William Watkins

PinDrop - Drop a pin. Find the World.

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Drop a pin on 5 locations around the world — a new geography challenge every day. Climb streaks, beat the leaderboard, and prove you know your atlas.

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William Watkins
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Hey Product Hunt šŸ‘‹ William here — solo maker. I'm a daily-games person (Wordle, Connections, the LinkedIn ones — I do them all), and a long-time GeoGuessr lurker. There was always a gap I couldn't get over: nothing sat in the "two-minute geography puzzle" slot. GeoGuessr is brilliant but takes 20 minutes. Worldle is fun but it's just country shapes. I wanted something with the NYT puzzles' rhythm — fast, modern, hard enough to actually teach you something — but for places on a map. So I built PinDrop. 5 locations a day. Drop a pin. Score by distance. Build a streak. ~2 minutes total. Free, no signup. The story: I launched March 4th, 2026 — my parents' anniversary — with five locations that meant something to them. Day one, 200 people played. Eight weeks later: 11,000+ unique players from 40 countries, 45,500+ rounds. The biggest surprise has been how fast it stopped being a family thing. Coworkers playing it on Slack. Kids learning where Suriname is. People DMing me streaks they're weirdly protective of. What's evolved since launch: šŸŒŽ City games (NYC, Chicago, LA, SF) — street-level pinning šŸˆ College Football — find the FBS stadium šŸ‘Æ Private Groups — same puzzle, your friends, your leaderboard āœ‰ļø Optional daily email at 7am in your timezone The tagline I keep coming back to: drop a pin, find the world. Would love your feedback — especially the rough edges. What's broken? What should be next? I read every comment and DM. — William