LogLocations vs Where Now?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LogLocations
Automatically records your visited locations using background tasks. It leverages significant location change detection to log your movements. Requires a device with multitasking capabilities for full functionality.
- Automatic location logging
- Background task recording
- Significant location change detection
- Multitasking support
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"Log Locations" is an application to automatically log your visited locations. This application uses iOS4 multitasking feature and save locations as background tasks. iPod touch series are not supported. startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges API is used, so if you move some significant distance, your visited location is recorded. Save timing is depend on the API, and you cannot control it. Device with multitasking feature is needed to fully utilize this app.
Where Now?
This app helps you track your past locations, either manually or automatically. It offers fine-grained controls for background activity and keeps all location data on your device. You can optionally integrate it with a self-hosted remote endpoint.
- Manual location tracking
- Automatic location tracking
- Background activity controls
- On-device data storage
- Optional self-hosted endpoint integration
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Where Now? is an application for keeping track of where you've been either manually or automatically using background activity with fine-grained controls. All location data is captured entirely on device, and can optionally be integrated with a (free) open-source self-hosted remote endpoint.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Where Now? at 100% against LogLocations's 51%. Where Now? also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). LogLocations's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. LogLocations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Where Now? asks for nothing beyond the download.
LogLocations ships an update every 5 months, Where Now? every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LogLocations | Where Now? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tokentoken | Scott Boms |
Customer experience
LogLocations
Where Now?
In-app purchases
LogLocations
- Remove Ads$0.99
Where Now?
No in-app purchases
