# Driftlog: Countries Visited — Auto travel log & photo map

> Automated travel diary logging countries, cities, dates, and photos privately. (iPhone/iPad app by Akira Takashima.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/driftlog-countries-visited/id6785328399 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Akira Takashima](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785328401)
- Category: Travel, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 9 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-07-06
- Data updated: 2026-10-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/driftlog-countries-visited/id6785328399/reviews.md

## What is Driftlog?

Driftlog fills in your travel map by itself.

YOUR OLD TRIPS ARE ALREADY IN YOUR PHOTOS

You do not have to start from today. Tap import once and Driftlog reads the location that is already saved inside your photos, then puts those trips on the map with their dates. Years of travel can appear in a minute.

It reads the location tag on a photo. It never looks at the picture itself.

If the location history your phone used to keep is gone, this is the thing to try. Your photos usually still remember where you were.

AND IT KEEPS GOING FROM TODAY

Turn on location once and leave it. Driftlog records the countries, cities and regions you pass through while it sits closed in the background. No check-ins. No writing anything down. Open it after six months and the map has been filling itself in the whole time.

WHAT YOU GET

- A world map that colors itself in, country by country
- A passport with a landmark stamp for every country you have visited
- A timeline by year, down to the cities you stayed in and the dates
- Memories: where you were on this day a year ago, and the year before that
- A welcome back recap when you get home
- Trip and year cards you can share

WHAT IT COSTS

Free to download.

Free forever, for everyone: the world map, the passport stamps, your country count, the timeline.

Free in full: your home country. Every region, city, stay date and linked photo, without paying anything.

Free abroad: your first foreign country, in full. That is the oldest one in your history.

From the second foreign country onward, the details (dates, cities, notes, photos) open with one purchase. The price is shown on this page. You pay once. No subscription, no ads, no account.

WHAT LEAVES YOUR PHONE

Your records stay on the device. There is no account and no server behind this app. No ads, no tracking, and the App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected.

Place-name lookups do go out, and it is worth saying plainly. To turn coordinates into a name like "Lisbon, Portugal", the coordinates are sent to Apple's map service, and when you type a city name to add a trip by hand, that name is sent to find where it is. That is all that is sent. Not your history, not your photos.

BEFORE YOU START

Automatic recording needs Location set to Always, with Precise Location on. Nothing is recorded while your phone is off. Without a data connection (roaming off, for example), Driftlog still notes the country you arrive in, except near borders, and adds the city name once you are back online.

The photo import only sees photos that carry a location. Photos taken with camera location switched off are invisible to it. You can add a location to them later in the Photos app: select them, tap the info button, then Add Location, and run the import again. The import also needs Photos access set to All Photos. On Selected Photos it only looks at the ones you picked.

A place counts as a trip when it has 3 or more photos on one day, or photos spanning 2 or more days and at least 6 hours apart, so a late-night landing plus a photo after midnight is not counted as an overnight stay. Shorter stops are treated as layovers and left out.

Your home area is excluded by default, inside a radius you can change in settings.

iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later. Portrait only. Made by one person.

Wander. It logs the rest.

## Key features

- Automatic country and city logging
- Hands-free travel diary
- Trip photos linked automatically
- Visual map of visited locations
- Year-by-year travel timeline
- Private, on-device storage

## Recent user reviews (9 of 9)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/driftlog-countries-visited/id6785328399/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 面白い

*2026-10-01*

放浪が好きなそこのあなた！今すぐインストール！
何もしなくても勝手に位置情報をアプリで読み取り記録してくれます、旅行のお供に最適です。
常に見ることもありませんしふと思い返した時にアレどこだったかな...?がスグにわかります。

さあ入れるだけ！この"旅の思い出"のバックアップを取りませんか？

### 5/5 — これからの旅行が楽しみ

*2026-09-07*

写真を読み込むと旅のヒストリーが立ち上がって感動しました

### 5/5 — 使いやすい！

*2026-09-07*

旅の記録が出てくるので良い

### 3/5 — 過去の記録を手動入力したい

*2026-08-26*

過去に行った20カ国の記録が残せない

### 4/5 — 航空券も記録したい

*2026-08-17*

こんなアプリ待ってました！良いですね！

課金しました

航空券のQRを読み込ませたら、日付や便目が日記に残せると嬉しいです
アップデートに期待します

**Developer response:** misajaさん、レビューとご購入をありがとうございます。
「こんなアプリ待ってました」の一言が、いちばんの励みになりました。

航空券のQRから日付や便名を残す、というご提案、とても良いですね。
大切な要望として受け取りました。今後のアップデートで検討させてください。

それまでの間は、「旅を手動で追加」のメモ欄に便名を書いておくと、
日記にも一緒に表示されます。よろしければお試しください。

これからもよろしくお願いします。

### 4/5 — 位置情報の記録がされない時がある

*2026-08-06*

SNSで拝見し、インストールおよび購入しました。位置情報は常時許可していますが、どのような条件、タイミングで更新されているのかわからず、滞在した都市が追加されていませんでした。
今後のアップデートに大いに期待しています！

**Developer response:** ご利用ありがとうございます。都市が追加されない件、考えられる原因をお伝えします。

自動記録は、iPhoneが大きく移動したと判断したときだけ位置を記録する仕組みです。同じ市内での移動や、電源が入っていない間、電波の届かない場所では点が残らず、その都市が出てこないことがあります。写真からの取り込みは、位置情報が付いた写真だけが対象です。写真のアクセスが「一部の写真」だと、選んだ写真しか読み取れません。ふだんの生活圏（自宅の周辺）は、初期設定では取り込みません。

設定＞プライバシーとセキュリティ＞位置情報サービスで「常に」と「正確な位置情報：オン」、写真は「すべての写真へのアクセス」をご確認ください。

8月10日公開の1.1.0で、国の判定精度を大幅に向上しました。それでも抜ける都市が残る場合は、サポートページの問い合わせ先から日付と都市名をお知らせください。個別に確認します。

### 3/5 — いいなと思ったけど

*2026-08-04*

プレミアム課金しました
自動でずらりと出てきて、これいいな！って思ったけど、読み込まない都市が多すぎる
何度も行っている他県も行ったことになってません
県どころか海外では国も反映されていません(もちろん位置情報が入った画像はあります)

年表から手動で追加も出来るけど、途方もない作業になるので、それをするならこのアプリじゃなくていいので、もう少し精度が上がってほしいな
都市は反映されなくても、せめて国と県までは反映されてほしいなぁ

今後のアプデに期待しています

**Developer response:** ご購入と、これだけ詳しいご報告をありがとうございます。

原因が特定できました。写真から旅を作るとき、アプリ側が
・写真が数枚だけの国や日帰りの旅を「証拠が薄い」と判断して除外する
・海沿いや島など、座標から国を判定できなかった写真を捨てる
という処理をしており、しかもそれを画面に出していませんでした。
位置情報があるのに反映されないのは、精度ではなくこれが原因です。

まず県名が入らない不具合は、次の更新で自動的に直ります。
続いて「捨てた候補を隠さず表示して、その場で追加できる」形に変更し、
国の判定も取りこぼさないよう直します。

年表から手で入れ直す前に、更新をお待ちいただけると嬉しいです。
気づけていなかった問題でした。ありがとうございました。

### 5/5 — 煩わしくない

*2026-07-12*

何もする必要が無いので、楽ちん！旅行から帰ったら改めて書き出す。

### 5/5 — 使ってみた感想

*2026-07-10*

YouTubeで見て、リリースしたとのことでインストールしました。これで旅をしてみたらかなり使いやすかったです。おすすめです！！！

**Developer response:** うれしいご感想をありがとうございます。返信が遅くなり失礼しました。

あれから、国の判定、旅フォルダの書き出し、写真の重複整理などを直して1.1.0まで更新しています。お気づきの点があれば、サポートページの問い合わせ先からいつでもお寄せください。これからの旅も、開かないうちに残っていきますように。

## Frequently asked questions about Driftlog

### How does Driftlog automatically track my travels?

Driftlog utilizes location access to record every country and city you visit. This happens automatically in the background, even when the app is closed, ensuring your journey is logged without manual input.

### Is Driftlog free to use?

Driftlog is free to try, with your first country always visible. A single, one-time purchase unlocks all features permanently, with no subscription required.

### Does Driftlog have ads?

No, Driftlog is designed to be private and ad-free. The app explicitly states 'no ads' and emphasizes that everything stays on your device.

### What devices does Driftlog support?

Driftlog is available for iPhone and iPad, offering a seamless experience across Apple devices.

### How often is Driftlog updated?

The latest version is 1.0.4, released on July 16, 2026. This indicates a recent update, suggesting ongoing development and support.

### What is the age rating for Driftlog?

Driftlog has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users, including younger travelers and families.

### Can I link photos to my trips in Driftlog?

Yes, Driftlog automatically links your trip photos to your journey. This feature helps to beautifully organize your travels and recall memories associated with specific places and dates.

### How does Driftlog ensure privacy?

Driftlog is private by design, with no account required and all data stored locally on your device. It does not use servers and is ad-free, ensuring your travel information remains confidential.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.2 — 2026-09-28

• Fixed day counts for places you visited twice. If you left a city and came back, the days in between were counted as a stay; now only the days you were actually there count. Trips whose location history is still on your iPhone are corrected automatically.
• Towns you only drove or flew past no longer count as cities or regions you visited. The app decides from how long you stayed and the photos you took; when it can't tell, the town stays.
• Arriving in a new country is now recorded even without a data connection, for example with roaming off (except near borders and a few other places). City names are added once you're back online.
• Fixed a bug where writing a note in an album could remove cities added to that trip afterwards.
• Fixed “Auto-link photos by date and place” switching itself back on after you turned it off.
• If your records can't be found — for example after moving to a new iPhone — the app now tells you.
• Location-derived data such as your home area is now kept out of device backups, like your trip records (turn on “Include in device backup” to include them).

### 1.7.1 — 2026-09-20

• Fixed a bug where one trip could be recorded as several separate trips.
  Trips already split are merged automatically on launch.
• A bigger map. Zooming and panning are now smooth, and both the world map
  and each country's map open full screen.

### 1.6 — 2026-08-29

Albums — turn a trip into something you can hand to someone.

• Three designs: Film strip, Meridian and Bookmark.
• Two ways to bind it — one tall sheet, or a page a day sized to your screen that you swipe through. Saving gives you the one you chose; there's a second button for both.
• Photos are picked for you: up to three a day, your favourites first, and no near-duplicate bursts. Tap "Choose photos" to change any of it.

Settings are tidier too, with one place to export and fewer switches to think about.

### 1.5 — 2026-08-23

One line inside the app was still saying something the app had already stopped saying everywhere else.

The Recording status screen claimed that the places you record "never reach us or any server." That is the same absolute this app publicly walked back last month, and it sat directly above a sentence explaining that coordinates do go to the maps service. Both cannot be true. It now reads the way the Account screen reads: your records stay on this device, there is no account and no server of ours, and the one thing that goes out is a coordinate, sent to the maps service to come back as a place name.

The App Store page has been rebuilt as well — new screenshots, a new preview — and it is now available in Korean and Spanish.

### 1.4 — 2026-08-22

You can now share straight from the Map and the Timeline.
The poster export used to be buried in Settings. It now opens from the top right of both screens: your filled-in world map with the number of countries, trips and days, as a single image.

Purchases and restores now tell you what happened.
When the connection was unstable, buying or restoring could leave the screen unchanged with no explanation at all. Now it says why. The purchase button also shows that it is working instead of looking unresponsive.

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