FelioKids
Find family activities near you, in seconds
Hey IH!
I've been building FelioKids solo — a mobile-first website that helps
parents find kid-friendly activities near them (parks, museums, rainy-day
indoor ideas, restaurants, birthday spots, etc).
Stack: React + Vite, Vercel serverless functions, Google Places API for
search, Leaflet for an interactive map with clustering, Supabase for the
backend.
It's currently focused on France (in French), targeting parents looking
for quick activity ideas near their city — not a huge, saturated niche,
but a real pain point I kept running into myself.
What I'd love feedback on:
- First impression / UX — is the flow of finding an activity intuitive?
- The map has a bottom sheet (peek/half/full states, tap a pin → jumps to
the matching card) — does that interaction feel natural?
- Anything that felt confusing or broke
Link: https://feliokids.com
Happy to answer any questions about the build too. Thanks for reading!
6 Comments
For this type of product, I'd judge the UX by one question: can a tired parent find a realistic option in under 30 seconds?
A few things I'd test:
1. Make the first action extremely obvious: city/location first, then activity type. Parents probably don't want to "explore" — they want "what can I do near me today?"
2. If possible, add quick filters around context: rainy day, free, stroller-friendly, age range, open now. Those are probably more useful than broad categories.
3. The map/card interaction sounds useful, but I'd make sure the selected pin and selected card are visually impossible to miss. Otherwise people can lose the connection between map and list.
4. Since it's France-focused, I'd lean into that instead of hiding it. "Family activities near you in France" is clearer than a generic activity finder.
The idea fits a real repeated pain. I'd optimize the first screen around speed and confidence, not feature discovery.
I like that you're organizing the search around what parents want to do rather than around places themselves.
Parents usually aren't looking for "a museum" or "a park"—they're trying to answer "what can we do today that fits our situation?" Framing the product around reducing that daily decision feels like a much stronger value proposition than being another local directory.
Thanks, that's exactly the framing I was going for! Most directories make
you already know what you're looking for. I wanted something closer to
"here's what fits your afternoon" — glad that came through.
Curious if you tried filtering by age/weather — did that feel useful or
more like extra friction?
I haven't tried it yet, so I wouldn't want to make up feedback on the filters.
Your reply did make me think about a consequence of the direction you're taking that I don't think is obvious at first.
I don't think I can explain the reasoning properly in a thread without oversimplifying it.
If you're interested, what's the best email to reach you on?
Good timing actually — FelioKids has shifted since this post. It's no longer just an activity finder, it's become a full day planner: instead of showing you a list of places, it now builds your whole day automatically (activity → meal → route) based on your kids' ages, the weather, and your budget.
Thanks for getting back to me. FelioKids has clearly evolved since our last exchange.
I’d be interested in continuing the conversation outside the thread. What’s the best email to reach you on?