ParkBuds
Never ride alone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Park Buds is the theme park companion built by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts. Whether you're chasing credits, coordinating park days with friends, or just want to know if your favorite coaster is running with only one train before you get in line — ParkBuds has you covered.
Park Map & Signals
- Explore a live map of theme parks and see where enthusiasts are heading.
- Create or join Signals — meetup plans for a park day, a future visit, or a multi-stop road trip.
- Find your people and make every park day more fun.
Discover Your Ride Crew (Station)
- Browse nearby members and fellow enthusiasts in the Station.
- See who shares your home park, favorite rides, and travel style.
- Connect, follow, and build your crew.
Feed, Posts & Messaging
- Share trip reports, ask questions, and post about your park experiences.
- Engage with a community that loves parks as much as you do.
- Direct message friends or chat in Signal groups to coordinate on the fly.
Live Coaster Status
- Get real-time, community-powered status on every coaster in the park.
- See operating conditions, estimated wait times, fast lane queues, and ops notes like train counts via community driven reports.
Log Visits & Track Your Credits
- Keep a complete history of every park day and every coaster you've ridden.
- Log rides by visit, track ride counts, and build your lifetime credits list.
- Capture and share a trip report card to commemorate every great park day.
Filters & Park Discovery
- Search parks, filter signals by date, park, or group size, and explore the community across the parks you love most.
Park Buds Pro Take your experience further with a Pro membership:
- See who viewed your profile
- Advanced map & signal filters
- Unlimited Signals
- Exclusive achievement frames on your Station profile
- Ride Crew Royalty flair
Pro is available as a monthly or annual purchase.
Park Buds is your home base for everything theme parks — the community, the coasters, and the days you'll never forget.
Privacy: https://parkbuds.app/privacy
Terms of Service: https://parkbuds.app/terms
Ratings & Reviews
What’s New in 1.0.2
This update focuses on smoother sign-up, cleaner messaging, and profile polish.
Sign-up & account
You no longer have to enter your birthday twice after email sign-up
Messages
Remove old or inactive signal group chats from your inbox
Profile
Choose from earned milestone frames if you’re on Pro
Clearer Credits stat, with support for a lifetime credits floor
Fixes & improvements
Fewer duplicate push notifications
More reliable follow/unfollow on profiles
Better feed filtering and scrolling
Improved keyboard behavior on Android
Fixed Android profile photo uploads
Smoother road trip upgrade prompts
Notifications when someone replies to your comment
The developer, James Miller, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- James Miller
- Size
- 73.3 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- ParkBuds Pro Monthly $5.99
- ParkBuds Pro Lifetime $99.99
- ParkBuds Pro Annual $49.99
- Copyright
- © James Alex Miller 2026