Map lists
Restaurants, cafes, parks, and shops saved for someday.
Kanoo beta for easier weekends
You already found the places. Kanoo helps you go.
Browse places like a feed, keep the ones that look worth doing, build a playlist of places, glance at them on the map, and open in Maps when you are ready to go.
Make a playlist for your Saturday.
Why Kanoo
You save places everywhere. Choosing what to do is still work.
Saves, screenshots, links, and recommendations pile up across apps. When the weekend, date, hangout, or solo day arrives, the decision tax comes back.
Saved posts
Places you liked once and meant to revisit.
Group chats
Links from friends that never become an outing.
Screenshots
A camera roll full of ideas with no next step.
Notes
Random place names without distance, hours, or context.
Memory
Good ideas that disappear when the weekend arrives.
Saved everywhereOutings start from scratchGroup debateWeekends slip by
The Kanoo job
Less deciding. More actually going.Core loop
Discover. Yours. Place Playlist. Glance. Go. Memory.
Screenshot import and borrowed ideas can speed things up, but this loop is the product story: save real places, build a playlist of places, glance at the map, open in Maps, and remember where you went.
Discover
Discover places worth saving.
Browse real restaurants, cafes, shops, parks, and hidden gems in a visual feed built for quick decisions.
Yours
Keep your places together.
Save the restaurants, cafes, shops, parks, and hidden gems that fit tonight, this weekend, a date, or a short trip.
Playlist
Build a playlist of places.
Pick a few saved places for your Saturday, date, hangout, solo day, or short trip.
Glance
Glance at the places on the map.
See what is nearby, what is open, and what fits together before you hand off to Maps.
Go
Open in Maps when you are ready to go.
Use Kanoo to decide where to go, then open Maps when it is time to move.
Memory
Remember where you went.
Turn the places you actually visited into a simple memory, then reuse or share the idea later.
Weekend playlist proof
A weekend playlist that looks used, not just saved.
Kanoo should make the moment of going visible. The proof is not a memory journal. It is a simple signal that saved places became a day someone could follow.
Completed weekend playlist
Rainy Vancouver Saturday
4 stops completed 2 edits before leaving Maps ready to open
- Cafe saved for later
- Bookstore added nearby
- Park walk kept flexible
- Dinner handoff opened in Maps
Saved places Weekend playlist Went
Signature playlists
Weekend playlists that make you think, I want to do that.
Signature playlists are the desire engine: concrete weekends, dates, solo days, and hangouts you can imagine actually using.
Date playlist preview
Pick tonight. Glance at the places. Actually go.
A good playlist should feel light enough to follow and specific enough to end the debate.
I want this weekend playlist Weekend A Saturday playlist you can actually follow.
Coffee, a browse-worthy stop, a walk, and dinner in an order that feels doable.
I want this weekend playlist Tonight Pick 3 saved places. Make tonight's playlist.
Start from places you already liked and shape a quick lineup for tonight.
I want this weekend playlist
Friends Skip the group chat debate.
Use a ready-made outing, make two edits, and give people something they can say yes to.
I want this weekend playlist Borrow ideas
Borrow a ready-made outing from someone who already figured it out.
Reuse the place lineup, swap what does not fit, and skip the decision work when you do not want to start from scratch.
Someone already shaped tonight. Use their lineup.
Borrow the idea, make it yours.
Optional accelerator
Already saved ideas elsewhere? Bring them in.
Drop in a screenshot and Kanoo can help pull the place ideas out so they are ready to save and add to the right playlist. It is useful, but it is not the main story.
Beta access
Get the beta link for easier weekends.
Request the beta link if you want a lighter way to turn place ideas into weekend playlists. We will send the right iOS or Android download link by email.
Current beta
Make a small weekend playlist, use it in real life, and tell us where the decision tax still shows up.
- Kanoo is currently in beta, so screens and flows may change as feedback comes in.
- The beta focuses on browsing real places, saving ideas, building lightweight weekend playlists, reusing shared ideas, and Maps handoff.
- Screenshot import is an optional shortcut for existing saves, not the main product promise.
Get Kanoo
Choose your platform. We will send the link by email.
Choose a platform and leave your email. We will send the right beta download link to your inbox.
Beta registration
Get the beta link by email.
Pick iOS or Android, leave your email, and we will send the right Kanoo beta download link to your inbox. The optional questions help improve how playlists of places work around real behavior.
Kanoo is currently in beta. Some features may change as we improve the experience.
FAQ
Common questions.
How do I get Kanoo beta?
Use the iOS TestFlight or Android APK buttons on this page. If a link is not active yet, leave your email and we will send beta updates.
Is Kanoo replacing Google Maps?
No. Google Maps is great for navigation. Kanoo helps with the step before that: deciding which saved places fit together, glancing at them on the map, and opening Maps when you are ready to go.
Can I bring in places I already saved?
Yes. Use the import flow in Settings to bring places you already saved in Google Maps into Yours, then turn them into playlists of places you can Glance at, share, and Open in Maps when you are ready to go.
What can I use Kanoo for first?
The beta is best for weekends, dates, friend hangouts, solo days, food crawls, city days, and short trips built from places you already find interesting.
What does borrowing a ready-made outing mean?
It means starting from a playlist of places someone already shaped, then changing the places or order so it fits your night. It is about skipping decision work, not building a noisy network.
Can Kanoo bring in places from screenshots?
That shortcut is being explored as a faster way to pull in places you already saved elsewhere. It supports the Yours step, but the core loop is still discover, save, build a playlist of places, glance, and go.
Are these screens final?
No. Kanoo is in beta. The core promise is saved places becoming playlists of places you can actually use, but the interface and some features may change as the product improves.
Built in Vancouver
Built by a small team in Vancouver.
We're building Kanoo because too many great places stay stuck in saved folders and never become real outings.
Founder note
Hi, I'm Stephen.
I built Kanoo because I kept saving places I wanted to visit and rarely ended up going. Kanoo is my attempt to fix that.