Comparison

MyPlaces! vs TrailTool

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

Head to head
About

MyPlaces!

Easily save, annotate, organize, and share your favorite locations. Add notes, pictures, and organize them into folders for trips or personal memories. View your saved places on a map or a customizable list.

Highlights
  • Save current position or search for places
  • Attach text notes and pictures
  • Organize places into folders
  • View places on a map or list
  • Export and share locations
Features
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Did you ever need to remember a special place where you have been or have to plan an itinerary for one of your trips? MyPlaces is an application for iPhone and iPad that allows you to store, annotate, organize and share your favorite places in a simple and intuitive way. Found an interesting place? Save your current position with the auto location feature or use the search tool to find places far away from you searching by name or by GPS coordinates. Attach notes and pictures Assign a title to your places, include text notes and images that you can choose from your camera roll or take directly with the device camera. Every place in the right folder Keep all your places in order by organizing them into folders. For example, you are spending your holidays in London and you want to remember the most beautiful places you visited? Create a folder named "Holiday in London" and add the places in which you have been, perhaps attaching some nice pictures. See your places the way you like Choose whether to show your places on a map or a list. The list is customizable and allows you to choose which information to display. The map instead allows you to compare the places with your current position. Export and share your places Thanks to the export features of MyPlaces you can export or share your places in many formats.

About

TrailTool

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TrailTool supports creating map from within the app from publicly available OpenStreetMap data. So wherever you plan for your next adventure, your map can always be up to date. It does not require wireless connection to work in the field or outdoor. It respects your privacy, any saved tracks or locations are always stored on device, no data is ever uploaded to the cloud. So your data is safe. ## Main Features - Record GPS tracks or mark point of interest on screen for trip planning or actual location while in the field - Create map dataset from OpenStreetMap data (PBF) directly. Support option to use native language (default) or English as place names or labels. - Support data exchange format: PBF, GeoJSON/JSON and GPX - Support data sharing via AirDrop or standard iOS share functionality for any data used within the app For device without GPS (such as iPad without cellular service), the app can be used for trip planning to review map, existing tracks, point of interests etc. Maps, tracks or point of interests from one device can be shared with other devices via AirDrop. ## Map Data The app comes with one sample map and one sample OpenStreetMap PBF file. For additional data, you can go to OpenStreetMap web site or within app, choose About -> Additional Data… Hope you’ll find this app useful in your travel or hiking adventure!

Screenshots

MyPlaces!4 screens
TrailTool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MyPlaces! at Free against TrailTool's $2.99. MyPlaces! also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). TrailTool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

MyPlaces! is free to download; TrailTool costs $2.99 up front. MyPlaces! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TrailTool asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyPlaces! ships an update every 2 weeks, TrailTool every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MyPlaces! versus TrailTool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyPlaces!TrailTool
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (82 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings82 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Lost ProjectZhiguang Han

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MyPlaces!

One-time1
  • PRO Mode$8.99
None

TrailTool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyPlaces! free?
MyPlaces! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrailTool free?
TrailTool costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyPlaces! or TrailTool have ads?
Neither MyPlaces! nor TrailTool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyPlaces! or TrailTool?
MyPlaces! ships an update every 2 weeks, and TrailTool every 6 weeks. Most recently, MyPlaces! was updated on September 18, 2026 and TrailTool on September 17, 2026.

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