Comparison

Traveler's Note vs JourneyNote

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

Head to head
About

Traveler's Note

Plan your adventures and capture lasting memories with this travel companion. Receive helpful notifications and route guidance to your destination, then easily organize photos into albums or slideshows to relive your experiences.

Highlights
  • Create travel plans
  • Receive destination notifications
  • Route search and guidance
  • Record trip memories with photos
  • Create photo albums (PDF)
  • Create slideshows (MP4)
Features
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Traveler's Note is an app which provides you with travel support to bring more excitement to your trip. Create a travel plan to receive support until you arrive at your destination through notifications and route searches. You can also record memories from your trip in a variety of different ways. [How to use Traveler’s Note] First, create your travel plan. After creating a travel plan, you can receive notifications at designated times and distances from your destination. You can also look up routes to your destination. Arriving at your destination is simple with this app. Register the pictures you took on the trip to record your memories. Posting pictures of your trip on Facebook and Instagram has its benefits, but it can be hard to find old posts from years ago. Memories recorded on Traveler’s Note from years ago can be found with ease. You can also post the memories of your trip from Traveler’s Note onto your social media accounts. You can create a photo album using the pictures you took on your trip (PDF file, A5 square). You can save the photo album you created in a variety of different places and you can also print it out. You can also create a slide show using the pictures you took on your trip (MP4 file). You can save the slide show you created in a variety of different places. You can use Traveler's Note Free for free for 10 days. If you want to use it for more than 11 days, you need to follow the procedure for In-App Purchases(the one time purchase). Or you can extend the free usage period by 3 days by watching a video ad. [Contact us] https://www.studioks.net/en/contact-us/ [Studio K's] https://www.studioks.net/en/

About

JourneyNote

Features
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JourneyNote is an app that automatically creates a map of your trip by simply inputting your travel destinations. You can share the map on SNS with your photo or video, and you can also document all your journeys to display it on a single map of the world. ■Recommended for ◎When sharing a trip on SNS ◎When organizing photos from past trips ◎When planning for future trips ■How to use it ①Enter the destinations of your trip in order ②Select a background image and adjust the transparency ③Add transportations and some text ④Adjust formatting and other options ⑤Save and share! ■Features ◎Automatically create a map with routes and modes of transportation ◎Choose from two sizes of the map: large map or mini map ◎Adjust colors, transparency and scale of the map ◎Adjust opacity of the photo ◎Add a title and a memo as well as adjust the text size. ◎Automatically generate recommended tags and captions for SNSs ◎Easy to share to Instagram stories and feeds ■For questions and requests Please send a DM to JourneyNote's official Twitter and Instagram (@journey_note). We are looking forward to your feedback. ■Development Team We are a group of travel-loving app developers: Whiplus, Sae Nuruki, Misaki Agata, Yuka Nakajima, Yuta Yasuda and Koyuki Shiota ■Credit Part of the geographical database by GeoNames (http://www.geonames.org/) is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Screenshots

Traveler's Note4 screens
JourneyNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JourneyNote at none against Traveler's Note's 1. JourneyNote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence 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. Traveler's Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JourneyNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Traveler's Note ships an update every 2 months, JourneyNote every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Traveler's Note versus JourneyNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraveler's NoteJourneyNote
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNAOAKI SEKIGUCHIHui Wang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Traveler's Note

One-time1
  • Traveler's Note Pro$1.99
None

JourneyNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Traveler's Note free?
Traveler's Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JourneyNote free?
JourneyNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Traveler's Note or JourneyNote have ads?
Traveler's Note shows ads; JourneyNote does not.
Which is updated more often, Traveler's Note or JourneyNote?
Traveler's Note ships an update every 2 months, and JourneyNote every 6 weeks. Most recently, Traveler's Note was updated on August 13, 2026 and JourneyNote on September 10, 2026.

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