Comparison

Yaay vs Spots.

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 shareable collections for seamless itinerary creation. It's a visual way to save and plan places discovered online.

Highlights
  • Save videos from Instagram/TikTok to map
  • Automatic place recognition from video
  • Organize saves into trip collections
  • Map and list views for places
  • Share collections with friends
  • Public profiles with QR sharing
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

Spots.

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Spots. is your personal place inbox — for every restaurant, café, shop, or hidden gem you come across and don't want to forget. Found a spot on Social Media? A friend texted you a coffee shop? Saw something cool on a map? Save it to Spots. in seconds, right from the share sheet — no typing, no app-switching, no losing it in your camera roll or notes app. WHY SPOTS. — No account required. Ever. — Nothing leaves your device. Your spots stay yours. — Built for speed: search, tap, save. — Designed to be genuinely nice to use, every day. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Use the share button in Safari, Instagram, Maps, or any app and Spots. appears right in your share sheet. Confirm the place, pick a status, done. TRACK HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A PLACE Mark spots as Want, Been, Love, or Skip. Add a 1–5 star rating. Log visits with dates and notes. Your spots evolve as your relationship with a place does. ORGANISE YOUR WAY Group spots into custom Lists — by trip, neighbourhood, or occasion. Add freeform Tags for anything else. Filter by status, category, city, neighbourhood, list, tag, or rating, and sort however you like. SEE IT ON A MAP Browse your saved spots as a list or drop into Map view to see everything around you at a glance. MAKE IT YOURS Choose your own colour palette for each status from 15 curated options. Add photos to any spot. Personalise your profile with a name and photo. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Spots. is local-first by design — no account, no servers, no tracking. Export your data anytime as a backup or to move to a new phone. Delete everything whenever you want, no questions asked. Spots. is built by an developer making thoughtful, no-nonsense apps. We read every piece of feedback — say hello anytime.

Screenshots

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Spots.4 screens

Verdict

The call

Yaay and Spots. are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Yaay versus Spots.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYaaySpots.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaayDaren Irlen

In-app purchases

None

Yaay

No in-app purchases

None

Spots.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yaay free?
Yaay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spots. free?
Spots. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Yaay or Spots. have ads?
Neither Yaay nor Spots. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yaay or Spots.?
Yaay ships an update every 6 days, and Spots. every 6 days. Most recently, Yaay was updated on October 30, 2026 and Spots. on October 15, 2026.

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