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Comment by Praytic

24 days ago

I built https://places.praytic.com/ because I was fed up with clunky map apps that have a feature-creep interface. You know that moment when you're in the car with friends trying to pick somewhere to eat? Although, you've got tons of saved places, but good luck finding them in Google My Maps or Yelp on your phone. It's a mess of menus and features nobody asked for.

You can tag your spots with or whatever emoji so scanning a map visually actually makes a difference. It still uses Google search to find places, so that part's familiar. Sharing is ridiculously easy too: long-press your map name, type in a friend's email, choose if they can edit or just view, and you're done. You can even stack multiple friends' maps together to see everyone's recommendations at once.

It's still in early stages of development, but core features are already there.