# Charlie's Recos — Places worth your time > Places worth your time (iPhone/iPad app by Benjamin von Engelhardt.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charlies-recos/id6762520662 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Benjamin von Engelhardt](https://appshunter.io/developer/1893766809) - Category: Travel, Food & Drink - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 58 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-07 - Data updated: 2026-08-19 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charlies-recos/id6762520662/reviews.md ## What is Charlie's Recos? Discover and share your favorite places and things with friends. Charlie’s Recos helps you save, organize, and explore recommendations for restaurants, cafés, bars, and hidden gems — all on a simple map. Instead of endless reviews from strangers, see places your friends actually love. FEATURES • Save places directly on the map • Add personal recommendations and notes • Discover spots recommended by friends • Keep all your favorite places in one place • Clean and intuitive design Whether you're traveling or exploring your own city, Charlie’s Recos makes it easy to remember and share the places that matter. Your places. Your people. Your map. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.14.0 — 2026-08-10 New: redesigned navigation (Orte tab with a map/list toggle, Profile now in the tab bar), a location step when recommending, and Things now show in your profile. Fixes: "Also recommend" creates your own editable recommendation, the wishlist works reliably again, duplicates are avoided, search no longer hides map pins, new recommendations default to 5 stars, and several freeze/performance improvements. ### 1.12.2 — 2026-08-07 New: - Find places from your photos: pick multiple photos and we'll turn the geotagged ones into recommendations - Import interesting places from your Google Location History/Timeline export (places you clearly stayed at for a while), in addition to Saved Places and Reviews - Camera option when adding photos, in addition to picking from your library - Add multiple photos to a place or a "Thing" (book/wine/etc.), not just one - "Directions" button now opens real turn-by-turn navigation instead of just showing a pin - Explore now groups places by country (with expandable city lists) or by city — toggle with a new switch - Category filter chips to quickly narrow down Explore by type of place - New categories: Schwimmbad, Sauna, Freibad, Badesee - Photos from Google Places now show automatically for imported places without a custom photo Bug fixes: - Fixed wine/Thing photos failing to save with a storage permission error - Fixed your own comment on a place sometimes not showing or not being editable - Fixed friend requests that could silently fail to accept - Explore and Things now refresh automatically when new recommendations come in - Fixed the map zooming out instead of just centering when tapping "go to my location" - Fixed the keyboard not dismissing when tapping the map - Fixed the missing stop button when using voice input - Fixed tab bar labels being cut off on smaller iPhones - Fixed the reservation button sending you to the wrong city for restaurants outside Germany/Austria/Switzerland, including some cases where it showed for restaurants abroad at all - Places added via search now save their address correctly (fixes missing address on the place detail page) - Removed a confusing duplicate "recommend" button - Category filter chips in Explore were nearly invisible (same background color as the page) — fixed - Fixed the "Want to go" button being missing from place cards - Deleting a recommendation now removes all of its photos, not just the first one - Account deletion now also removes your Things (books, wine, etc.), their comments/wishlist entries, and cover photos - Explore now lists a place under all of its categories instead of only the first one - Explore now also shows public places from other users, not just friends — matching the web version ### 1.11.0 — 2026-07-12 - Photo-first place cards: see photos directly in the list - Profile grid: your recommendations and "Want to Go" wishlist at a glance - "Want to Go" button: save places you want to visit - Autocomplete for movies, series and music when adding recommendations — cover art included - Place photos from Google Maps shown automatically when no photo has been uploaded - Place photos from Google Maps now also appear in the Discover tab and map list - Edit button for your own Things entries - Fixed close button in the contacts search modal - Multiple categories per place (e.g. Hotel + Restaurant) - Wishlist mode in the map feed (replaces "All" chip) - Friends of friends: discover people your friends know - Friend profiles now show places grouped by city with photos - Privacy setting: control whether friends can see your recommendations - Duplicate places are now automatically merged - Explore now groups places by country (with expandable city lists) or by city — toggle with the new switch - Category filter chips to quickly narrow down Explore by type of place - Photos from Google Places now show automatically for imported places without a custom photo Bug fixes: - Category filter chips in Explore were nearly invisible (same background color as the page) ### 1.6.0 — 2026-06-28 - "Books" is now "Things": recommend books, wine, movies, series, music and games to your friends, each with its own fields - Recommend something your friend shared too, save it to your wishlist, or comment on a recommendation - Scan a wine label, movie, series or game cover to fill in fields automatically - Wine: track grape variety, growing region, taste, price and where you bought it ### 1.5.0 — 2026-06-20 New features: - Books tab: recommend books to your friends — title, author, genre, cover photo and a short note on what moved you - Add books by scanning a barcode or photographing the cover — title, author and genre fill in automatically ## Related topics [charlie charlie](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/charlie-charlie) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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