I’ve been building a vegan places directory (shared in this post) and enough people asked for an app that it’s finally live on iOS and Android. It’s a small independent project run by 2 people. If you’ve used HappyCow it lives in that world, but the focus is a bit different:
- Vegan-oriented, not vegetarian. A place with no vegan options doesn’t get listed, and 100% vegan spots are flagged separately from mostly-vegan, vegan-friendly, and “only 1-2 vegan options” - so you know before you go.
- Free, no ads, nobody can pay to rank higher. Businesses can claim and manage their own page for free.
- Open and community-correctable: much of the data is OpenStreetMap + other open sources, so if a spot’s missing you can add it, and if something’s mislabelled or mis-categorised you can help me fix it from its page in one tap.
- It’s more than a map - there are free vegan tools in there too (barcode scanner, menu/ingredients scanner, and more).
Honest about the state: it’s still growing, some cities are thin, and since a lot of the data comes from OSM/open sources the quality isn’t perfect yet.
Looking forward to your feedback and criticism - be brutal.
There are more details on web version, probably still not enough. I did not want to make the place page to crowded with more “technical” data. But I will reconsider it moving on. You may also help me verify the places by markign them in app or on web or suggesting exact changes on web :) thanks