Hey r/chicagosuburbs, I'm Tyler, lifelong Naperville resident, dad of two (8 and 6).
My wife and I spend too much time trying to figure out which sports leagues, camps, and classes are actually worth enrolling our kids in. Crawling old FB posts, asking a friend of a friend, etc. It's a bad process. So I spent the last few months building something to make it easier.
It's called playGrades, basically Yelp for kids' activities in the Naperville area and surrounding suburbs. You can look up programs, sports leagues, camps, and birthday party venues, and read reviews from other local parents before you sign up. Launched a week ago.
We've got about 80 reviews and ~200 programs listed so far....Naperville-heavy right now (Youth Soccer, NPD programs, etc.) but the whole point is to expand across DuPage and beyond. It's early, and some categories are still pretty thin.
playgrades.app — free, no account required to read or leave a review.
If your kid is in any local program, I'd genuinely love a review. Good or bad. Or just tell me if this is even useful.