Private check-ins
Record a visit in seconds and keep the timeline for yourself.
nicoPlace
Private place journal for iPhone
Remember where you went. Keep it yours.
nicoPlace turns everyday check-ins into a private record of places, people, photos, and trips. No account, no feed, no audience: just the memories you want to find again.
Designed for personal recall, not public sharing.
Your history stays on your iPhone, while Apple
Maps powers place search when you need it.
Built around memory
Save the place, companion, rating, photos, and
return rhythm in one quiet record.
Calm by design
No public profiles, follower loops, or performance
pressure when you only want to remember.
Ready for travel
Group check-ins into trips and revisit days, routes,
distance, people, and photos together.
Why it feels different
A place app that works more like a private journal.
nicoPlace keeps the input lightweight, then makes the memory useful later: what happened, who was there, how often you return, and how a trip unfolded.
Core features
Companion history
Attach friends or family to visits so the people behind the memory stay searchable.
Photos and notes
Keep small visual cues with the place, while avoiding a camera-roll replacement.
Travel
Turn multiple check-ins into a trip timeline with days, route, distance, and context.
The app at a glance
Four focused screens, one private place history.
The experience stays intentionally restrained: check in from the map, revisit a clean timeline, open a richer place detail, and collect related visits into a Travel story.
Find nearby places and save the moment
Nearby spots are easy to scan, and your saved check-ins stay personal.
Browse past visits by day and rhythm
Date grouping, ratings, and visit context make the timeline readable months later.
Keep people, photos, and return history together
Each place can hold companions, photos, visit count, and the time since your last stop.
Turn scattered stops into a readable trip
Travel connects maps, days, distance, photos, and companions into one private timeline.
Travel update
Your trips deserve more than a camera roll.
Travel gathers related check-ins into a private trip view, so a vacation, day out, or weekend route is easier to revisit without turning nicoPlace into a social feed.
- Trip overview See the places, dates, companions, photos, and total distance that shaped the journey.
- Day-by-day history Follow each travel day in order, with movement between stops kept readable.
- Map summary Revisit where the trip unfolded while keeping the full history private on your device.
- Memory-first details Photos and notes stay attached to the places they belong to, not lost in a generic album.
Travel
Kyoto Weekend
Total
18.4 km
Coffee, shrine, dinner
3 check-ins · 2 companions
6 photos
Market walk and river view
4 check-ins · 7.8 km
12 photos
Last stop before home
2 check-ins · notes saved
Private
Support
FAQ
A quick guide to how nicoPlace works, what stays private, and what to expect from check-ins, Travel, photos, and place data.
Q1. What are check-ins?
You can record the places you visit—restaurants, attractions, and more—as check-ins to revisit them later or keep them as memories.
For spots you frequent, the app shows insights like how many times you've gone and how long it's been since your last visit.
Q2. What is companion tracking?
You can log who visited with you by tapping someone you've registered in advance, then filter by person later.
Q3. What are chains?
Saving a chain name lets you track check-in counts per chain instead of per individual location.
If the chain appears in our prebuilt list, it's set automatically. Otherwise, enter it manually. The app uses Apple Maps data, so names can vary—for example Seven Eleven, 7-Eleven, or 7-11.
We reference a normalization list to absorb those differences, but it's still growing, so please report any gaps you find. When you report one, share the official name along with any alternate spellings.
Q4. Can you tell me about data privacy?
The app only uses the network when accessing Apple Maps and never communicates with our servers or any other parties.
All of your data stays on your device and is never shared with anyone else. We don't use any third-party libraries.
Q5. Are the photos original?
No. They’re resized and downscaled, so they are not originals and won’t serve as backups.
Q6. What is Travel?
Travel groups related check-ins into a private trip timeline, making it easier to revisit where you went across multiple days.
A Travel view can summarize the route, dates, distance, companions, photos, and day-by-day history for a trip. It uses your existing check-in data and keeps the history on your device.
Q7. Can I use the app if I deny location access?
You can still use the app, but because we can't detect your current location, the map will start from the last place you used.
Q8. Can I add custom places?
No. All place information comes from Apple Maps, and the app does not currently allow registering custom places.
Start building a private map of the places that matter.
Download nicoPlace for iPhone and keep your check-ins, trips, companions, and photos in a personal place journal.
