Where/When vs Photrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Where/When
Instantly save your current location to your calendar with just one tap. It automatically detects nearby places, includes the address and GPS coordinates, and provides a direct link for navigation. No account is needed, and your data stays on your device.
- One-tap location saving
- Automatic place name detection
- Address and GPS coordinates
- Direct navigation link
- High-accuracy GPS
- No account required
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Save your current location to your Calendar in one tap. Whether you're at a new restaurant, visiting a spot for work, or just need to remember where you parked, WhereWhen logs the place, address, and coordinates as a calendar event. • Automatic place name detection for nearby businesses and points of interest • Address and GPS coordinates included in every saved event • Direct Apple Maps link in each event for easy navigation back • High-accuracy GPS with intelligent location averaging • No account required. No data leaves your device.
Photrail
This app automatically creates a visual map of your travels using the location data embedded in your photos. It detects trips, offers insights, and generates shareable recaps, all while prioritizing your privacy by processing data on your device.
- Automatic trip detection and mapping
- Photo-based travel journal
- On-device data processing
- Travel personality insights
- Shareable travel recaps
- Home-screen widgets
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Photrail turns your photo library into a beautiful map of everywhere you've been — automatically. It reads the location data already saved in your photos, so there's nothing to tag and no account to create. Everything happens on your device. WHAT YOU GET • World map — a pin for every country you've visited • Places — browse your countries, continents, world wonders and trips • Trips — every journey detected automatically, with a map, itinerary, notes and photos • Trip Insights (optional) — connect Apple Health to see the workouts, climbs, energy and heart-rate moments behind each trip • Travel calendar — see your journeys laid out across the year • On This Day — rediscover photos from this date in past years • Travel personality — see your style (Urban, Coastal, Mountain, Nature, Culture, Adventure…), measured on-device • Year in Travel — a beautiful, shareable recap of your year • Share cards — export a trip as a gorgeous card that adapts to how you traveled: ski, hike, cycle, run or swim • Home-screen widgets — your travel stats and world wonders at a glance MAKE IT YOURS • Name your trips and add your own notes • Set your home so trips are detected around it • Optional travel reminders — easy to turn off • Now available in English and Dutch PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Country, trip, wonder, personality and insight detection all run on your device • Read-only access to your photos — and, if you choose, to Apple Health • Your photos and health data never leave your phone Missing a country because the photos are gone? Add it by hand to keep your map accurate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Photrail at weekly against Where/When's every 2 months. Photrail also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Where/When against 5.0 for Photrail. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Where/When ships an update every 2 months, Photrail weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Where/When | Photrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | floor1point2.com | Berend Vandenbussche |
Customer experience
Where/When
Photrail
In-app purchases
Where/When
No in-app purchases
Photrail
No in-app purchases








