CityYoYo – AI Audio Guide for Anywhere
Tap any place. Hear its story. Off the tourist trail.
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CityYoYo – AI Audio Guide for Anywhere - Tap any place. Hear its story. Off the tourist trail.

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Most audio guides cover the tourist trail. CityYoYo covers everywhere — tap any place on the map, any city in the world, and instantly hear an AI-generated narration for that exact spot. No pre-recorded scripts. No fixed routes. No account needed to start. Great for Japan, Korea, and Asia trips — but works anywhere. Auto-translates place names so the map matches what you see on street signs. Offline city packs included. 6 languages. Free.

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 CityYoYo started with a bowl of ramen. I was in Tokyo earlier this year — no plan, no reservation — and wandered into a narrow alley lined with tiny restaurants. Joined the queue at a ramen stall. While I waited, I tapped where I was standing on a prototype I'd built a few days before I flew out. A voice told me that alley had survived since just after WWII, stayed untouched while the city rebuilt around it. I was standing in a piece of living history and almost walked right past it. That ten minutes decided it: the prototype was becoming a full app. The problem: most audio guides only cover the highlights. But the places that stick with you are often the ones you stumbled into — the ones no guidebook bothered with. CityYoYo works for any place. Famous or not. If it's on the map, you can hear its story. The other thing: over-planning trips kills some of the magic. Some of the best travel memories come from places you never researched. CityYoYo is designed to reward wandering — context on demand, not a script to follow. On the AirPods thing: I travel solo a lot, usually with one AirPod in. Tap a place, hear its story, eyes back on the street. No squinting at text, no stopping to read. That's the UX I wanted — audio that gets out of the way and lets you actually be somewhere. On the build: Something shifted in December 2025 — not gradually, but in a matter of weeks. Those of us who'd spent years writing code suddenly found ourselves not writing any. I started with Android, then used AI to build iOS with the same features. Then, very quickly, stopped writing code myself at all. I'd go feature by feature — sometimes Android first, sometimes iOS, sometimes both at once — rotating platforms like it didn't matter. It was a strange and amazing experience. I'm not sure this app exists without that moment. Would love to hear what you think — happy to answer anything.