Comparison

LiveTrekker vs Tripcast

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

Head to head
About

LiveTrekker

Document your travels with detailed maps and rich media. Create a vivid travel diary, share your journeys live, and discover trips from a global community. Find past memories with powerful search.

Highlights
  • Journal travels on detailed maps
  • Build vivid travel diaries
  • Share journeys live
  • Discover community trips
  • Record places, scenery, and events
  • Search journeys by keyword, time, or location
  • Add/edit photos and videos
Features
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Journal your travels on gorgeous maps with unparalleled detail. Effortlessly build a truly vivid, high-fidelity diary of your journeys. Share them live in all detail. Discover the world with top trips submitted by the community. Have your journeys come to life on gorgeous interactive maps and record your digital memories in their exact geographical context. • Capture the places, scenery, people, and events of interest around you to create a faithful rendering of your journeys. • Broadcast live events as they are just happening around you, and access them instantly or later in the Cloud. Discover trips submitted and vetted by the community all around the world and get new trips every day. •Travel yourself through top journeys recorded with unparalleled detail by the LiveTrekker community. •Submit your best trips to share your with fellow travelers. A unique travel diary for your journeys, short or long • Think of LiveTrekker as your personal diary when you move around. Use it to paint places and events with rich media. LiveTrekker is the one solution to illustrate your every move. Share, live! • In one click, email a complete journey or publish it on social networks and have your loved ones follow your every step as you progress. Google-like search through your journeys and digital media • Find that picture or that complete journey using keywords, time, or GPS location matching to instantly relive or share that special moment. See it to believe it! Fine-tune your trips • Add pictures or videos taken by other means such as professional cameras, update your thoughts, or remove unwanted content at will. All in one • LiveTrekker combines the portability of an App, the convenience of a website and Cloud power for a truly unique personal experience. With no compromise on your privacy • Your data is yours, period. It is private to you and confidential – well, unless you share it of course :-) We commit for instance not to provide it to third party advertisers under any scenario. Free • All the features of LiveTrekker are available to you. And countless other features providing you an outstanding experience building and sharing your most amazing journeys. Now also helping you discover the world! Stay tuned for a lot more. NOTE: continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Tripcast

Share your travel experiences privately with friends and family. Create trip albums, receive live photo updates, and collect everyone's photos in one place. Browse photos by location and stay connected through comments and likes.

Highlights
  • Live photo updates
  • Private trip albums
  • Collect photos from multiple users
  • Map-based photo browsing
  • Location-based photo tagging
  • Real-time comments and likes
  • Private sharing away from social media
Features
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* Featured as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple * Tripcast lets you share your travel photos with the people who want to see everything, not just the highlights. Start a trip, invite your friends and family to the album, and give them live photo updates from the road! The best way to share your trip: • Make updates instantly: Update your family and friends in real time • Stay in touch: Ask questions, leave comments, and like posts Build an album with everybody: • Vacationers assemble!: Collect everyone's trip photos in one place • Easy backup: Download them all when you get home Map it out: • Effortless tagging: Photos are automatically added to the trip map • Browse by location: View photos by where they happened, not when Everyone is using Tripcast to share their travels: • Keep it private: Share only with the people who care the most, away from social media • Apps for everyone: Access Tripcast through gorgeous apps for iPhone and the web • Bring everyone along: Notifications keep friends and family updated whenever there's activity How it works: 1. Create: Make an album for your trip 2. Invite: Pick friends and family to follow along 3. Update: Post photos and videos as you travel Built by the team that created Cluster, featured as a Best New App in the App Store! Tripcast Club is a monthly or annual subscription to give admins more control over their groups. Check it out by visiting the Settings → Subscription Settings section of the app. By purchasing a subscription you agree to Tripcast's Terms of Use: https://tripcast.co/terms/ and Privacy Policy: https://tripcast.co/privacy/

Screenshots

LiveTrekker4 screens
Tripcast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tripcast at 4.8 against LiveTrekker's 2.5. Tripcast also leads on ratings volume (7.2K vs 46). LiveTrekker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Tripcast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LiveTrekker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tripcast holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tripcast has 7.2K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of LiveTrekker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tripcast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTrekker ships an update monthly, Tripcast every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LiveTrekker versus Tripcast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTrekkerTripcast
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (46 ratings)4.8 (7.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews49.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings467.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTrekea Mobile, Inc.Cluster Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

LiveTrekker

All ratings45 ratings
Positive35.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative52.4%

Tripcast

All ratings7,203 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral12.0%
Negative38.5%

User reviews

LiveTrekker

From 46 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for tracking trips
  • 👍 Records trips offline
  • 👍 Allows photo/video tagging
  • 👍 Easy sharing of trips
  • 👍 Good for travel journaling

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Account creation issues
  • 🐛 Activation link not working
  • 🐛 Support/contact form not working
  • 🐛 App appears abandoned
  • 🐛 Outdated look and feel

Tripcast

From 7.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient photo sharing
  • 🌍 Geo-location tagging
  • 🤝 Good for group trips
  • 📚 Useful for creating travel journals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Difficult to upload and organize photos
  • 🔒 Login and account issues
  • 📝 Inability to edit posts
  • 🗺️ Unreliable map functionality

Bugs and requests

LiveTrekker

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Activation email link broken
  • Online support form not functional
  • Cannot create an account
  • Cannot log in
  • Password reset not working
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  • Website pages not working
  • App crashes on startup
  • App freezes
  • App does not update
  • Videos have no volume
  • No maps can be downloaded
  • Distance tracking inaccurate
  • App remains blocked on update download
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Error message: 'Please Verify Internet connection'
  • Cannot type in message dialog box on support form
  • Activation email not received
  • Unknown buyer info error during activation
  • GPS crashes
  • Download of treks stuck at 1-2%

Requested features

17 requests
  • Resurrect the app/website
  • Update the app's look and feel
  • Add a pause function for tracking
  • Improve track editing on the website
  • Allow combining longer trips on the website
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  • Add a search feature for trips by area
  • Improve interaction with non-members
  • Allow adding videos/photos outside of 'live' option
  • Add a companion watch app
  • Option to turn off pop-up ads
  • Improve syncing across devices
  • Add volume to videos
  • Allow map downloads
  • Improve distance/mileage accuracy
  • Add cumulative elevation gain and average speed
  • Improve navigation and UX
  • Make editing easier on desktop

Tripcast

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Invites not being sent to users
  • Uploaded photos not displaying properly
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Account login and access issues
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow editing of posts and comments
  • Improve photo upload and organization
  • Add support for multiple photos per post
  • Implement password reset functionality
  • Enhance map integration and location tracking

In-app purchases

None

LiveTrekker

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tripcast

Subscriptions4
  • Tripcast Friend$4.991 Month
  • Tripcast Pro$9.991 Month
  • Tripcast Friend$49.991 Year
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  • Tripcast Pro$99.991 Year

Questions

Is LiveTrekker free?
LiveTrekker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tripcast free?
Tripcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiveTrekker or Tripcast?
Tripcast is rated higher. LiveTrekker averages 2.5 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Tripcast averages 4.8 from 7.2K ratings.
Do LiveTrekker or Tripcast have ads?
Neither LiveTrekker nor Tripcast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveTrekker or Tripcast?
LiveTrekker ships an update monthly, and Tripcast every 2 months. Most recently, LiveTrekker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tripcast on November 6, 2026.

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