CiticYour next hour,
made for you.
Citic is a pocket-sized local for New York. Tell it the time you actually have, and it lines up a few good moves — coffee, a walk, a table — that are open right now and close by.
Coming to iOS. Built for New York first.
Three lines of conversation. One plan you’d actually follow.
No filters, no endless list of 200 restaurants. You say what you want; it commits to something specific.
- 01
Say what you've got
An hour before dinner. A free Saturday. A first date you don't want to overthink. Type it like you'd text a friend.
- 02
Get a real plan
Two or three actual places, in walking order, chosen for the time of day, the weather, and the block you're standing on.
- 03
Change your mind
Swap a stop, push it later, ask for something quieter. The plan updates in a line or two — no starting over.
Built like a friend with strong taste.
Not a directory. Not a review aggregator. Something that answers the question you actually asked.
It knows what's open now
Plans are built against the actual hour, day, and weather — not a static list that thinks a breakfast spot is a good 10pm idea.
Real places, not filler
Every venue comes from a hand-curated New York corpus with notes written by people who've been. No scraped star ratings.
Walkable by default
Stops are sequenced so the route between them is a pleasant walk, with the map to prove it before you commit.
Learns your taste
The more you plan, the more it leans on what you actually keep choosing — neighbourhoods, cuisines, the pace you like.
Share the plan
Send a plan to whoever you're meeting. They see the stops, the map, and the reasoning — no screenshots.
Save it for later
Good plans don't expire. Keep them, revisit them, and pick up the thread whenever you're back in the neighbourhood.
We’d rather know one city properly.
Citic covers New York and nothing else right now. Every venue in it was curated and written up by hand, block by block — which is the only way a plan can tell you why a place is worth the walk, instead of just that it’s nearby and has four stars.
More cities come once each one can meet that bar.
Stop scrolling. Start strolling.
Citic is in private testing on iOS. Leave your email and we’ll get you in.