Research on Related Software Systems

We have explored different software systems that are related to our project.

Below you can find the software products that we have found and tables of common and missing features are documented:

Storyspot

This app is very similar to our project. By using Storyspot you can share audio stories about places you have visited and share them with other people or people can find your stories by visiting the location. You can add pictures and description to your stories. There are tags for filtering the content of posts. Here are the common and different features:

Features	Us	Storyspot
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	❌
Comments	✔️	❌
Audio	❌	✔️
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Zehranaz Canfes

StoryPlace

StoryPlace is another alike project to ours. It aims for people to post stories about stores, places, cities, countries etc. But it also allows people to tell stories about themselves, their lives where they live. It also has a feature called Letter. You send a letter to a random person and receive a letter from another random person. Another feature of this app is the bookmarking option. You can bookmark a story. This app also has some features only for PRO(paid) accounts.

Features	Us	StoryPlace
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	❌
Comments	✔️	✔️
Audio	❌	❌ (Only for PRO accounts)
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	✔️
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Mert Alkan

HearHere

HearHere is a great app to listen and the learn the history, culture etc. of a places that one visits. Users can easily find the stories that near them from its map, application also sends notifications when a story is founded next to user’s location. Although it does not allow users to post stories, the UI of the app might be insightful for our project.

Features	Us	HearHere
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	❌
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	❌ (Only Web)
Recommendations	✔️	❌
Comments	✔️	❌ (Only likes)
Audio	❌	✔️
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Ahmet Şentürk

Google Maps

Google Maps is actually known for its map service and navigation service, however it has some features that are similar to our project. It lets us add new places to the map, add pictures for places, make comments on places, rate places, and report inappropriate content. The main difference between places of Google Maps and our project is the fact that Google Maps focuses on 'places', whereas our project focuses on 'stories'.

Features	Us	Google Maps
Location based stories	✔️	❌
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	✔️
Comments	✔️	❌
Audio	❌	❌
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	❌
Notifications	✔️	❌

Ömer Barış Erkek

Snapchat

Snapchat is an app to share moments with friends. You can take photos and record videos. Then, you can write messages on top of videos and pictures. You can share those with your friends and different people. Posts appear on a map depends on where you share the post and you can view people's posts all around the world.

Features	Us	Snapchat
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️ (No Web)
Recommendations	✔️	✔️
Comments	✔️	❌
Audio	❌	✔️
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	✔️
Filtering stories	✔️	❌
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Ahmet Melih Aydoğdu

Instagram

You are probably familiar with Instagram as it is one of the most popular social media platforms as of today. (You probably possess an account as well.) It's mainly a platform where you can post pictures (posts), like other peoples' posts and comment on them. Location services deployed by Instagram has been one of its most commonly used features. You can add location to your posts, your stories and see other photos taken near that location. It also has a tag mechanism. If you click on one of those tags(marked with a hash sign hence the name hashtag), you can see other posts that have that same tag under it. Here are some similar and different features between our app and Instagram:

Features	Us	Instagram
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	✔️
Comments	✔️	✔️
Audio	❌	✔️
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	✔️
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Melih Özcan

History of English Places

History of English Places is an app to discover history of different locations in England. The user can choose a location(village, city, etc.) from the map and see a historical definition of that location. The user is also able to share, bookmark and report the content. For free users, the app does not provide much information. Subscripted users may see detailed information about a place. The app tracks the location of the user and presents information about the nearest 10 places. Searching for a place is also supported in the app. The app is not crowdsourced and far from being social, but the idea of location-based information is similar to our project.

Features	Us	History of English Places
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	❌ (no web)
Recommendations	✔️	✔️
Comments	✔️	❌
Audio	❌	❌
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	❌

Niyazi Ülke

Foursquare

Foursquare is another program that is very similar to our project. It is an app that lets its users check in on places they visited and lets them add short stories about their experience and also add pictures of the place if they want. The main difference may be that our project mostly conveys the nostalgic parts of a place and is more story oriented while foursquare makes travel recommendations on places according to relatively recent experiences.

Features	Us	Foursquare
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	✔️
Comments	✔️	✔️
Audio	❌	❌
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Mustafa Emir Çolak

Steller

Steller is an application where users share their experiences in their locations through stories and pictures. It allows users to discover interesting places to go and interesting things to do around the world. Users can save, like and comment on stories and pictures they find interesting. I likened Steller to our project as there is location based story sharing in both our project and Steller.

Features	Us	Steller
Location based stories	✔️	✔️
Share with people	✔️	✔️
Report inappropriate posts	✔️	✔️
Admins can delete content	✔️	✔️
Pictures	✔️	✔️
Android, Web	✔️	✔️
Recommendations	✔️	❌
Comments	✔️	✔️
Audio	❌	❌
iOS	❌	✔️
Chatting	❌	❌
Filtering stories	✔️	✔️
Notifications	✔️	✔️

Kadir Kalkan