Seelog vs The Puzzle Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seelog
Automatically generates travel statistics from your geotagged photos. It tracks visited countries, cities, and regions, displaying them on maps without requiring manual input or data sharing.
- Automatic travel statistics
- Tracks countries, cities, regions
- Map visualization of visited places
- No manual input required
- Data stays on device
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Seelog reports statistics about your travels and the places that you’ve seen. It uses geotagged photos from your photo library to calculate statistics and doesn’t require any manual input or tracking. It lets you: - Keep track of the countries, cities, regions, continents, and timezones that you visited. - Inspect the places you visited highlighted on maps. - Explore your travel statistics accumulated over the years or on a yearly basis. Seelog never sends any information or photos from your library away from your phone. All the statistics are computed and stay on your phone.
The Puzzle Map
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Watch your travels take shape, one discovery at a time. Puzzle Map turns your journeys into visible progress on an interactive map. Enable location tracking to reveal the cities and areas you travel through, revisit your discoveries, and grow your explorer profile. YOUR PERSONAL MAP Trips, weekends away, and everyday journeys: see where you have been and what is still waiting to be explored. Distinguish areas unlocked by GPS, manual edits, Photo Import, or shared maps. REDISCOVER PAST TRIPS Photo Import uses GPS metadata from your photo library to find places you have already visited. Choose a date range, review the results, and add your discoveries to your map. FINE-TUNE YOUR PROGRESS Use Edit Mode to add or remove areas manually. Select multiple pieces with the lasso or line tool, check the preview, and confirm your changes. Larger selections include loading progress and automatic retries after temporary interruptions. KEEP EXPLORING Earn XP, level up, and unlock badges. View dedicated statistics for the cities, countries, and continents you have explored. CHOOSE YOUR TRACKING MODE Battery Saver, Balanced, and Intensive modes let you adapt location tracking to your needs. Automatic Intensive Mode can increase tracking precision when you are moving quickly. Check your stats in widgets and follow an intensive session with a Live Activity. CUSTOMIZE AND SHARE Use Xray Mode, detailed outlines, country view, and city search. Share your map with friends and family and explore their discoveries. PREMIUM Puzzle Map Premium is an in-app purchase that unlocks all continents, Photo Import, Edit Mode, Xray Mode, city search, and shared maps. Photo Import and map sharing require a signed-in account and synchronized Premium status. ACCOUNT AND PRIVACY You can start without an account and keep your progress locally. Sign in if you want to sync your progress across your devices. Cloud sync is optional. Map features and place identification may communicate with our services, including sending geographic coordinates. Photo Import reads the dates and GPS coordinates needed for analysis; images from your photo library are not uploaded. Every discovery adds another piece to your story.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seelog at none against The Puzzle Map's 1. The Puzzle Map's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 19 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. The Puzzle Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Seelog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Seelog ships an update every 19 months, The Puzzle Map every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seelog | The Puzzle Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matus Tomlein | Vincent Pommaz |
In-app purchases
Seelog
No in-app purchases
The Puzzle Map
- Puzzle Map Premium$5.99









