About SpotSavor
You know how it goes: you're scrolling TikTok or Instagram, see an amazing-looking restaurant, and think "I need to go there." Then you save the video, forget about it, and never find it again.
SpotSavor fixes that. It's a Spot Saver for restaurants - but since it's food, we call it Savor.
How It Works
- Share a link or screenshot - Paste a TikTok/Instagram link, or share a screenshot directly to the app
- AI extracts the details - The app strips redirects, pulls metadata, and identifies the restaurant
- Auto-generated blurb - Get a quick summary of what makes the place special
- Added to your map - The restaurant gets pinned with all the context you need
No more "what was that taco place from that video?" moments.
The Technical Fun
The redirect stripping was a fun challenge. TikTok and Instagram links are wrapped in multiple layers of tracking redirects. The app follows the chain to get to the actual content, then extracts the metadata.
For screenshots, it uses vision AI to read the text and identify restaurant names, locations, and what dish was featured.
Features
- Link ingestion - Paste TikTok or Instagram URLs
- Screenshot support - Share images directly from your camera roll
- AI-powered extraction - Automatically identifies restaurants and generates descriptions
- Map view - See all your saved spots on a map
- Search & filter - Find that ramen place you saved three months ago
Most Popular TestFlight
This one's gotten the most traction of any of my TestFlight apps. Turns out a lot of people have the same "I saw a restaurant on TikTok and now I can't find it" problem.
Join the beta and stop losing track of your food discoveries.
Screenshots
Tech Stack
- SwiftUI for the UI
- Vision API for screenshot text extraction
- OpenAI for generating restaurant blurbs
- MapKit for the map view
- CloudKit for syncing across devices