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Places: Curated Travel Guide

Places: Curated Travel Guide

Restaurants, Shops & Hotels

242 ratings
77 reviews
#16 in top-grossing Travel
🌟 Lifestyle
✈️ Travel
Free
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Released
August 24, 2023
Updated
November 2, 2026

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Developer

Raya App Inc
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Discover curated restaurants, hotels, shops, and experiences recommended by local experts. Plan your trips and book reservations directly within the app. Save and share your favorite places, and follow friends to see their discoveries.

✓Curated recommendations
✓Itinerary planning
✓Direct booking
✓Save and share places
✓Follow friends and curators
✓Discover new openings
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What users say about Places

Reviews of Places are mixed: the Travel app is rated 4.1/5 from 242 App Store ratings. What users like most: beautifully curated suggestions, essential for travel and local discovery. Top complaints: outdated information (closed businesses), no way to report outdated information. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • ✨Beautifully curated suggestions
  • 👍Essential for travel and local discovery
  • 🌟Best among travel apps
  • 💯Human curation is a highlight
  • 🗺️Useful for navigating new cities
  • ✅Great filtered suggestions
  • 👍No spam
  • 💡Finds great places
  • 💯Amazing recommendations
  • ✨Finds unique places
  • 👍Saves places and creates archives
  • 👍Excellent for finding restaurants
  • 👍Filters out noise for decision paralysis
  • 👍Well-curated places
  • 👍Good recommendations for travelers
  • 👍Finds perfect suggestions for restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, museums
  • ✨Incredible photos and user experience
  • 👍Simplifies finding cool new spots
  • 👍Lists saved places by location and shareable
  • 👍Better recommendations than other apps
  • 👍Helps plan weekends and trips
  • 👍Can see friends' profiles for recommendations
  • 👍Discovers fabulous new restaurants
  • 👍Perfect and needed app
  • 👍Sexy places for sexy people
  • 👍Useful for work travel and meeting clients
  • 👍Changed travel perception and city experiences
  • 👍Great for finding restaurants and making reservations
  • 👍Finds amazing new spots and shares favorites

Negative things

  • ❌Outdated information (closed businesses)
  • ❌No way to report outdated information
  • ❌Dark-pattern onboarding flow
  • ❌Forces annual membership purchase
  • ❌Cannot see service without paying
  • ❌Extracts personal details before revealing paywall
  • ❌Misleading onboarding
  • ❌Awkward interface
  • ❌Too long setup
  • ❌No option to delete profile
  • ❌Requires invite code
  • ❌Waitlist for access
  • ❌Misleading advertisements
  • ❌Poor user experience
  • ❌App is trash
  • ❌Not useful
  • ❌Pretentious app
  • ❌Data collection galore
  • ❌Unbelievable business practice
  • ❌Waste of money
  • ❌No real connections
  • ❌Racist and discriminatory (unsubstantiated)
  • ❌No real curation
  • ❌App not functional
  • ❌Scam
  • ❌Useless
  • ❌Cannot login to lifetime free account
  • ❌Impossible to use on new phone
  • ❌No way to contact support
  • ❌Appalling photographs for curated places
  • ❌Requires phone number before invite code
  • ❌Don't understand its purpose
  • ❌Doesn't help choose destinations
  • ❌Not needed, lacks features
  • ❌Requires membership fee after complimentary email
  • ❌Needs more special features to retain users
  • ❌No social dating aspect
  • ❌No exclusive access/discounts for influencers
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What's New in Places

1.80.0

November 2, 2026

More places. Getting you there faster.

5

Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Annual Membership

12 month subscription

$39.991 Year
7 Days trial
How to cancel Places subscription ⁉️

Charts

Top Grossing

📈 16+1

Travel

This app rose +1 position in Travel chart.

Last updated on November 5, 2026.

Top Free

📈 146+3

Travel

This app rose +3 positions in Travel chart.

Last updated on November 5, 2026.

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User reviews

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No option for free account?

Maybe tell us next time before entering personal info that there is just a premium tier bye
DDouma2012

Quality control by people with taste

Trust Places blindly, for your travel plans or mapping out a busy weekend plans in your hometown with the responsive chat. Elevated, chic, and genuinely well thought out, it is like being able to pick the brain of your cool friend, the one whose taste you never have to second-guess.
MMashaR13

Pay wall so immediately deleted

Ugh, of course after entering personal information it forces you to sign up before you even get to use the app at all. No option to enter to the app or try it without subscribing (eff the 7 day free trial). No thanks! Bye
EEm245690753178

Great app

★★★★★

I recently moved to a new city and started using Places to discover new spots to check out. I’ve loved finding hidden gems and taking locals to places they haven’t even been to before. It’s become such a fun way to explore my new home and find places I probably wouldn’t have discovered otherwise. Definitely recommend!
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RRebecca383

Taste I can trust

Aesthetics and quality matter deeply to me, and my bar is super high. As a designer who loves fine dining, I usually plan trips by jumping between AI, reviews, blogs, and socials, trying to suss out the vibe and calibrate other people's reviews to my taste level. Places clearly applies the same level of scrutiny I do, so I can actually trust the recs. On a recent trip to Japan, it surfaced lovely handmade ceramics shops, aesthetic cafes, and restaurants as beautiful as they were delicious, some I never would have found on other platforms. No mediocre filler, just high quality spots with real vibes. It lets me relax my type A side and trust that anywhere on Places is worthwhile.
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Reported Bugs

9 issues

Businesses listed as open are actually closed

Bug

Cannot report outdated information

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App crashes or is not functional

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Cannot log in to previous accounts (lifetime free)

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Login screen freezes

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Incompatible with older devices

Bug

Phone number box fails to work

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Issues with invite codes and waitlists

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App asks for personal info then paywall

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Requested Features

7 requests

Ability to report outdated business information

Feature

Option to delete profile

Feature

Dark mode

Feature

Advanced analytics dashboard

Feature

Incentives for trying businesses (like Neon Coat or Beauty Pass)

Feature

Social dating aspect or meetups

Feature

Exclusive access/discounts for influencers

Feature

FAQ

What is Places?

Places is a travel guide app that helps you discover curated restaurants, hotels, shops, and experiences. It provides recommendations from local experts and allows you to plan itineraries and book reservations directly.

How much does Places cost?

Places operates on a subscription model. Annual memberships are $39.99/year, and seasonal memberships are $39.99/3 months. Monthly memberships are also available at $39.99/month.

Does Places offer a free trial?

Yes, Places offers free trials for its annual membership. You can choose between a 1-month free trial or a 7-day free trial when signing up for the annual plan.

Can I use Places without paying?

Full functionality of Places is granted to members with an active subscription. While the app is free to download, access to its curated content and planning features requires a paid membership.

What devices does Places support?

Currently, Places is supported on iPhone devices. Compatibility with other platforms may be available in future updates.

How often is Places updated?

The latest version of Places is 1.80.0, last updated on November 2, 2026. This indicates a relatively recent update, suggesting ongoing development and maintenance.

What is the age rating for Places?

Places has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users. This rating suggests that the content is generally appropriate for children.

What do users like most about Places?

User reviews highlight beautifully curated suggestions, its usefulness for travel and local discovery, and the quality of human curation as major strengths. Many appreciate its ability to filter out noise and provide great, unique recommendations.