Comparison

Recs vs Tourli

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

Head to head
About

Recs

This app helps you discover, save, and organize places like restaurants, bars, and cafes. It uses AI to recommend new spots based on your saved preferences and allows collaborative trip planning with friends. Easily add places from social media or notes.

Highlights
  • Save spots from social media instantly
  • Organize by city, category, and custom collections
  • AI-powered recommendations based on taste
  • Collaborative trip planning with friends
  • Add spots via links, notes, or manual entry
  • Share city lists and recommendations
  • View saved spots on a world map
Features
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Recs is your personal spot guide — the place where every restaurant, bar, café, and city you want to explore actually lives. Save from TikTok & Instagram — instantly. See a spot on your feed? Share the link to Recs and we automatically extract the name, address, category, ratings, and photos. No copy-pasting. No losing it in your notes. It's saved, organized, and ready when you need it. Everything organized the way you think. Your Recs library sorts by city, category, and custom collections. Flying to New York? Pull up your New York list. Craving ramen? Check your Restaurants. Building a weekend itinerary? Your spots are already there. The world map shows exactly where your saved spots are — city by city, country by country. Rex: Your AI that actually knows your taste. Rex is Recs' built-in AI that reads your saved spots and recommends what to do next. Ask "best cocktail bars in New York" and Rex won't give you a generic top-10 list — it responds knowing you already saved Attaboy and suggests what you'd love next, with inline save buttons right in the chat. Plan trips together. Build collaborative trip itineraries with friends — add stops, set dates, create walking routes with ETAs, and export directly to Google Maps. Whether it's a Friday night out or a week abroad, every plan lives in one place. More ways to add spots: Paste a TikTok or Instagram URL — AI does the rest Paste your messy Notes app list — AI sorts it into spots and trips automatically Type a name and city — Recs finds the details Share your city lists. Follow friends, swap recommendations, and send collections via link to anyone — even if they don't have the app yet. Powered by real data. Every spot is enriched with ratings, photos, hours, menus, and addresses via Google Places. Head-to-head comparison mode lets you rank your favorites when you can't decide. Built for how you actually discover places. The For You feed surfaces spots curated for your taste right now — whether you're planning a date night, a late-night bite, or a day in an unfamiliar city. Works in 13 languages. Full dark mode. No ads.

About

Tourli

Features
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Plan like someone who's already been there. Okay so picture your last trip. You saved 200 reels, screenshotted half of Instagram, and your notes app looked like a crime scene. Then you landed, opened it all, and had no clue where to actually go. Yeah. Same. So I built Tourli. It's where you get real travel guides from people who actually went, then turn one into your own day by day plan. Your guides, your maps, and the friends you're going with, all in one place. GET GUIDES FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE Skip the 40-tab research spiral. Browse guides by destination and see who made each one, with their ratings and reviews. Pick a guide from a creator or a local who actually knows the place. The best cafes, the views worth the walk, the neighborhoods to wander, and the smart order to do it all in. Buy a guide once and it's yours. No subscription. No recurring fee. BUILD YOUR TRIP, DAY BY DAY Grab any guide and make it your own, or start from a blank page. Drop places into days. Slot them into morning, afternoon and evening. Drag to reorder in seconds. See the whole trip on a map, get directions from one stop to the next, and watch how it all connects. SAVE SPOTS FROM ANYWHERE Found somewhere good on Instagram, TikTok or Google Maps? Paste the link. Tourli pulls the place straight into your trip. All those saved reels finally add up to a plan you can actually use. KEEP EVERY DETAIL IN ONE SPOT Add your flights, hotels and transport so the whole trip sits in one timeline. Save booking codes and reservation details right on the place, so you're not digging through your inbox at check in. Keep a packing list and tick things off as you go. Mark the spots you've been, give them a rating, and jot a quick note on what to budget. When you land, it's all right there, even with no signal. PLAN IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS Going as a group? Share your trip with a join code and plan it together. Everyone adds places, drops notes and piles on ideas in the same spot. No more digging through twelve group chat threads for that one restaurant someone sent. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Browse guides by destination, with creator ratings and reviews • Day by day plans with morning, afternoon and evening slots • Maps and directions from one stop to the next • Full place details: photos, hours, reviews and creator tips • Booking codes and reservation details saved with each place • Add your flights, hotels and transport to one timeline • Packing lists and to-dos you can tick off • Mark places you've visited, rate them and add budget notes • Personal and shared lists for the spots you love • Import places from Instagram, TikTok, Google Maps and the web • Offline access to your guides and trips while you travel • Export your plan to a clean PDF to share or print • AI help to fill and balance your days when you want a hand FREE TO PLAN Planning your trip costs nothing. There's no paywall between you and your own plans. When you want a local's full playbook for a place they know inside out, you buy their guide. That's it. No subscription hanging over your head. WHY WE MADE THIS For years I asked the same people the same questions. Where do I eat, where do I stay, what's actually worth it. They always knew, because they'd been there. So that's the whole idea behind Tourli. The people who really know a place can share their honest recommendations in one spot and get something back for it. You get their actual playbook. They get paid for knowing their stuff. Everyone wins. Tourli Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Tourli Pro Monthly — $7.99month • Tourli Pro Yearly — $49.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. The subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to renewal. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tourli.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tourli.com/privacy

Screenshots

Recs4 screens
Tourli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recs at none against Tourli's 10. Recs also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tourli sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Recs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recs ships an update every 3 days, Tourli every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Recs versus Tourli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecsTourli
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus HandojoTourli LTD

In-app purchases

None

Recs

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Tourli

Subscriptions2
  • Tourli Pro$7.991 Month
  • Tourli Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • Tourli Guide$4.99
  • Tourli Guide$9.99
  • Tourli Guide$14.99
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  • Tourli Guide$19.99
  • Tourli Guide$24.99
  • Tourli Guide$29.99
  • Tourli Guide$39.99
  • Tourli Guide$49.99

Questions

Is Recs free?
Recs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tourli free?
Tourli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recs or Tourli have ads?
Neither Recs nor Tourli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recs or Tourli?
Recs ships an update every 3 days, and Tourli every 9 days. Most recently, Recs was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tourli on November 5, 2026.

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