Virtual Volunteer

470 reviews
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Rated for 3+
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About this app

Virtual Volunteer is the official parkrun timer and scanner application and it is free to download for volunteers to use at a parkrun event.

It is easy to use with a very simple interface.

Scanner and timer data can be submitted directly to parkrun using a QR code supplied by the Run Director on the day.
Virtual Volunteer is the official parkrun timer and scanner application
Updated on
Aug 19, 2025

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  • No data shared with third parties
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  • No data collected
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  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

465 reviews
A Google user
September 17, 2019
Very simple to use! I have just downloaded the app to my Samsung S10, and admittedly have only played with it (not used in real world), but seems incredibly straightforward. I like the fact it suggests flight mode is enabled- reduce the risk of interruption during timing. The scanner works in portrait or landscape and the barcode does not need to be perfectly aligned. I might just volunteer for timing roles now, rather than avoiding it!!
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Paul Prior
November 20, 2021
Excellent, so much better now that we can scan the QR codes to upload results directly to WEBFMS. We have one regular volunteer who can't scan the QR code as the picture is always squashed and won't scan (doesn't happen in the normal camera app), also it would be nice if people were prompted to turn the volume up at the start to make it easier to use.
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Karlee Gooding
April 24, 2021
Love the concept of the app, but very disappointed with it when trying to use it as barcode scanner this morning on my new Sony Xperia 5 ii. The app could not read any barcode and would not focus unless the barcode was longer than an arms length away from the phone. My phone has 3 cameras on the back but there was no option to select which one the app used, which I think was the problem.
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What’s new

Fixed: Edge to edge rendering in Android 15
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About the developer
PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED
support@parkrun.com
Gainsborough House 2 Sheen Road RICHMOND TW9 1AE United Kingdom
+44 330 053 3436