Soulpicks

Hi everyone! My name is Pascal, an entrepreneur from Amsterdam. After 1.5 years of hard work with my fantastic team, we just launched Soulpicks, a mobile app that helps users discover places loved by friends and experts, as well as build your own collection of places. After I built my first company (SnappCar), I was lucky enough to go traveling for some time. During that time, I noticed how difficult it is to keep track of all the great recommendations I got from friends, as well as access collections from local experts. Our time is scarce, so we want to make the most of it whenever we can, I thought. Moreover, we want to spend our time offline doing what we love instead of online searching where to go. That is why I built Soulpicks. You can now download Soulpicks for iOS & Android. Some of the key features include: * Add places and experiences around the world. * Connect with friends to discover their favorite places. * Follow experts (in areas such as wine, beer, food, art, and lifestyle) who have created custom lists of the places they love most. * Import places you previously collected from Google Maps, Foursquare, notes or e-mails (and CityMaps2Go - this is currently Android-only). Over the coming months, we will add more awesome features, mostly based on your feedback. Therefore, we'd love to know what you think and what we can improve. I'll be on here to answer all of your questions! Cheers, Pascal

Hi Pascal! Sounds like a great idea for a travel app, but have you ever used Foursquare City Guide on your past travels? It literally offers all the functionalities you have spend 1.5y to build a completely new app: - add places & experiences -> write tips, create custom lists - connect with friends -> follow their profiles - follow experts -> follow other users with expertise in any of 700+ categories Moreover, there are already 10years of hyperlocal content in 200 countries on Foursquare, all accessible via super sophisticated AI/ML algorithms, why on earth should I switch applications now and import it into a copycat app, that is just starting with data about 10 spots in Amsterdam...?🤔

Personally, I really like the friends angle. The "experts" angle seems to be pretty well trodden (i just google travel blogs or something). My feedback would be to make it easier to get friends onto the platform to use it!

Very addicting

Pros:

Fresh, new and great way to share those hidden gems

Cons:

Just keep on rocking

Great app Love the idea Love to explore new places which I know are good because I trust the rating of my friends.

Pros:

Share your favorite spots with your friends and not forgetting the gems you find on the road.

Cons:

I like the app so much that I am thinking about some extra features. Example Create your own tags you just share with your best friends.

I was hoping this was Product Hunt, but for soul music

works global and specially the 'experience' feature gives you indept value why a place is recommended

Pros:

great for finding places through your friends. forget tripadvisor. soulpicks gives you an itinerary made by your friends, anywhere.

Cons:

Wish I found it earlier