Share a Food List as a Picture With Mosey

You can share a food list as a picture in Mosey. Open a public list, choose Share as image, pick a story or post size, and the app draws a card with the list name and its first seven places, numbered, each with its photo where there is one. Send the picture to a group chat, or copy the link instead.

How do you share a food list as a picture?

Open the list and tap the share button. The share sheet offers a row of people you can send it to, then Copy link, Share as image and More. Choose Share as image and the app builds the card. At the top you pick a format, Story for a tall screen or Post for a square feed, and below it are three buttons: Share image, Copy link and Share on social media.

If you only want a copy for yourself, the image can be saved to your photos. The app asks for photo access the first time, and if you have said no it explains where to change that in Settings.

What is on the list card?

The card is a clean, cream-colored picture. The list's name leads, with a small label that reads "Mosey List." Under it come up to seven places, numbered one to seven, each with its own public photo when it has one. If the list is longer, a line at the bottom says how many more there are. When every place is in the same town, the town appears beside the count.

If the list has a public curator, a line reads "Curated by" followed by the name. Nothing on the card comes from anywhere except the list itself, so what your friend sees is exactly the public face of the list.

What happens with a list that is not public?

A list that is not public has no picture card. The card is made from the public face of a list, so it offers only the link, and the person you send it to can open it only if they are on the list. If you want a picture of such a list, you would have to make it public first, which the app asks you to confirm.

This is a feature, not a limit. Lists kept private are for planning a surprise, a date or a trip, and nobody should be able to turn one into an image by accident.

When should you copy the link instead?

Send the picture when you want a quick glance, such as in a group chat where people will read it on the way to dinner. Send the link when you want people to open the list, add notes or save it. A picture cannot be edited, but a link leads to the living list, and anyone with an invite link can join a shared list as a collaborator, even if they are not on Mosey yet.

The picture carries a link back to the list too, so a friend who likes what they see can tap through. A single rating can be shared the same way, as described in sharing a restaurant rating as a picture.

Why are the places numbered?

Because a list is often an order. The first place is the one you would send a friend to first, and numbers make that readable in a picture. You can reorder a list by long pressing and dragging, or sort it by highest rated or by date added, before you share. A good card usually has a clear first place, a mix of moods and a name that says what the list is for.

When is a picture better than a message?

When the list is the point of the conversation. A group planning a weekend (see the 48 hour food weekend plan), a family deciding where to eat on a visit or a friend who just moved to town all benefit from a card they can see without opening anything. A picture also survives a screenshot, a forward and a post to a feed, and the numbers keep the order intact wherever it lands. A plain message with five names tends to lose the order and the photos.

What should the first place on the card be?

The one you would send a friend to first. People read the top of a card hard and the bottom lightly, so lead with the place that best sums up the list. If the list is for a mood, such as a rainy Sunday, put the coziest place first. If it is for a trip, lead with the stop you would not skip. Reorder before you share, because the card follows the list.

What makes a list worth sharing?

Keep it short and specific. "Five places for a rainy Sunday" beats "My favorites." Add a note to each place, since the card shows the places and the list holds the reasons. A list built from your own ratings, using the turn rated places into a list guide, starts with places you have really been to, which is what makes a recommendation trustworthy.

If you are building a list for a group, the guide to building a food list with friends covers who can add to it.

How does sharing a list help local places?

A list that reaches ten friends does what an advertisement would, and it costs the place nothing. Mosey is free for a place to list, has no hidden fees and keeps its tools affordable, so a picture of your favorite places is a free kind of supporting local. The lists feature page explains the privacy choices, and the US food guides have more ideas.

Open a list in the Mosey app, tap Share as image and send the card to the friend who always asks where to eat.