MotoJournal vs Route Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotoJournal
Record your travel adventures with quick journal entries and photos. Automatically log ride details like location, weather, and distance. Share your experiences with friends and family.
- Quickly add entries while riding
- Automatic logging of ride statistics
- Store pictures with entries
- Share entries with friends
- Journal any travel adventure
- View calculated ride statistics
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MotoJournal is inspired by the need to have a simple and fast way to keep a journal while out on long riding trips. You can quickly add journal entries along your route and it won't eat your battery while you are riding. MotoJournal is not meant to be yet another app that you have to remember to keep running while you ride. You can add more detailed notes and information at any time and share your entries with friends and family. MotoJournal automatically shows statistics about your ride that will enhance your journal and are fun to look back on. MotoJournal doesn't just work for motorcycle rides. You can also use it to journal any traveling adventure you would like. Bicycling, mountain biking, driving, boating, and whatever else you can think of. Features: - Quickly add entries as you ride - Automatically populates places of interest, odometer, time/date, location, and weather - Store pictures with journal entries - Add notes at the journal, day, and entry level - Share individual journal entries or the entire journal with friends and family - Read a cleanly formatted journal inside of MotoJournal - View automatically calculated statistics
Route Diary
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Route Diary is the travel companion built for motorcycle riders and road trippers. Whether you are crossing a continent or spending a weekend in the mountains, Route Diary helps you document every moment — and gives you something beautiful to hold in your hands when it is over. Create a trip, log your days, and fill them with entries as you go. At the end of the journey, export a complete PDF diary of everything you experienced, spent, fuelled, and photographed along the way. ENTRY TYPES Fuel Log — Record every fuel stop with volume, cost, and odometer reading. The app calculates your consumption automatically in your preferred unit: L/100km, mpg (US or UK), or km/L. Expense — Track every cost with category, amount, and currency. Supports multiple currencies with live or manual exchange rates, so your expenses always convert back to your main currency. Service — Log maintenance stops and mechanical work with reason, cost, and photo. Stop — Capture points of interest, viewpoints, border crossings, or any moment worth remembering, with a photo and location. Photo — Add standalone photo entries with captions and location data. Journal — Write free-form diary entries for each day of your trip. GPX Track — Import GPS tracks from external navigation devices such as Garmin or TomTom and view them on a map with distance, start, and finish details. MULTI-CURRENCY SUPPORT Set a main currency for the trip and add as many secondary currencies as you need. Exchange rates can be fetched automatically or entered manually. Set a preferred currency for the country you are riding through and it appears first in the list — no need to select it manually for every expense. PDF EXPORT Three export options: PDF with photos, PDF without photos, or a full data export with the PDF plus all photos and GPX files in their original format. The PDF covers every day, every entry, distances, totals, and a photo section — a proper record of the journey. DESIGNED FOR iPhone AND iPad Route Diary works beautifully on both iPhone and iPad with a layout optimised for each device. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account required. No subscriptions. No advertising. Everything is stored on your device and synced privately via your own iCloud account. Face ID protection keeps your trips secure. Available in English, Català, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, and Nederlands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MotoJournal at Free against Route Diary's $5.99. Route Diary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
MotoJournal is free to download; Route Diary costs $5.99 up front. MotoJournal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Route Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MotoJournal | Route Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Salandro | Marcal Casas Cartagena |
In-app purchases
MotoJournal
- Unlimited Journals$4.99
Route Diary
No in-app purchases
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