Find Common Ground

Common Ground helps you save your favourite places, plan outings, and find spots you and your friends both love.

PLACE MATCH

Can't decide where to go? Share your saved places with a friend using a simple 6-letter code. You each rate every place — Must Go, Open to It, or Skip — and the app builds the best route from spots you both agree on. No more endless "where should we eat?" texts.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Save places — search Apple Maps, share from Google Maps, or let the app detect visits automatically
2. Place Match — share a code with a friend, rate each other's picks, get a matched route
3. Trip Packs — start from curated destination plans, save the places, and ask questions about the trip
4. Plan — pick stops, build an optimized route, share it as a story card or send it to a friend
5. Go — open in Apple Maps or share the plan with your group

TRIP PACKS

Start from ready-made plans for a destination, beginning with Bali. Save curated places into My Places, add day plans to Planner, and ask trip-specific questions like which day is best for sunset, what to do first, what to book ahead, or how to shorten the itinerary.

SOLO DATE PLANNER

Plan a perfect day out for yourself:

- Smart Date: Auto-selects your top places based on favourites, visit frequency, and staleness
- Build Route: Walk, drive, or transit directions between your stops with a timeline
- Share Plan: Generate a 9:16 itinerary card for Stories, iMessage, or WhatsApp
- Shared Plans: Send your route to a friend via a 6-letter code — they can view stops and save them

PLACE INTELLIGENCE

- Staleness Tracking: See which places you haven't visited in months
- Exploration Score: Track how many new places you try vs. revisits
- Taste Profile: Discover your top neighbourhoods and favourite categories

TRIP HISTORY & JOURNAL

- Save every planned route to History
- Log past outings with photos, captions, and moods per stop
- Journal any trip — generate a shareable journal card

DEEP iOS INTEGRATION

- Siri Shortcuts: "Suggest a place" or "How many places do I have?"
- Spotlight Search: Find saved places from the home screen
- Share Extension: Share from Apple Maps or Google Maps directly into Common Ground
- Background Visit Detection: Automatically logs places you visit

No accounts. No servers for your personal data. Places stay on your device. Place Match uses iCloud to sync codes between friends — no sign-up required.