Compare for Google Maps

Stop opening dozens of browser tabs just to pick a place. Compare for Google Maps lets you compare restaurants, hotels, attractions, local service providers and more side-by-side in a clean, unified matrix. Whether you're planning a weekend trip, choosing a dinner spot with friends, or researching local contractors, Compare for Google Maps eliminates tab overload and helps you make confident decisions faster. Key Features: • Side-by-Side Comparison Matrix: Compare images, star ratings, review counts, full addresses, open hours, price levels, website links, and contact details in a single view. • Instant AI Review Summaries: Powered by Google Gemini, get quick pros, cons, and community consensus across multiple reviews without reading through hundreds of comments. • Bookings and Reservations: Book a hotel stay, reserve a restaurant, or order food directly from links within the comparison matrix. • 1-Click Map Panning: Click any location in your matrix to instantly pan and refocus Google Maps right onto that place. • Dual View Modes: Use it as a quick dropdown popup or open it in Chrome’s Side Panel to keep your comparison matrix visible while browsing. • Dark & Light Mode: Seamlessly match your browser preference for comfortable day or night browsing. • Multi-Domain Support: Works across international Google Maps domains (google.com, google.ca, google.co.uk, and more). How It Works: 1. Search for places on Google Maps as you normally do. 2. Open the extension in the sidebar or popup mode and Click Add Current Place to Compare 3. Search and add additional places to the comparison matrix. 3. Evaluate options side-by-side with an AI review digest. Built for Privacy: Compare for Google Maps operates locally in your browser. Your searches, saved locations, and browsing history are never sold, tracked, or stored on external servers. What's New: Version 1.4.0 (Current Release) -Cleaned Non-Dining & Retail AI Review Digests: Completely eliminated false dining terminology ("Cuisine", "flavorful meals") from non-food businesses like Furniture Stores, Home Goods, Pet Clinics, Healthcare, and Auto Repair. Scraped review chips now strictly filter out Google Maps search filters ("Price", "Rating", "Cuisine"). -Retail & Showroom Domain Support: Tailored review synthesis for furniture and retail stores (highlighting showroom displays, delivery timelines, assembly, and sales staff while removing inappropriate "advance booking / call ahead" suggestions). -Interactive AI Generation Splash Screen: Replaced instantaneous / flash loads with a rich, animated loading splash card in the comparison matrix with a progress indicator and real-time step status ("Analyzing reviews & sentiment for Veterinarian..."). -Google Maps UI Clutter Filtering in Review Mentions: Scraped keywords now strictly blacklist top-level Google Maps navigation categories and filter buttons. Version 1.3.0 -Interactive Section Filters: Added filter chips at the top of the comparison matrix to toggle visibility of comparison rows (AI Review Digest, Reservations / Tickets, Hotel Stay / Rates, Order Online, Website, Hours, Rating, Price, Amenities, Photos). -Hotel Stay & Room Rates Integration: Dedicated "Book a Stay / Rates" action linking directly to Google Maps hotel booking & rates module with real-time price badge extraction (e.g., "$180/night"). -Dedicated Booking & Reservation Links: Direct links for table reservations, appointments, and event tickets scraped from place listings. -Online Ordering Links: Direct action buttons to "Order Online" via delivery providers and Google Maps food ordering. -Official Website Integration: Prominent quick-links to verified place websites with clean, formatted domain badges. -Photo Thumbnails & Gallery Navigation: Added place photo thumbnails with image counts and one-click navigation to the place's Google Maps photo gallery. -Direct Hours Expansion ("See more hours"): Clicking "See more hours" in the matrix automatically focuses the place and expands the full 7-day schedule directly in Google Maps. -Split AI Review Digest: AI summaries now present distinct, structured "Positive Review Trends" and "Critical / Watch-Out Trends" sections. -Zero-Review State Handling: Accurately detects and handles unrated spots or places without reviews ("No reviews yet"), preventing hallucinated AI summaries. -Cross-Browser Amenity Scraping: Enhanced amenity parsing across Chrome and Edge with universal DOM selectors and category-aware default amenity fallbacks. -Glyph & Text Cleansing (Tofu/Box Fixes): Sanitized scraped labels (including booking buttons and amenity badges) by stripping private-use unicode glyphs, missing icon font characters, and leading symbols to eliminate rectangle/tofu rendering artifacts. -Graceful Quota & Offline Resilience: Built-in intelligent heuristic fallback for AI summaries when Gemini API rate limits or quota boundaries are reached. Version 1.2.0 Added Dual Display Mode: Toggle seamlessly between Chrome Side Panel and compact Dropdown Popup. Added support for all international Google Maps domains (google.ca, google.com, google.co.uk, etc.). Improved text sanitization to eliminate Unicode Private Use Area glyphs and sponsored prefixes. Added place-click navigation with automatic centering on the Google Maps canvas. Version 1.1.0 Introduced Dark Mode support with persistence. Added Gemini 2.5 Flash server-side review synthesis and client-side fallback. Added Free Tier limit enforcement (2 places max) with graceful UI state handling. --- Version 1.0.0 Initial release of Compare for Google Maps Chrome Extension (Manifest V3). Side-by-side comparison matrix for ratings, address, price, and category.