Rego★★★★★
Brilliant app, could not do without it!
"As a former Pin Drop user I was really disappointed when they stopped the app. Along came Rego and all the disappointment has gone — this is everything I need it to be and more."
Loved by travelers, hikers & local explorers
One place for all your places.
Rego is a private library for the places that matter to you. Save that restaurant, trailhead, beach or hidden gem in seconds — and find it again when you need it, on iPhone and iPad.
Free to download · iPhone & iPad · Mac in development
How Rego works
Maps help you discover places.
Maps help you discover places.
Rego helps you remember them.
Ordinary map apps are built for finding what exists — not for keeping what matters to you. Rego is built around one simple loop:
Capture
Save a place in seconds from wherever you are — or whatever you have.
Add context
Your own name, notes and photos — what the place means to you.
Organize
Folders, collections, stars and colors. As much or as little as you like.
Find
By distance, recency, name, search, color or map — whatever you remember.
Go
Navigate there with one tap, using your favorite maps app.
Capture
Save it before you lose it.
However a place finds you, Rego is ready. You never need to know the "correct" address to keep a place.
- Straight from the share sheet.New
Found somewhere in Apple Maps or Google Maps? Tap Share → Open Location in Rego. Done. - Your current location — one tap while you're standing there.
- Search, addresses & coordinates — or simply drop a pin on the map.
- Photos & contacts — use the location inside a geotagged photo, or a contact's address.
- Files from other apps — import KML, KMZ and GPX, including Google My Maps and Google Takeout exports.
Add context
A pin says where.
A pin says where.
Rego remembers why.
A public directory can tell you what a place is. Rego keeps what it means to you — and that's what you'll actually search for later.
- Your own name and free-form notes — "the café with the courtyard", "park at the far gate".
- Photos with captions — attach shots from your library or camera, pick a key photo, and relive them with smooth Photos-style zooming.
- Every place gets a picture.New
No photo? Rego generates a clean map thumbnail of its surroundings automatically.
Organize
Order, without the housekeeping.
There's no "right" taxonomy in Rego — invent your own, or none at all. Organizing later is always allowed.
- Folders and collections — a folder gives a place one home; collections stay freeform, and a place can belong to many (or none).
- Stars and six pin colors — two lightweight markers that cut across everything else. Use color for whatever system you invent.
- A Photos-style browserNew
Pinned shortcuts, your folders and collections, plus built-in smart collections — Recent, Nearby, Favorites, Uncategorized.
Find
Find it by whatever you remember.
Roughly where it is. When you saved it. A word from a note. Its color. Any cue works — that's the whole point.
- Nearby, Recent or A–Z — list rows show live distance and direction, updating as you move.
- Scan the map — standard or satellite, with pins colored your way.
- Search everything — names, notes and photo captions, across your whole library or one collection.
- Browse visuallyNew
A grid of photos and map thumbnails, alongside the classic list.
Tracks
Routes and trails are first-class citizens.
Import GPX tracks and they live in the same library as your places: name them, star them, color them, file them in collections — with length and start point at a glance.
- Load tomorrow's hike tonight — bring in GPX files from anywhere, see length and start point at a glance.
- Navigate to the trailhead — one tap to the start (or end) of any track.
- See yourself out there — your position shows among your saved pins, even offline.
New in Rego 3
Made for iPad. Synced everywhere.
Rego now has a real iPad experience with a Photos-style sidebar — and your whole library syncs privately through iCloud. No account to create, nothing to configure: install Rego on a new device and your places arrive on their own.
The biggest update ever
What's new in Rego 3
Rego 3 is a ground-up rewrite of an app people have trusted with their places for over a decade.
Private iCloud sync
Places, notes, photos, tracks and collections on every device, automatically — stored in your iCloud, not on our servers.
Save from the share sheet
Send places straight from Apple Maps or Google Maps — Rego even untangles Google's opaque short links.
Made for iPad
A true iPad app with a Photos-style sidebar that puts folders, collections and pin colors one tap away.
Import from other map apps
KML, KMZ and GPX — Google My Maps, Google Takeout, Google Earth and the wider GPS ecosystem.
Grid view & map thumbnails
Browse your library visually — and places without a photo get a clean generated map thumbnail instead of a gray box.
Exports that round-trip
A genuinely lossless native format for backup and transfer, plus KMZ, KML and GPX that open in Google Earth, My Maps and GPS apps.
Rego 2 libraries come along
Upgrading migrates your existing library automatically — and old Dropbox backups can be restored right from the Files app.
Rego for Mac
In development: a native Mac app sharing the same private iCloud library as your iPhone and iPad.
Privacy
Private by default. Yours forever.
Rego was designed around a simple idea: your places are personal. Saving a place never publishes anything, anywhere.
No accounts, no ads, no tracking
There's nothing to sign up for. Your library lives on your devices and in your private iCloud — we never see it.
Share deliberately, or not at all
Nothing becomes public as a side effect. Sharing and exporting happen only when you choose them.
Your data is never trapped
Everything can leave Rego whenever you want — lossless native archives, or open KML, KMZ and GPX. That's a promise, not a feature.
How will you use Rego?
One app, a thousand libraries.
Rego doesn't impose categories like "visited" or "want to go". People build their own systems — here are a few favorites.
🧭 Travel planning
Save everything you want to see before a trip, use Rego to get around during it, and add photos and notes after.
🥾 Hiking & backpacking
Preload GPX routes, find nearby trailheads, and keep every swim spot and summit you've earned.
🍜 Local favorites
Restaurants, cafés, shops and parks — plus every recommendation a friend has ever given you.
📓 A geographic journal
A private travelogue of where you've been, told in places, photos and notes instead of posts.
✨ Bucket lists
From the Great Wall to that tiny sushi bar in Tokyo — keep every someday-place in one library.
💼 Field work
Photographers scouting locations, agents tracking properties — a private, location-based working set.
From the App Store
People around the world love Rego.
★★★★★
The best app for bookmarking places
"The only app in which I can move freely and use the features as I like, instead of being forced into a specific workflow. In its feature set, Rego is unique and has become irreplaceable to me."
★★★★★
My traveling bible!
"I wanted an application that would let me privately keep track of the places I've been. Rego has been incredibly simple to use — solid and simple, look no further."
★★★★★
It changed the way I travel
"Absolutely the best waypoint management and database app I have found to date. I can't imagine traveling without it now. Responsive support and frequent updates."
★★★★★
Love this app!
"We go on many day trips and this app is great for remembering that little place with the great food, or the shop that you love. Categorize it however you want."
★★★★★
Indispensable app!
"If you travel or want to keep a note of places you want to see, this is the app for you! Brilliant piece of kit!"
Questions
Good to know
Is Rego free?
Rego is free to download, and you can start saving places right away. An optional upgrade unlocks an unlimited library — see the App Store listing for current pricing. Every core feature works the same for everyone.
Where is my data stored?
On your devices, and in your own private iCloud for sync. There's no Rego account and no Rego server holding your library — and you can export everything at any time.
Can I import my places from Google Maps?
Yes — export them via Google Takeout or Google My Maps and open the KML/KMZ file in Rego. GPX files from GPS apps and devices work too.
I used Rego 2 — what happens to my library?
It comes with you. Upgrading on the same device migrates your library automatically, and old Rego 2 Dropbox backups can be restored directly from the Files app.
Start your library of places today.
Free to download. Private by default. Built to be trusted with your places for the next decade, too.
