SpotJar: Your spots. Your next trip.

Save a place in Google Maps or Apple Maps. SpotJar keeps its note, category and trip plan together until you are ready to open the route in Maps.

Now available on the App Store.

Download on the App Store
Google Play

Android coming soon

See how it works

How it works

Find it in Google Maps or Apple Maps

Use Maps just as you normally would.

Found a place you want to remember?

Maybe it is a cafe a friend shared, a mountain pass for next summer or a lake for Sunday.

Tap Share

You can do it without leaving Maps.

Choose SpotJar

It appears in the share menu alongside your other apps.

The place is saved

SpotJar brings the name, address and location with it. You can add the rest whenever you like.

What happens next

SpotJar fills in the details

The name, address, country and a photo come in automatically. Add a note on why the place caught your eye, choose a category such as viewpoint, food or hike, and mark it as a favorite or must-see.

SpotJar's Create spot screen, filled in automatically: a photo of the place, the name Domkirche St. Stephan, the address Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, the city Wien and the country Austria. SpotJar's Create spot screen further down: category chips such as Viewpoint, Food, Water, Route, Hike and Town, a menu for adding the spot to a trip, and switches for Save as favourite and Must-See.

All your spots in one list

Your spots are grouped by country, and you can see how many you have already experienced. Search by name or filter by category to find a place quickly.

SpotJar's Your spots list. It shows 2 of 10 spots experienced, filters for All, Viewpoint and Town, and spots grouped by country, including the United States, France, Nepal and India.

See everything on the map

Each spot appears as a pin. Colors show whether it is open, experienced, must-see or a favorite. The map also shows which countries you have visited.

SpotJar's map of Europe with many pins, colored by status, and a legend for Open, Experienced, Must-See and Favorites. SpotJar's map with Visited countries switched on. Italy, Austria, Czechia and Hungary are highlighted.

Build a trip as you go

Add the spot to a trip, collect more places and arrange them by day. During the trip, mark each place as experienced once you have been there.

SpotJar trip Nepal with 10 days and 7 spots. Day 1 lists Kathmandu, Swayambhunath and Durbar Square in order, with buttons to add a spot and open the route.

Open the route in Maps

One tap sends the whole trip to Google Maps or Apple Maps as an ordered route, ready for navigation.

The trip's map tab with numbered pins around Kathmandu joined by route lines and an Open route button at the bottom.