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A birthday gift made from the places you shared

A memory map is a birthday present that costs less than a decent bottle and outlasts everything else they'll be given. Take the places the two of you have actually been — the park you met in, the street you got lost on, the garden you keep going back to — and give each pin the photos and the story behind it. Nobody else can make this one, because nobody else was there. It arrives as a private link, on the day, from wherever you are.

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Every map is a Max map until 31 October 2026

Every map you make is created at the Max tier automatically — no payment, nothing to claim.

What to put on a birthday map

The places the two of you have actually been — where you met, the night that went badly, the one you both still call yours. Cheaper than a present and much harder to throw away.

Where you met: The park, the party, the first week of a job neither of you stayed in. Write down what you actually thought of them that day — it's usually better than the version you both tell people.
The day you got hopelessly lost: Nobody plans one and everybody has one. The wrong turn, the same street three times, the thing you were looking for and never found.
The place that became yours: The bench, the garden, the corner table you always end up at. They'll recognise this pin before they've read a word of it.
The night that went badly: The worst meal either of you has ever had, the plan that collapsed, the weekend it rained on everything. These age better than the good ones.
The day you needed them: Say what they actually did, even if it was only turning up. Most people are never told this, and it's the pin worth taking time over.
Where you were this year: End on something recent — the last place you saw them, or where you'll both be on the day. It makes the map something you add to next year rather than a thing you finished.

See one you can actually open

An example map, made for a best friend's birthday in Rome — nine memories from the day they met to the morning itself. Tap a pin to open the memory behind it; the pins that sit close together in the centre group into a numbered pin until you zoom in.

It only needs to be a sentence per pin.

Start it tonight, add pins as they come back to you, and send the link on the morning.

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