Everything you need to know about our new 1 Million Beautiful Places app

We're developing an app that lets you share photos from your travels around the world. Our algorithms work in tandem with your contributions to analyse these images and map beauty on a global scale. It's a unique blend of AI analysis and human appreciation. Our aim is to create the definitive global map of beautiful places as our community grows.

Bookmark this page as it will give you all the information you need to test our app and join our journey to map the world's most beautiful locations.

Currently available for testing

KNOWN ERROR: If you are getting API errors in app, please make sure you are on Version 49 or above in TestFlight or Version 29 or above in Android. Any continuing issues, please email us.

Current functionality in the app includes:
Note that we are starting out fairly simple in order to ensure our foundational code base works across a majority of devices. We will start introducing the more fun features once we know the basic functionality is stable!

  • Browse Scenic Points of Interest across the UK - with extensive coverage in London where our founders are based. Start adding your photos to see more places worldwide soon!

  • Select specific photos for sharing with us to help find scenic Points of Interest

  • Utilise our Smart Photo Finder which automatically identifies suitable images on your device using privacy-preserving, on-device machine learning

Coming soon

  • Please add as many photos as you can NOW of beautiful places around the world. Coming next is our algorithm which finds Scenic Points of Interest based on your photos and adds them to the map. Your shared photos will help us debug this feature. Also, be the first to pin these locations and get credit as their discoverer!

  • Leaderboards to see who ranks at the top!

How to test the Android version

Please email us Google Account email address to be added to our internal testers list. You can then download the app using this link: https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701615475965631616

Note: Functionality is stable on Android 13 and above. Compatibility for older Android versions coming soon.

How to test the iPhone/iOS version

You can sign up for the test version using this link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/WbBg5tkr

You will then be able to access the test version of the app via TestFlight.

Note: Functionality appears to be stable on iPhone 13 and above.

How to report bugs or request new features

See common app FAQs here.

Our preferred method for bug reports and feature requests is through our dedicated portal: https://beautifulplacesai.featurebase.app/

You can also email us.

The Timeline

    • Explore initial collection of scenic places across England (mainly London for now)

    • Contribute photos from your photo library to our dataset

    • Smart photo selection with privacy preserving on-device ML (v1)

    • Your first contributions appear in our Beautiful Places Map

    • Appear on the Leaderboards

    • Testing our multimodal LLM to identify scenic locations from your submitted photos

    • Enhanced smart photo selection - make it even easier to find suitable photos from your historic travels

    • Incorporating curated Flickr.com images to expand global coverage of scenic places

  • Introducing features to encourage people to share more photos worldwide e.g. personal beautiful places recommendations based on your preferences

    • Thorough testing for robustness as our community grows

    • Further app refinements based on feedback

    • Worldwide release of the platform for new users

    • Beginning our journey with everyone everywhere mapping 1 million beautiful places around the world!