Migrant Footsteps vs The Santa Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Migrant Footsteps
Explore California's rich migration history through immersive audio stories and augmented reality. Discover the impact of migration on San Francisco and beyond, brought to life with sound and visuals.
- Immersive audio stories
- Augmented reality experiences
- Discover migration history
- Explore San Francisco
- California's story
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Migrant Footsteps is a series of free, immersive audio stories that help you discover how migration has shaped every corner of the Golden state. You'll walk directly into San Francisco's migration stories, guided by audio, music, and augmented reality. Migration is California's story, and Migrant Footsteps brings this history to life.
The Santa Tracker
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Countdown to Christmas, read daily North Pole news updates, and track Santa's flight around the globe on Christmas Eve with the original Santa Tracker, as seen on NBC's USA Today A fun way to get into the Christmas spirit and track Santa Claus for kids of all ages! Santa Tracker has been completely re-written for this 14th anniversary release and is now a universal app that will run on iPhone, iPad and Macintosh, with Apple Vision, Apple Watch and iOS / Mac widget support coming soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Migrant Footsteps at Free against The Santa Tracker's $1.99. Migrant Footsteps also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Migrant Footsteps is free to download; The Santa Tracker costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Migrant Footsteps ships an update weekly, The Santa Tracker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Migrant Footsteps | The Santa Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 404 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walking Cinema | Shifting Blue, LLC |
In-app purchases
Migrant Footsteps
No in-app purchases
The Santa Tracker
No in-app purchases
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