Comparison

mapMyTrips vs World Map

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

mapMyTrips

Transforms your social media posts into a visual travel map. Automatically plots your tagged locations and allows you to customize, save, and share your journey with friends.

Highlights
  • Create travel maps from social media
  • Plot tagged locations automatically
  • Delete unwanted places
  • Save and share travel maps
  • Visualize your journeys
Features
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With mapMyTrips you can turn your social media accounts into a beautiful map. mapMyTrips takes your tagged places from your social accounts and builds a beautiful travel map for you. You can delete unwanted places, save and share your map with your friends. Enjoy!

About

World Map

This app functions as a personal travel atlas, allowing users to mark countries they've visited, lived in, or wish to visit on an interactive world map. It also tracks cities, dates, and can import data from photo metadata to build a comprehensive travel history.

Highlights
  • Interactive world map
  • Track visited, lived, and bucket list countries
  • Log cities and dates
  • Import travel data from photos
  • Travel statistics and timeline
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Visited Countries turns your iPhone/iPad into a personal travel atlas. Tap any country on the world map to record where you've been, where you've lived, and where you dream of going next. KEY FEATURES - Interactive World Map: Pan, zoom, and explore your travels on a beautiful, responsive map. Every country you've visited glows with your chosen color. - Three Visit Types: Mark countries as Visited, Lived In, or Want to Visit. See your life's journey and your bucket list side by side. - City & Date Tracking: Go deeper than just countries. Log the cities you explored, the dates you were there, and let the app build your full travel history automatically. - Import from Photos: Already have years of travel photos? Visited Countries scans your photo library's location metadata to discover countries and cities you've been to - instantly populating your map. - Travel Stats & Timeline: See your total country count, a timeline of every trip, and browse city photos from your destinations. Perfect for sharing your travel story. - Word Cloud: A visual snapshot of all the places you've been, rendered as a beautiful word cloud. - Home Screen Widgets: Glance at your visited, lived, and bucket-list counts without opening the app. - Custom Map Colors: Personalize the color of each visit type so your map looks exactly the way you want. - iCloud Sync: Your travel data syncs seamlessly across all your iPhone and iPad devices. - Offline Ready: Country identification works without an internet connection. SHARE YOUR TRAVELS - Screenshot your map or share a summary card with your country count and travel stats. Show the world where you've been. --- Privacy Policy: https://federicoramos.com.ar/visited-countries/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

mapMyTrips1 screens
World Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: mapMyTrips at 100% against World Map's 39%. mapMyTrips also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). World Map's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. World Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mapMyTrips asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mapMyTrips holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Map has 51 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of mapMyTrips's written reviews are positive against 39% of World Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mapMyTrips ships an update every 2 months, World Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
mapMyTrips versus World Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermapMyTripsWorld Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better38.9% of reviews
Number of ratings251 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplitomFederico German Ramos

Customer experience

mapMyTrips

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

World Map

All ratings51 ratings
Positive74.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive38.9%
Neutral27.8%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

mapMyTrips

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

World Map

One-time1
  • Plus$5.99

Questions

Is mapMyTrips free?
mapMyTrips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is World Map free?
World Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mapMyTrips or World Map?
mapMyTrips is rated higher. mapMyTrips averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while World Map averages 4.1 from 51 ratings.
Do mapMyTrips or World Map have ads?
Neither mapMyTrips nor World Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mapMyTrips or World Map?
mapMyTrips ships an update every 2 months, and World Map every 3 weeks. Most recently, mapMyTrips was updated on September 18, 2026 and World Map on September 30, 2026.

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