Roost
A native iPhone app for deciding where to go tonight. Describe the vibe or pick a lane, choose how far Roost can roam, then sort a ranked deck of real places into a shortlist.
- 10 max
- places in a ranked hand
- 3
- yes, maybe, or no
- 4
- explicit distance ranges
- Local
- profile, saves, visits, notes
A native iPhone app that turns a night-out ask into a ranked hand and a shortlist.
RoostDeal the night. Keep only the places worth going.
Roost turns an ask into a ranked hand of real places. Each card makes the evidence easy to scan, and the final shortlist contains only the yes and maybe votes.
Ask
Describe the moment in plain language or choose restaurants, coffee, bars, parks, shops, museums, activities, or a surprise lane.
free text · category · distanceDeal
Roost searches the selected radius, ranks the results against the ask and local memory, and deals up to ten places without repeating the current session.
foreground location · ranked handVote
Each card shows the place evidence that is available. One tap sorts it into yes, maybe, or no and advances the hand.
yes · maybe · noShortlist
Yes picks lead the shortlist and maybes follow. Open details, get directions, or deal again without resurfacing the places already passed.
keepers · directions · fresh handThe working parts behind the deck.
A ranked hand replaces the directory.
Roost still ranks the best fit first, but it lets the person make the last call without dropping them into a wall of results.
up to ten · one card at a timeEach card shows where its facts came from.
Ratings, review counts, open status, price, and address appear only when the active place source supplies them. Missing evidence stays absent.
rating · hours · price · addressThe next hand remembers the last one.
Roost keeps seen places out of a fresh hand and uses the local library to shape later ranking without uploading the person's history.
seen · passed · saved · visitedAccessibility runs through the main path.
The iPhone portrait flow supports VoiceOver, Larger Text, and Reduce Motion, including the welcome, search, brief, details, library, visit, and settings screens.
VoiceOver · Larger Text · Reduce MotionThe product rules behind the deck.
- Rank the best match first, then show one decision card at a time.
- Request foreground location only when the person starts a place search.
- State which place and imagery services the current search uses.
- Leave unavailable details absent instead of inventing them.
- Keep saved places, visits, notes, lists, and visit photos on the device.
- Ship without accounts, subscriptions, or background location.
- Reset Roost removes the local profile, current session, saved library, and visit photos.
The current iPhone app, the live place path, and the public support package.
The current native app for a free-text ask, distance controls, category lanes, a ranked swipe deck, and a private shortlist.
native iOS appA production configuration that combines live place facts with local ranking, local brief text, and explicit service disclosures.
Google Places · Apple Maps · local memoryPublic support and privacy pages, plus the screenshot and metadata package prepared for App Store Connect.
public