# Mapling: Location History Map — Auto-log the places you visit

> Auto-log the places you visit (iPhone/iPad app by Materialchain.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mapling-location-history-map/id6794524903 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Materialchain](https://appshunter.io/developer/6783120264)
- Category: Lifestyle, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-10-21
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Mapling?

Never wonder "where was I yesterday?" again.
Mapling quietly records the places you visit and the journeys between them, turning everyday life into a private map and timeline. It is free to start.
Coming from Google Maps Timeline? Import your exported file and keep years of history.

AUTOMATIC, NO BUTTONS
Cafés, stations, the office, a day trip. Mapling records each stop and the walk or train ride between them in the background. There is nothing to start or stop.

A MAP THAT GROWS WITH YOU
The places you return to grow on your map, shaped by how often you go and how long you stay.

RELIVE ANY DAY
See where you were, when, and how you got there, with the path you actually walked drawn on the map. Scroll from one day into the next on a single timeline.

FIND ANY PLACE BY GENRE
The Places tab lists everywhere you've been. Filter by food, culture, sports and more, and sort by recent, frequent, visited once or longest stay.

SHARE A DAY WITH FRIENDS ONLY
Invite friends who use Mapling and show them a day, and no one else. Choose who sees each share, and find the shares you receive in the app whenever you like.

TRAVEL JOURNAL, WRITTEN FOR YOU
Every stop on a trip is kept in order, without typing a thing.

MOVE OVER FROM GOOGLE MAPS TIMELINE
Works with exports from your phone and from Google Takeout, old format or new.

ALSO
• Open a day's history from a photo taken there
• Personal rankings saved with your own conditions
• Commute alerts with the train you can still catch and how fast to walk
• Place search using names, categories and official website information
• Correct, add or delete a recorded visit
• Confirm uncertain visits from Apple Watch
• The weather where you spent each day (in Japan, from Japan Meteorological Agency AMeDAS observations)
• Support for iPhone Duo

HEALTH INTEGRATION
When you turn it on in Settings, step counts recorded in the Health app, by Apple Watch above all, are read to tell stays and travel apart more accurately. Only step records are read; nothing is written to Health, and no other data such as heart rate is read.

OPTIONAL AI ASSIST
Only if you turn it on in Settings, an external AI service helps judge where you stayed and how you travelled. It receives clues such as times and travel speed, never coordinates, place names or anything that identifies your account.

PRIVACY AND CONTROL
Your history is private by default. When sharing, you choose who sees it (friends only, or anyone with the link) and the day, places and photos. Location data is never used for advertising or tracking across other companies' apps or websites. Settings let you delete individual records, choose a retention period, export data, erase all recorded data or delete the account.

Only if you turn on usage sharing, app openings, which tabs are used, and technical information about the device, app and OS are sent to TelemetryDeck. It is off unless you turn it on, and can be changed in Settings at any time. No location, place names, history or account information is sent.

Automatic recording requires Always and Precise Location access. To determine travel mode and draw the route you took, movement locations are kept on the device for up to seven days and route coordinates are synced to your account.

## Is Mapling safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Mapling.

## Is Mapling legit?

Mapling: Location History Map appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Mapling is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.3 — 2026-11-05

- Fixed: when iOS started the app while the iPhone was locked, the app could act as if you had signed out, and records were not uploaded.
- Stays you have not answered yet appear on the map as dashed rings. Tap a ring to say where you were. You can turn them off in Settings.
- At the start of each week and month, a notification tells you how many places you went and how many were new.
- After three unanswered stays in a row, the per-stay notifications stop and one evening notification gathers them.
- If the app has not been woken for two days, a notification says recording may have stopped.
- If you have no friends in Mapling yet, sharing a link offers to invite the person you send it to.
- Better stays and travel modes in traffic jams and on long bridges and tunnels.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-11-04

- A new look: a dark ground that lets the map stand out, with an amber accent. If you never chose an appearance, Mapling now starts in dark; switch to Light or Match device in Settings > App and Map Appearance.
- Each day on Timeline now shows its date large.
- iCloud photos that are only kept on the iPhone as smaller copies can now become a place's pin. Settings shows how many places had photos and how many photos were read.
- Once you answer a stay in the app, its notification is cleared from Notification Center.
- The map feels lighter: only the pin whose photo changed is redrawn.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-10-31

- Stays whose place is not settled yet now ask "Was it ...?" on Timeline, so you can answer right there.
- From the second night at the same place, Mapling asks "Is this your home?", also from the notification. One answer settles the long stays there together.
- The app icon shows how many stays from the last 7 days are still waiting for an answer.
- Photos taken at a place now become its pin without reopening the app.
- The notification's "Not here" no longer removes the stay. The button is now "Somewhere else" and opens the screen to choose the place.
- The map's search bar sits in the right place on iPhone Duo.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-29

- Friends: invite friends who use Mapling and share a day with friends only, from the new Friends tab.
- Received: open the shares you have received again at any time from the Friends tab, friends' shares included. The tab shows how many you have not opened yet.
- Photos now open from the button at the top left of Timeline.
- Shared days are marked on the timeline, and every share is managed on one Shared screen.
- The introduction now explains why recording needs "Always" location access, and a guide shows how to fix it in Settings when recording stops.
- Sharing usage data is now optional; switch it in Settings > Usage Analytics at any time.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-26

- Choose where you are from a list of nearby places, from Back Tap or a shortcut, without opening the app. Add "Choose Where You Are" in the Shortcuts app and assign it under Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap.
- Places without a photo you chose now use one you took there during a stay as their pin. Photos are judged on your iPhone only. Turn it off with "Use photos taken at a place as its pin" in Settings.
- The introduction now explains what a pin's size, shape and fading mean.
- Ranking titles have more room.
- Performance improvements.

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