Astir beyond the app
Save a place from wherever it finds you.
Turn posts, links, lists, buttons, and widgets into useful place memories—without breaking your flow.
Astir📍Maps◎Instagram♪TikTok▤Notes▦WidgetsFour small superpowers
Astir should be close when a place is worth keeping.
Follow these illustrated walkthroughs, then try the steps on your iPhone. Pause or move one step at a time whenever you need.
01Import from anywhere
Bring the place. Keep the source.
Share a Google Maps place, Instagram post, or TikTok straight to Astir. For a loose list, paste your Notes text and review every place before it is saved.
- Maps, Instagram, or TikTok: open the place or post → Share → Astir
- In Astir: tap Add to Astir → review the match → choose Wanna or Check in
- Notes or text: Add → Import from → Paste one place per line → Review
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Import from
Good places travel.
Google Maps↗
Instagram or TikTok↗
Notes or pasted text✓
STEP 1 / 3Bring a link or a listShare from Maps, Instagram, or TikTok. Paste a list from Notes in Astir.
Illustrative walkthrough · example content
02Your Action Button
Make checking in a physical shortcut.
Assign Astir’s Check-in control to the iPhone Action Button. Once it is configured, a press and hold opens nearby places, ready for the note you want future-you to remember.
- Open iPhone Settings → Action Button
- Swipe through the choices until Controls is centered
- Tap Choose a Control → search Astir → select Check-in
- Confirm the Controls screen says Check-in—Settings saves it automatically
- Press and hold the Action Button → choose the nearby place → finish the Check-in
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iPhone Settings
A shortcut you can feel.
Action Button↗
Controls✓
Choose a Control↗
STEP 1 / 4Open iPhone SettingsChoose Action Button on a supported iPhone, then swipe to Controls.
Illustrative walkthrough · example content
03Home, Lock, and Control Center
Put the right shortcut one tap away.
Add I’m Here Now, Search Astir, Activity Calendar, Nearby Places, or the Check-in Control. Choose the surface and size that match how you use Astir.
- Touch and hold the Home Screen → Edit → Add Widget → search Astir
- Choose Nearby Rich Visit, I’m Here Now, Search, or Activity Calendar
- Control Center or Action Button: add the Astir Check-in Control
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iPhone widgets
A little closer.
STEP 1 / 3Find Astir in the widget galleryTouch and hold the Home Screen, choose Edit, then Add Widget and search Astir.
Illustrative walkthrough · example content
04The Astir share extension
Find it once. Keep it within reach.
In another app, tap Share and choose Astir. If it is hidden, open More, tap Edit, and favorite Astir so it stays in the first row next time.
- In Maps, Safari, Instagram, TikTok, or Notes: tap Share
- If Astir is hidden: More → Edit → add Astir to Favorites
- Next time: Share → Astir → Add to Astir
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iPhone share sheet
Found somewhere else?
STEP 1 / 3Start where you found itTap Share in Maps, Safari, Instagram, TikTok, or Notes.
Illustrative walkthrough · example content
Keep the place, not the friction
Your next save can start anywhere.
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