Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Whimso – preference based place search engine launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

2. 2IM
   Interactive Maps for IoT Search Engine Shodan▲8

   2015 · maps.shodan.io · its alternatives →

3. 3UV
   Unisearch – vector based search engine that search across languages▲5

   2021 · unisearch.cloud · its alternatives →

4. 4AT
   A tool to personalize pages with geolocational data in pure HTML▲9

   2015 · targetingmonkey.com · its alternatives →

5. 5SE
   Search Explorer – A new kind of WMT-based SEO tool, needs alpha testers▲9

   2015 · searchexplorer.com · its alternatives →

6. 6PC
   Privacy conscious, discovery focused search engine – Whize (Alpha)▲6

   2020 · alpha.whize.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PHIND▲20

   Visual search and discovery for places.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   GeoVisual Search▲3

   A Machine Learning based Geovisual Search

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9TL
   the local web - URLs with a location boundary - description in comments▲5

   2016 · localweb.is · its alternatives →

10. 10JB
    jQuery Birdseye, a plugin for moving-map search▲6

    2012 · ada.mbecker.cc · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Comparea, a tool to compare the area of two geographic features▲7

    2014 · comparea.org · its alternatives →

12. 12AL
    A location bookmarking tool I built (would love some feedback)▲6

    2017 · pinmark.io · its alternatives →

13. 13AM
    A map that fetches stereotypes about foreigners from Google suggestions▲6

    2016 · stereotypemap.info · its alternatives →

14. 14BF
    Bookmark for places▲8

    2018 · wandermarks.com · its alternatives →

15. 15TS
    The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool▲9

    2021 · thesocialsearchengine.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Omnity▲3

    Next-generation semantic search engine

    2016 · omnity.io · its alternatives →

17. 17AS
    A simple geolocation API▲5

    2017 · hatuko.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Js-geolocation, a free client-side geoip service▲5

    2016 · gpanther.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19EA
    Entfer – a search engine that lets you control the ranking of sites▲5

    2022 · entfer.com · its alternatives →

20. 20DS
    Desktop Search Powered by Elasticsearch▲6

    2022 · alexmarquardt.com · its alternatives →

21. 21FN
    FitDishes - nutrition-oriented local search▲5

    2013 · fitdishes.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LiftIgniter▲6

    Machine learning recommendation and discovery

    2016 · paradium.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23IW
    I wrote a search engine + aggregator for WordPress sites▲5

    2011 · presstags.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SE
    Search Engine for Family Activities▲5

    2023 · twkids.app · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →