Dayyo
Daily city guide with favs from local businesses & events
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Geordie McClelland

Dayyo - Daily city guide with favs from local businesses & events

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Unlike traditional travel guides that recycle the same year-round tourist spots, Dayyo curates what’s happening today, highlighting local cafés, events, shops, activities, and can’t-miss sights recommended by the people who know them best. With Dayyo’s simple, neighborhood-first design, users won’t wade through endless lists. Each search delivers sets of two handpicked, locally sourced recommendations, helping both residents and visitors spend less time scrolling and more time exploring.

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Geordie McClelland
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When we built Dayyo, the goal was simple: get more people out into their cities supporting local businesses, championing the arts and fueling the neighborhoods that make urban life electric. We skipped the tired algorithms and tourist traps, instead curating our own “best of” list and then asking those businesses where they go. The result? A database full of your favorite places’ favorite places. We also built a dynamic events engine to surface the can’t-miss moments: games, shows, concerts, pottery classes, reading series, experiences that only happen once. We cut the endless scrolling and built a clean, beautiful interface that serves up simple ideas for what to do right now. No research rabbit holes. No decision fatigue. We made Dayyo because we love our cities. And lately, they’ve needed a little more love.
Jeff Wilder
Maker

One of the devs on Dayyo here...since using the app I've discovered places and local events I never would've found otherwise. Would love to hear what you all think. What area should we add next?

Viktorija Andonova

Real game changer! It cuts trough the noise and gives you todays best local picks so you actually experience the city like a local.

Geordie McClelland
Maker

@vandonova Thanks so much! Would love to hear any ideas to make it better. Hoping to design a product that people use for less than a minute before getting out and exploring their world... a weird UX challenge.

Marc
Maker

App designer here

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Our goal was to build something that looks different from the usual travel apps — without making it harder to use. The visual identity stands apart, but the interactions are intentionally simple. You should be able to open the app and get to meaningful results in just a couple of taps — no long onboarding, no learning curve.
We also made a deliberate decision to keep the experience free of login or signup walls. People should be able to explore, share, and interact with the app instantly and effortlessly.

Shaun Hurley

Love this idea! And I appreciate the creative approach to the design — it certainly has a different feel to it than a lot of apps. That said, since it is so unique, I wonder if you could build in a mini tutorial up front to help explain the flow? One thing that I found to be a little confusing was the "Skip to" button. For example, when I press "Skip to let's eat" — is it picking one of these options for me: "like a local," "like a tourist," or "surprise me?" Or is it just not filtering any of those out and keeping all of them?

I hope that feedback helps! (Any plans on expanding to smaller cities??)