Bathroom access and ratings guide
A La Commode combines public listing records with community contributions. These answer different questions: a listing helps you find a possible bathroom; a review describes someone’s experience. Neither guarantees that a bathroom will be open or suitable when you arrive.
Before you go: read the access rule
“Free public access” means that the listing reports access without a purchase. “Purchase required” means the bathroom is listed for customers. A restricted or unconfirmed entry needs further checking. These labels describe the available record, not a reservation or permission to enter private premises.
Check the address and map pin together. A building or park location may not identify the bathroom entrance. Read any access notes and ask the operator if you need clarification. If a fee, key, entry code or customer condition is unclear, confirm it before relying on the listing.
Listed opening hours are interpreted in the bathroom’s local time zone. “Open now” filters the available schedule; it does not prove that someone has checked the door today. Temporary closures, maintenance and changed operating hours can make a record inaccurate. Missing hours mean unknown, not open all day.
Match the details to your needs
An accessibility rating summarizes a reviewer’s experience. It is not a measurement of the doorway, a certification or a guarantee that your particular needs will be met. An absent accessibility detail means it has not been confirmed.
When planning a stop, useful questions include whether the route to the entrance is step-free, whether doors and circulation space suit your mobility aid, and whether the facilities you need are present and usable. Ask about grab rails, transfer space, a changing facility, assistance or a key when relevant to you. This is a planning checklist, not a claim about any listing.
Supplies and amenities are separate filters. Selecting an amenity narrows the records to those reporting it; it does not independently verify the equipment’s condition. Keep an alternative in mind if a particular feature is essential.
How the 1–10 ratings work
Higher numbers are better. Scores 1 through 5 display five down to one poop symbols; scores 6 through 10 display one up to five stars. Reviewers score overall experience, cleanliness, supplies, privacy and accessibility separately. No score is preselected.
Top 10 and Bottom 10 use the average overall score from existing reviews, not the separate category scores. Ties use review count, then listing name and identifier. Read the review count: an average based on one visit is less evidence than a history of many visits. The lists do not imply a statistical confidence level.
Nearby covers 25 km from the chosen location. City matches the listing’s city name within 100 km of the selected city center; this is not an administrative boundary. Worldwide covers the public catalog. Your amenity, supply, access and opening-hours filters also affect the results.
Unrated bathrooms never enter either ranking. If a scope has no ratings, the app instead shows the closest matching unrated bathrooms when a search location is available. “Rate me now” opens the existing review flow; it does not assign a score.
Earlier five-point and eleven-point reviews are converted proportionally when read so they can be compared on the ten-point scale. The original stored values are preserved. This conversion does not create additional reviews.
A new bathroom submission can include an optional review of the submitter's own visit. It is published only when a moderator approves the listing and photos. This submission review is self-attested, not location-verified. Skipping it leaves the bathroom unrated. Ratings do not change Validate / Nope feedback.
What is verified—and what is not
Listings can come from public datasets, OpenStreetMap and community submissions. Individual listing details show source information where available. An imported record is not a recent inspection. Location imagery may show the surrounding place rather than the bathroom interior, and does not establish access.
Contributor reports are time-stamped observations. A location-verified review means the account saved a visit using a fresh location check within 150 meters and confirmed using the bathroom. Proximity cannot prove entry, cleanliness or accessibility. Moderator verification, when displayed, is a separate listing status.
Use “Suggest a correction” for inaccurate details or “Report a problem with this listing” for a listing issue. Describe what you observed and when; distinguish a temporary problem from a permanent change. Do not include another visitor’s identity or private information. Photos should not contain other bathroom visitors.
The in-app “Reports & data sources” panel provides dataset links and attribution. Imported records may be incomplete or outdated. We do not label a bathroom as locally checked merely because it appears in a public source.
Search without sharing your location
You can choose a city without signing in or granting location access. A manual search location helps find listings but does not verify a visit. Saving a visit requires sign-in, an explicit confirmation and a fresh sufficiently precise phone location.
Saved visits retain the bathroom identifier and verification time privately under your account, not a GPS trail. Optional nearby tracking stops when its screen closes or the app is hidden. Passing a bathroom does not automatically record a visit.
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