Comparison

Yaay vs Plotline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Yaay

This app transforms social media videos into interactive map pins for trip planning. Automatically identify locations from videos and organize them into visual itineraries. Share your discoveries and collaborate on travel plans with friends.

Highlights
  • Save videos from Instagram and TikTok
  • Automatic place recognition from video
  • Organize saves into Collections
  • Map and List views for itinerary planning
  • Share Collections with friends
  • Public Collections and Profiles
Features
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Yaay is a travel map and trip planner that turns Instagram and TikTok videos into pins on your own map. Share any video to Yaay, and Yaay identifies the place shown and adds it to your map automatically - no typing, no copying links. Saw a night market on TikTok? A beach a friend posted? Save the video to Yaay. Every save becomes a pin, so you see all your places at once and build a real itinerary instead of a spreadsheet. WHAT IS YAAY? Yaay is a visual trip planner and saved-places map for travelers who discover places on social media. Short video is where travel inspiration lives now, but the place behind it gets lost in a Saved folder you never reopen. Yaay extracts the location and stores it as a searchable map pin with the original clip attached - for your hometown and for trips abroad. Yaay is a free native iOS app for iPhone and iPad, available in 10 languages. HOW YAAY WORKS 1. See it - find any restaurant, bar, beach or neighborhood on Instagram or TikTok. 2. Save it - tap Share, then Yaay. One tap, no typing. 3. Yaay finds it - Yaay analyzes the video to identify the place and drops a pin on your map. If it looks wrong, fix it in one tap. 4. Plan it - organize saves into Collections by city or trip. Add notes, hide or re-add places, switch between Map and List views. 5. Share it - share a Collection with friends and shape the plan together. EVERY SAVE LANDS ON YOUR MAP No more screenshots and scattered links. Each save becomes a searchable pin carrying the place name, map location, and original video. Build a "want to try" list for your own city, or save three spots in Vietnam and watch a real itinerary start to form. WHO USES YAAY • People saving restaurants and cafes to try this weekend near home • Travelers turning TikTok saves into a visual itinerary for Japan, Italy or Vietnam • Groups planning a trip where everyone adds their finds to one shared Collection • Anyone keeping travel inspiration organized without spreadsheets YAAY VS SAVING SOMEWHERE ELSE Saving to Instagram or your camera roll keeps the video but loses the location. No map, no itinerary. Saving to a maps list or spreadsheet gives you a list, but you type every entry manually and lose the video. Saving to Yaay keeps both. The location is found for you, every save is a pin, and pins become shareable Collections you can shape into a trip. FEATURES • Save any public Instagram or TikTok video through the iOS share sheet • Automatic place recognition from video, correctable in one tap • Review flow to quickly keep, hide or fix places (new in v3.0.7) • Collections for each city or trip, with Map and List views • Public Collections and Profiles with QR sharing, optional FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What app saves TikTok and Instagram videos to a map? Yaay saves any public TikTok or Instagram video and pins the place it shows on your map, so you can build itineraries from videos you already watch. How do I turn saved reels into a travel itinerary? Share the reel to Yaay. Yaay identifies the place, pins it, and you group pins into a Collection for that city or trip. The Collection becomes your itinerary. Do I have to type the location myself? No. Tap Share, then Yaay. Yaay identifies the place from the video, and any pin can be corrected in one tap. Can I use Yaay for my own city? Yes. Many people use Yaay as a hometown "want to try" list for restaurants and spots, plus Collections for upcoming trips. Can I plan a trip with friends? Yes. Collections can be shared, so everyone adds their finds to one map and shapes the plan together. Is Yaay free? Yes. Yaay is free to download on iPhone and iPad. How is Yaay different from saving inside Instagram? Instagram keeps the video in a folder. Yaay turns that same video into a map pin and a shareable trip collection, so the save becomes a plan. Turn saved reels into real plans. Download Yaay and see your TikTok and Instagram saves on a map, ready to shape into your next trip.

About

Plotline

Turn your saved travel posts into an interactive map. Organize places you want to visit, add personal notes, and plan your trips with detailed itineraries. Discover the story behind each location, not just a pin on a map.

Highlights
  • Save places from any app
  • Import details from Google Maps
  • Map view of saved locations
  • Add personal notes
  • Plan day-by-day itineraries
  • Track visited and future spots
Features
Currently charting
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What if your scrolling wasn't wasted time? Every spot that stopped your scroll -- the hidden garden cafe, the speakeasy tucked behind a bookshop -- that was research. Now do something with it. Plotline turns your feed into a map you can actually use. Curate your spots, plan your trips, and watch your taste come to life. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a travel post, a restaurant review, a Google Maps link -- Plotline grabs the location, photos, and details automatically. Works with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, travel blogs, and more! Other apps give you a pin. Plotline gives you the story -- the original creator's recommendation, what to order, why it matters, and the source video linked so you can rewatch it before you go. PLAN YOUR TRIP WITH YOUR FRIENDS (AUTO-MAGICALLY) Turn your saved spots into a real itinerary. Have us instantly build day-by-day plans with YOUR saved places or manually create itineraries your way. Invite your travel crew to plan trips together! Everyone can add and edit places, live. Drag and drop your places into the order that makes sense, and see your whole trip laid out before you leave. Your pins become your plan. ASK PLOTLINE: SEARCH BY VIBE You saved that cafe for the vibe, not the name. Now find it the same way. Ask in your own words -- "a cozy cafe to work from," "an aesthetic photo spot," "cheap eats open now" -- and Plotline pins the best matches from your saves and the community on your map, each with a quick note on why it made the cut. Included with Plotline Premiere. TRENDING HOT SPOTS See what others are saving wherever you're going. Whether it's Anthony Bourdain's favorite döner spot, or the historic bookshop overlooking the castle -- see what's actually worth the hype with highlighted places in every city and 'tips from the community' to show you exactly what to order, how much it costs, or any other tips that you need to know. SIDEQUESTS Don't have a trip planned? Plotline builds one for you. Pick a city, swipe through spots -- your saves or places matched to your vibe -- and Plotline turns your favorites into a route for a day trip or an evening out. Spontaneous adventure without the decision fatigue. YOUR MAP, YOUR TASTE Browse your saved spots by city. Filter by eat, brew, sip, vibe, explore, or go. See everything across collections, saved cities, and references in one place. Track where you've been and what's still waiting. MAKE IT YOURS Add personal notes to any spot. Organize into collections by trip, city, or theme. Share collections with friends who are tired of asking "where should we eat?" WHO IS PLOTLINE FOR? You save more travel posts than you'll ever scroll back to find. You don't just want to know where -- you want to remember what to order, why it's special, and how to get there. You travel on taste, not templates. A 5-star rating is not enough. You need to know the vibe. If your saved folder is a graveyard of forgotten recommendations, Plotline turns it into your next trip. Your feed was never just content. It was the first chapter. Plotline helps you write the rest. Privacy Policy: https://getplotline.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://getplotline.app/terms

Screenshots

Yaay4 screens
Plotline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plotline at 90% against Yaay's 42%. Plotline also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (764 vs 8). Yaay's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plotline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Yaay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plotline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plotline has 764 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Yaay's written reviews are positive against 90% of Plotline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yaay ships an update every 6 days, Plotline weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Yaay versus Plotline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYaayPlotline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)4.9 (764 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews90.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8764 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#48 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaayPlotline Travel, Inc.

Customer experience

Yaay

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative53.8%

Plotline

All ratings710 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.9%

In-app purchases

None

Yaay

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plotline

Subscriptions3
  • Plotline Premiere$9.991 Month
  • Plotline Premiere$49.991 Year
  • Plotline Premiere7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Yaay free?
Yaay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plotline free?
Plotline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yaay or Plotline?
Plotline is rated higher. Yaay averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Plotline averages 4.9 from 764 ratings.
Do Yaay or Plotline have ads?
Neither Yaay nor Plotline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yaay or Plotline?
Yaay ships an update every 6 days, and Plotline weekly. Most recently, Yaay was updated on November 8, 2026 and Plotline on November 5, 2026.

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