Comparison

Step vs Spot Logger

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

Head to head
About

Step

Discover and share your favorite places globally. Create a personalized world map with recommendations from friends and trusted curators. Easily find new experiences based on categories like food, culture, and accommodation.

Highlights
  • Save and share favorite places
  • Personalized world map creation
  • Add photos and comments to places
  • Follow friends and curators
  • Filter map by categories
  • Community feed for updates
Features
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Save every place you find on TikTok, Instagram and Google Maps to one map you'll actually use. You screenshot the restaurant. You save the Reels. You paste the address into your notes. Then the trip comes around and it's all gone. Step fixes that. Share a post to Step and the places land on your map, tagged and sorted by city, waiting for you when you get there. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE TikTok. Instagram posts and Reels. Google Maps links. Screenshots. Even the running list in your Notes app. Send it to Step and we pull the place, the address and the details. No copy-pasting, nothing lost. BUILT AROUND CITIES Your saves organise themselves by city automatically. Land in Lisbon, open Step, see every place you've been collecting for months. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE, NOT ALGORITHMS Follow friends and Step's Culture Curators, a network of writers, chefs, designers and travellers who publish guides to the cities they know best. Build a personally curated map of the world, populated by the people you love, respect, and admire. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT Step is designed like a magazine, not a directory. Clean typography, real editorial, none of the review-farm noise. WHAT PEOPLE USE STEP FOR - Collecting places from social media before a trip - Rescuing a years-old list of recommendations out of Notes - Keeping a running map of their own city - Sharing a list of recommendations with a friend in one link - Following creators they trust instead of trawling review sites Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spot Logger

Features
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Save the places worth remembering. Take a photo and Spot Logger pins the exact spot — GPS, city, and country, automatically. Add a title, notes, and tags, and find any place again in seconds. Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking. A real camera, built in Full-resolution capture (up to 48 MP), lens switching (0.5× / 1× / 2× / 5×), pinch zoom, and flash. Camera Roll copies keep full quality, EXIF, and GPS — just like Apple's camera. Or import a photo you already took and the location is read for you. Capture in seconds Automatic GPS tagging · place names for free · your own title, notes, and tags · adjust the pin by hand if it's off. Organize your way Your own categories and tags · grid, list, and live map views · group by country and city or newest-first multi-select to tidy up. Find anything Search by keyword, tag, city, or country · combine tags to narrow down · open any spot in Apple Maps or Google Maps. Share in a tap Photo, notes, place name, and both Apple + Google Maps links — by Messages, Mail, or anywhere. Private by design Fully offline. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your spots ride along with your normal iCloud or computer backup, plus an optional portable export. Free to try — save up to 10 spots. Unlock unlimited forever with one purchase. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Step4 screens
Spot Logger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Step at every 2 weeks against Spot Logger's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Step sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Spot Logger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step ships an update every 2 weeks, Spot Logger every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Step versus Spot Logger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepSpot Logger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (232 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings232 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStep Digital Holdings LimitedJonathan Parkins

Bugs and requests

Step

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Locations not registering in certain cities
  • Frequent errors, content not loading
  • Profile and login issues
  • Subscription charges not visible, hard to cancel

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to add their own places
  • Ability to separate places visited vs want to go
  • Option to create custom categories
  • Search by city to find local users

Spot Logger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Step

Subscriptions4
  • Step Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Step Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Step Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Step Premium Annual$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Spot Logger

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited Logging$0.99

Questions

Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spot Logger free?
Spot Logger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step or Spot Logger have ads?
Neither Step nor Spot Logger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step or Spot Logger?
Step ships an update every 2 weeks, and Spot Logger every 2 months. Most recently, Step was updated on October 24, 2026 and Spot Logger on October 9, 2026.

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