New Features: Similarities and Recommendations

The newest release of Whrrl leverages what people are saying and where they’re going, making it even easier to discover interesting places nearby.

Web Browser

When you view the detail page for a place you will see at a glance who has been there, what they thought, and who wants to go in the future.

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Discover places to go to dinner before the theater, or maybe after work for happy hour. You can see the places people most frequently visited prior to, and following, the place you’re looking at in Whrrl.

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What if the place you wanted to go happens to be closed? Whrrl will suggest other similar places nearby.

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Recommendations in the iPhone App

In the List view, you will see places with a star if they are recommended for you, as well as a brief explanation of why they were chosen.

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