Comparison

pin map vs Destello

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

Head to head
About

pin map

Map your travels by pinning visited locations with details like dates, photos, and travel companions. Discover new destinations through friends' pins and an explore page, and plan future adventures with a wishlist feature.

Highlights
  • Personalized travel map
  • Pin visited locations
  • Add travel dates and photos
  • Catalog travel buddies
  • Discover friends' travels
  • Wishlist for future trips
  • Track travel stats
Features
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Pinplanet is a free travel app where users can pin the places they’ve traveled on their personalized planet. These pins can include travel dates, spots hit, reviews, photos, and travel buddies to catalog every detail of your trips (so you actually remember them). Your home feed is where you’ll see where in the world your friends have pinned. We have an explore page where you can search for and follow new friends, and see where other travelers have pinned so far to inspire your future trips. You can even copy pins/spots directly on to your wishlist. Your profile includes your planet that shows all of your pins in each country at once. The profile also includes your travel stats including percentage of the world’s countries and percentage of the world’s continents. Finally, pinplanet’s wishlist feature allows you to begin planning upcoming trips which can be converted to a pin when you return. Send us an email at hello@pinplanetapp.com if you run into any issues or have feedback. We’d love to hear from you! Instagram, TikTok: @pinplanet X: @pinplanet Pinplanet - pin where you’ve been.

About

Destello

Features
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Destello is a quiet stargazing companion for the Canary Islands — home to some of the darkest, most stable skies in Europe. Browse a hand-picked map of viewpoints across La Palma, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Gomera, and El Hierro. Each spot includes notes on access, altitude, road conditions, what's visible overhead, and a touch of local history. WHAT'S INSIDE · A curated map and list of stargazing spots across all seven inhabited islands, with hand-written notes on each. · Tonight's sky panel — moon phase and illumination, moonrise and moonset, astronomical twilight, sunset and sunrise — calculated on device for either your current location or the specific spot you're viewing. · A live moon-phase visualisation that shows the lunar terminator in real time. · An upcoming-meteor-shower calendar covering the year's major showers — Perseids, Geminids, Leonids, Lyrids, and more — with peak dates, ZHR rates, and short descriptions. · Save your favourite spots for quick access, and opt in to gentle reminders before meteor showers and on new-moon nights — the darkest conditions of the lunar cycle. No daily noise, no spam. · Get Directions opens your preferred maps app with the spot's exact coordinates. DESIGNED FOR THE DARK The interface is dark-mode only, with warm amber accents tuned for peripheral-vision comfort once your eyes have adjusted to the night. No bright whites, no flashing alerts, no telemetry. Quiet by default. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED The map, list, spot details, and Sky tab work fully without signing in. Sign in (with Apple, Google, or email) only if you want to save favourites or receive reminders. DESTELLO MEANS "TWINKLE" IN SPANISH A small gesture toward the Canary Islands' protected dark-sky reserves — La Palma's Roque de los Muchachos, Fuerteventura's first-in-the-world Starlight Reserve, and the quieter corners between them.

Screenshots

pin map4 screens
Destello4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Destello at none against pin map's 3. Destello also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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. pin map sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Destello asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
pin map versus Destello: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterpin mapDestello
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (101 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpinplanet co.John Kealy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

pin map

One-time3
  • ice cream sized tip$1.99
  • sandwich sized tip$7.99
  • breakfast buffet sized tip$14.99
None

Destello

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pin map free?
pin map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Destello free?
Destello is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do pin map or Destello have ads?
Neither pin map nor Destello shows ads.

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