety pass is complete — markets switch on in the app as we roll out. A few neighboring cities share one market bubble, which is why 601 cities appear as 598 markets. Every count on this page was checked against the live venue database on August 16, 2026. Don't see your city? Ask for your city and we'll email you when it's live.
The agents never stop making rounds.
The map isn't a one-time project. A safety-trained AI agent works through every market on a loop: the same rubric, the same caution, every place.
Verify
Before a place can appear, the agent checks it against the full kid-safety rubric — cost, waivers, age and height rules, the works. Cautious by design, especially for the littlest kids.
Refresh
Places change: hours shift, pools close, prices move. The agent re-verifies listings on a schedule, so what you see stays true to what's at the door.
Expand
When a new market clears the agent's first full pass, it joins the map. Asking for your city is exactly what queues one.
So what's actually on the rubric? For every place: which age groups it genuinely suits (we're extra cautious about ages 1–5), what a visit costs, whether you'll sign a waiver at the door, minimum age and height rules, and the practical things: bathrooms, parking, stroller access, food on site. Answers come from the venue's own website and public listings, with the source noted. And when an answer can't be found, the agent never guesses; the field stays blank and the place doesn't earn its verified mark until a person pins it down.
News, plainly told.
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A parks sweep and five new states
Two big pushes landed this week. First, a sweep of OpenStreetMap's community-mapped parks added nearly 17,000 green spaces to the database — playgrounds, trailheads, and neighborhood parks the commercial maps often miss. Our safety-trained agent is working through them on its usual checklist now. Second, curation reached five new states: Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. That brings the map above to 598 markets across 38 states, and the database past 106,000 venues. The rounds continue.
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A second look: 480 places earn their way back
Curation isn't a one-time job here. When our safety checks aren't sure about a place, it sits out of the app rather than risk a bad afternoon — and this week we went back through that benched list. Our safety-trained agents re-researched about 4,000 set-aside places one by one, and a human reviewed every proposed change. 480 earned their way back in — mostly neighborhood parks and family ice-cream shops whose web presence was too thin the first time around — and they're live in the app now. The rest stay out on purpose: dog runs, cemeteries, gas stations, and hotel lobbies aren't the afternoon we promised. Outdoor fun, indoor fun, and a good scoop — that's the whole list, and we keep re-checking it.
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Version 1.2.4: try Pro before you buy
The next update went to Apple for review this morning. The big change: everyone gets a free taste of Pro — ask the GrandPlan Guide a few questions, save a few favorite places, and plan a visit, before deciding whether it's worth paying for. The Guide also shows a friendly seesaw while it's thinking, and the app icon now looks right on iPhones set to dark or tinted icons. It lands on the App Store as soon as Apple's review clears — usually a day or two.
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Version 1.2.3: plan from the address you're staying at
The first update since launch is out, free for everyone. Plan a Visit now takes a street address, not just a city — type where you're staying and every place ranks by how far it is from that doorstep, which is the distance that actually matters when you're away from home. A new Location button in the bottom bar shows where results are centered and lets you move it whenever you like, and a Plan a Visit card now sits on the home screen so a trip is one tap from the start. Your phone may have updated already; if not, it's waiting on the App Store.
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GrandPlan is live on the App Store
It's out. GrandPlan is free on the App Store for iPhone, starting in the US — five safe, fun places near you, two taps, no account to create. Founding members can lock lifetime Pro for $24.99, once, right in the app. Android is next: join the list and we'll email you when it lands.
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Planning a visit, without the fiddly bits
Pro's visit planner went through a pass on real phones, not just in code. Dates now come from the phone's own date wheel instead of typing slashes in the right places, and city search finds the awkward names — O'Fallon, St. Louis, Champaign–Urbana — however you type them.
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Walked through at the largest text size
Every screen was tested at the biggest text setting the phone offers — the one plenty of us actually use — and everything that clipped, overlapped or ran off the edge got fixed. Turning the type up should never cost you a working button.
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Type a city, not just a ZIP
Searching somewhere new no longer means remembering a ZIP code — type the city and GrandPlan finds it. Useful when you're visiting family and the ZIP isn't something you carry in your head.
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iPhone first; Android a little later
GrandPlan arrives first on iPhone this summer. An Android version is coming — later than we first hoped, and we'd rather ship it right than ship it rushed. Join the launch list and we'll tell you the moment each one lands.
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Founding member pricing, announced
GrandPlan Pro will run $14.99 a year, but founding members who join the launch list lock lifetime Pro for a single $24.99. Details on the Pro section of the homepage.
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Indoor safety facts, shown up front
Indoor venues now surface the practical stuff before you drive — cost, waivers, age and height rules — sourced and checked by the agent, not scraped from reviews.
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The first big curation pass is complete
More than 85,000 venues across 592 cities have been through the agent's full safety checklist — the map above is the result, and the agent keeps making its rounds.
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One email list, no noise: launch day, your city going live, and the founding-member window. Email and zip only, never anything about the kids.