# Personalized Map Apps Pin Drop's App Lets You Create Custom, Meaningful Maps with Friends By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-08-26 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pin-drop References: [pindropapp](https://www.pindropapp.com/) & [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pin-drop-custom-maps-location/id425356789) The Pin Drop app offers an intuitive way to create [personal, meaningful maps of great places](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-map-club) in your city. The app has been around for a while now, and relaunched in November 2013 with a brand new look. Since then, over 2.5 million pins have been dropped and the app is now being officially introduced to the United States. Unlike Foursquare, the Pin Drop app lets you add video and audio clips to specific places, so that you can attach memories and experiences to them. It's easy to discover pins that have been dropped at nearby locations and the app even lets you browse pinned locations by top curators. Another really neat feature of the app is that you can [collaborate with others to make maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pinmy), meaning that you can start building lists of a city's best bars, restaurants or hangout spots with ease. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.1/10 - Popularity: 13% | Activity: 42% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Personalized Map Apps:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating personalized maps with custom video and audio clips for meaningful experiences and memories. ### Who This Affects Most - **Travel and Tourism:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Enhancing the travel experience by allowing users to create personalized maps of their favorite locations with multimedia features. - **Social Media:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Allowing users to collaborate and create curated lists of places of interest, such as bars, restaurants, and hangout spots. - **Mobile App Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing intuitive and user-friendly map apps that offer unique features, such as attaching memories and experiences to specific locations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Real-Time Social Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-maps.md) - [Personalized Map Markers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/minimap-radar.md) - [Social Trip-Planning Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tripmap.md) - [Community-Driven Public Maps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/happy-face-local-updates.md) - [Map Discovery Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/allinmap.md) - [Social Review Platform Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-ping-app.md) - [Local Event Discovery Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/place-to-be.md) - [Personalized Mobile AI Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pin-ai.md) - [Travel Journal Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-journal-apps.md)