Comparison

BackWay vs GoLog · Life Footprint Map

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

Head to head
About

BackWay

Easily save and revisit your favorite locations, even offline. Capture memories with photos and descriptions to create a personal travel log. Get simple directions and distance to find your way back.

Highlights
  • Save favorite locations
  • Add photos and descriptions
  • Offline navigation
  • Travel log functionality
  • Simple direction and distance display
Features
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BackWay helps you find your way back! EVEN OFFLINE! BackWay is an iOS app that helps you navigate around and save your favourite places. It is easy to save a location, just snap a photo, add some description and voila! You can also use BackWay as your travel log! If you want to go back to a location, BackWay will show you direction and distance in a simple UI!

About

GoLog · Life Footprint Map

This app quietly records your movements in the background, creating detailed maps and timelines of your journeys. It helps you visualize your travels, organize memories, and even fill in missing trip data. Data stays on your device by default for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Low-power background location recording
  • Automatic trip completion and manual drawing
  • Map and timeline visualization of journeys
  • Organize trips with tickets and photos
  • Data privacy with on-device storage
  • CSV/GPX import and export
Features
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Turn the roads you've traveled into a record you can see. GoLog records your movements in the background with low power use, turning them into maps, timelines, and stats — commuting, hiking, or traveling, every leg of the journey stays clear and easy to trace. QUIET, UNOBTRUSIVE RECORDING • Low-power background location recording, with Standard mode and Power saving mode • Smart interval: recognizes walking, cycling, and driving, and adjusts sampling density on its own • Works with Shortcuts and Wi-Fi automations to toggle recording • A widget shows today's footprints at a glance TRACK COMPLETION: CONNECT THE BROKEN PATHS • Fills in missing sections of metro trips along real routes and station sequences, restoring the full journey • Gaps can be completed with automatic routing or manual anchors • Free Draw Route: hand-draw past journeys you never recorded, and add them to your footprints MAP & REVIEW • Tracks, visits, and stays at a glance on the map • Track Playback: relive any time range at adjustable speed • Daily timeline: moves and stays clearly separated, editable segment by segment • Dashboard: distance and activity stats by day, month, and year • Achievement Badges: unlock badges for walking, cycling, and flying distances ORGANIZE & COLLECT • Lasso select footprint points on the map to tidy them up in bulk • Move point location: drag footprint points, stays, and Mark Points to the correct spot • Trips: turn scattered outings into a single, complete trip • Keep Train Tickets and Flight Tickets organized alongside your trips • Save, search, and manage Marked Places • Photo footprints: library photos pinned to the map; photos without a location get coordinates filled in from capture time • Footprint Weather adds context to every trip YOUR DATA & PRIVACY • Data stays on your device by default — no server uploads, no personal information collected • No ads, no social features — GoLog quietly records the traces your time and movement leave behind • Optional iCloud backup and sync, with your data always in your hands • CSV / GPX import and export for easy migration to a new device GoLog is free to download. Advanced features such as Track Completion, the full Dashboard range, and the Mapbox map engine are part of GoLog Pro, available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. GoLog was previously a paid download — everyone who purchased it then keeps every feature forever, with nothing more to pay. Email: golog.app@outlook.com Privacy Policy: https://lister-developer.github.io/golog/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BackWay4 screens
GoLog · Life Footprint Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

BackWay and GoLog · Life Footprint Map both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GoLog · Life Footprint Map's written reviews are positive against 43% of BackWay's. GoLog · Life Footprint Map also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). BackWay's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On rating, 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

GoLog · Life Footprint Map is free to download; BackWay costs $0.99 up front. GoLog · Life Footprint Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BackWay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BackWay against 4.9 for GoLog · Life Footprint Map. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of BackWay's written reviews are positive against 100% of GoLog · Life Footprint Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackWay ships an update every 2 months, GoLog · Life Footprint Map weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BackWay versus GoLog · Life Footprint Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackWayGoLog · Life Footprint Map
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB154 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDares Core d.o.o.敏 李

Customer experience

BackWay

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

GoLog · Life Footprint Map

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BackWay

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

GoLog · Life Footprint Map

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员$19.99

Questions

Is BackWay free?
BackWay costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GoLog · Life Footprint Map free?
GoLog · Life Footprint Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BackWay or GoLog · Life Footprint Map?
BackWay is rated higher. BackWay averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GoLog · Life Footprint Map averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do BackWay or GoLog · Life Footprint Map have ads?
Neither BackWay nor GoLog · Life Footprint Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackWay or GoLog · Life Footprint Map?
BackWay ships an update every 2 months, and GoLog · Life Footprint Map weekly. Most recently, BackWay was updated on November 1, 2026 and GoLog · Life Footprint Map on November 5, 2026.

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