A friend tells you about a restaurant. A coworker swears by a show. Your barber knows a place for tacos. You say you'll remember it. You won't. So we built Passa.
Passa saves the recommendations people give you and hands them back when you need one. It works by text or on the web. There's no app to install and no password to make.
What was missing
Most of us still find the good stuff through friends. A friend's rec beats any review. But recs are easy to lose. They show up mid-conversation, in a group chat, in a screenshot you'll never find again. Then it's Friday night, you need somewhere to eat, and the name is gone.
Every save-for-later app we tried asked us to change something first: download it, sign up, remember to open it at the right moment. We wanted something that asked for nothing new. You already know how to text.
Just text it
Text the rec to 855-94-PASSA the way you'd tell a friend.
Sara says get the spicy rigatoni at Carbone.
Passa works out what it is, who told you, and where it belongs. Your first text gets a reply. After that it saves quietly, and everything waits on your list.
Recs land on shelves like Restaurants, Shows, Drinks, Books, and Travel, each with the friend behind it. Text "restaurants" and the first few come back, with a link to the whole list. Text "find mom" and you get everything she's ever told you about.
Tonight, decided
When it's time to choose, pick a mood (Eat, Drink, or Watch) and Passa shows three things your friends told you about, most recommended first. Or tap Pick for me. The pick comes with the map, the hours, and a table search, so you can just go.
Made to be passed on
Good recs travel. One tap sends any rec to a friend, with who told you and why. They can keep it too, on the web or by text. And the next time someone gives them a rec, they'll know where to put it.
For the places people love
Every rec is a place someone loved, and Passa lets those places see it too. A business can claim its page, free while we're in early access, and see how many people saved it, where it ranks in its city, and how often its booking link gets tapped.
Who it's for
Anyone who has ever said "I'll remember that." Passa is in early access now, and it's free. We built it because we kept losing the good ones too.
Save the next rec you hear.
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