Topo App

A nearby stream of posts A new way to talk with the city

Topo App v1.2 on iPhone

What’s new in v1.2

Let what you notice lead to the next local discovery.

Save, answer, and ask. Topo v1.2 turns what you notice in town into your own record and a path to what you want to know next.

My Memo

Add your perspective to an existing local card and build your own record.

Music Memo

Save a song that catches your attention at the place where you heard it.

Questions from Scouter

Answer a quick question on a card and give Scouter a clue for observing the city.

Ask Scouter to Observe

Scouter looks for what is happening in town around your interests and delivers it as a card.

Browse Topo support

What is Topo

See what is happening here, right now, just as it is.

Topo is a city app that reflects the “now” around you through posts from people. Browse changes that never make a map or news story through a beautiful interface. No following, greetings, or comments are required. You can feel the presence of other people without being bound by social relationships, and enjoy your connection with the city at your own pace.

Features

With Topo, a dialogue with the city is this simple

Topo map interface

See what is happening in the city as cards

Simply open Topo to see changes around you on a heatmap. Move the map to find cards for any place you want to explore.

Topo My Memo screen

Leave your own record in the city

Save “I want to go next time” on an event that interests you, or add what you felt at a place you visited. Add your own point of view to information already in the city and build a record with ease.

Topo Scouter observation screen

Ask Scouter to look for what is happening in town around your interests

When you ask Scouter to observe a city, it begins with clues from what you have posted in Topo and delivers a city card.

Topo public card screen

Publish a card within 500m for three days

Posts are public within 500 meters for three days, then become cards only you can see. Even if you usually only read social media, you can share without the pressure.

Topo Music Memo screen

Save photos, video, and music as cards

Record changes in the city from your own point of view. With Topo, use the camera or Shazam to save photos, video, and music as cards right away.

Reels

Explore Topo’s useful features in short reels

Introducing the highlights of Topo v1.2

Topo sees the huge flow of changes in news from a city as its “vital signs” and matches them with your activity in that place.

Nearby “now” flows in

Topo is an iOS app for recording and sharing scenes from the city as cards with photos. See what is happening nearby at a glance.

Remove the stress of writing

It takes just four taps after taking a photo on your phone. Apple Intelligence turns the atmosphere of the moment into words and keeps the place, photo, and feeling in one card.

AI finds words that fit and completes the card

When you want to save a moment from a walk through town, take a photo and choose how you feel. Topo can turn it into a card with words that fit the moment.

Connect with the world beyond language

Topo automatically translates public cards written in Japanese into English and Traditional Chinese, so your point of view can reach travelers from around the world.

Get Topo

Open the city’s “now” in Topo.