Comparison

Seelog vs The Puzzle Map

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic travel statistics
  • Tracks countries, cities, regions
  • Map visualization of visited places
  • No manual input required
  • Data stays on device
Features
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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.

About

The Puzzle Map

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Seelog4 screens
The Puzzle Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Seelog versus The Puzzle Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeelogThe Puzzle Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatus TomleinVincent Pommaz

In-app purchases

None

Seelog

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Puzzle Map

One-time1
  • Puzzle Map Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Seelog free?
Seelog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Puzzle Map free?
The Puzzle Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seelog or The Puzzle Map have ads?
Neither Seelog nor The Puzzle Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seelog or The Puzzle Map?
Seelog ships an update every 19 months, and The Puzzle Map every 2 weeks. Most recently, Seelog was updated on November 2, 2026 and The Puzzle Map on October 30, 2026.

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