Comparison

Where Was I? vs Directions

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

Head to head
About

Where Was I?

Record and review your recent location history. This app tracks where you've stopped throughout your day using your iPhone's visit tracking feature. Your data stays private on your device unless you choose to share it as a CSV file.

Highlights
  • Tracks recent location history
  • Records stops during the day
  • Data stays on device
  • Optional CSV export
  • No ads or tracking code
  • Energy efficient
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Where Was I? – Automatic Time & Location Logger Where Was I? is the perfect tool for tradespeople, field service professionals, or anyone who needs an accurate, hands-free log of exactly where they’ve been and how long they were there. Say goodbye to manual timesheets and guesswork. Where Was I? automatically tracks your location in the background, smartly recording only the places you actually spend time. It’s intelligent enough to know the difference between a stop at a job site and a stop at a traffic light. Key Features Smart Background Tracking: Set it and forget it. The app seamlessly logs your stops while you go about your day. Total Location Control: Give locations custom names, adjust their detection radius, or set "ignore" zones (like your home) so you only record what matters. Merge Locations: Combine nearby or overlapping spots into a single detection area. Any historical visits will automatically merge into the new location. Easy Export & Sharing: Need to bill a client or submit a timesheet? Share an individual location visit, or export your entire location history as a CSV file in seconds. Privacy First & Battery Friendly Your Data Stays Yours: Your location history never leaves your device unless you choose to share it. Zero Ads or Trackers: The app contains no advertising or hidden third-party tracking code. Your privacy is assured and completely in your control. Battery Efficient: Visit tracking is highly optimized so it won't drain your battery. (Note: For automatic tracking to function correctly, you will need to grant the app "Always" location permission).

About

Directions

This app simplifies navigation by allowing users to send, receive, and save directions to any location. It enables the creation and sharing of detailed digital guides for events, businesses, and attractions, with or without a traditional address.

Highlights
  • Receive instant trip guides
  • Create and share custom directions
  • Navigate without an address
  • Save favorite locations
  • Share precise location instantly
  • Add directions to websites
Features
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Directions App is your digital destination guide for everything you need for a great trip, in one place. New in this version: Receive entire “Trips”: instant, all-in-one guides to events, businesses, places, tourist attractions, etc. from hotels, travel blogs, tour operators, event organizers and businesses. A “Trip” is a digital guide book with added extras like search and instant navigation to each place. You can also create your own beautiful, easy to use directions to your location. Share them with one tap to make it easy for friends, family or customers to find you - no more explaining! Compatible with everything: recipients can open your directions on any device - there is nothing to download. They will have a button to navigate there with one tap, using any navigation app already installed on their phone. Directions App was designed to make finding unfamiliar places easy. No address? No roads? No problem! Navigating a festival, meeting at a tree by the lake, or finding your car in a large parking lot… all easy with Directions. How can you use it? - Receive directions from any of our partners already using Directions App to make your life easier (hotel concierges, events, trade shows, tour guides, tourist attractions, etc.). They can share entire Collections or Trips with you with multiple locations, sightseeing tips, etc. - Save any place you want to go back to, like your parked car, or a store. It only takes one tap to save, and one tap to navigate back to it later. - Ran out of gas or have a flat tire in the middle of nowhere? Make it easy to find you and get help faster. Share your precise location instantly, with no address or explanation required. - You have a business with a hard to find or changing location? Send your customers beautiful, easy directions they can’t miss. Great for short term rentals, food trucks, realtors, tour guides, tourist attractions, etc.. - You want to let someone know where to meet you or pick you up? Share the exact meeting point with just two taps - they receive a link they can open in their preferred navigation app (or in their Tesla’s built-in navigation) and start navigating to you instantly. - You would like to add instant, universally compatible, one-tap directions to places or entire Trips with multiple places featured on your website (e.g. travel blog, reviews, etc.) with a single link or QR code. - Where was that…? Navigate back to, or create sharable directions to any photo on your phone (requires that the photo has location info saved). - Just been to somewhere nice? Share directions with friends and family to the best things you found on your trip. We love feedback and constantly work on improving Directions. Please share your ideas, use cases, recommendations or anything you wish from the app (Settings --> Feedback). Directions App has no ads, no tracking, no spying.

Screenshots

Where Was I?4 screens
Directions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Directions at Free against Where Was I?'s $5.99. Directions also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Where Was I?'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 2). On ads 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

Directions is free to download; Where Was I? costs $5.99 up front. Where Was I? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Directions asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Directions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where Was I? has 82 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Where Was I? ships an update every 5 weeks, Directions every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Where Was I? versus Directions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere Was I?Directions
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (82 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings82 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul WilkinsonDirections B.V.

Customer experience

Where Was I?

All ratings82 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative26.9%

Directions

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Where Was I?

One-time1
  • Thank the creator$2.99
None

Directions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Where Was I? free?
Where Was I? costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Directions free?
Directions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Where Was I? or Directions?
Directions is rated higher. Where Was I? averages 4.5 out of 5 from 82 ratings, while Directions averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Where Was I? or Directions have ads?
Neither Where Was I? nor Directions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where Was I? or Directions?
Where Was I? ships an update every 5 weeks, and Directions every 5 months. Most recently, Where Was I? was updated on November 3, 2026 and Directions on November 3, 2026.

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