Comparison

Picnic vs Journey Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Picnic

Reclaim your phone's storage by organizing your photo library. This app offers a fun, fast way to sort through screenshots, duplicates, and unwanted images, keeping only your cherished memories. Enjoy a clutter-free camera roll with intuitive swiping and one-tap cleanup.

Highlights
  • Swipe to sort photos (left to archive, right to keep)
  • One-tap cleanup of archived photos
  • Favorite photos with seamless Apple Photos sync
  • 100% private, photos stay on your device
  • Ad-free experience with daily free swipes
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Reclaim your photo storage and bring order to your camera roll! Tired of endless scrolling and wasted space? Picnic is the fun, fast way to organize your photos and free up storage. Clear out those old screenshots, blurry duplicates, and forgotten memes. Get ready for the cleanest, most organized camera roll of your life, filled only with the memories that truly matter. Why You'll Love It: - Swipe to Sort: Like Tinder, but for your photos! Swipe left to Archive, right to Keep. - One-Tap Cleanup: Empty your Archive in seconds. No more tedious deleting, one photo at a time. - Favorite Sync: Double-tap to Favorite your best pics, seamlessly synced with your Apple Photos album. - 100% Private: Your photos NEVER leave your iPhone. We don't store or upload your media. - Ad-Free & Free Swipes: Enjoy a clean, distraction-free experience with 100 free swipes every day, plus easy ways to earn more! Ready to transform your camera roll? Privacy policy: https://picnic.photos/privacy Terms of use: https://picnic.photos/terms

About

Journey Tracker

Visually track changes over time with side-by-side photo comparisons and time-lapse videos. Ideal for monitoring fitness, body transformations, or any project where visual progress is key. Features include consistent photo capture, motivation tools, and shareable progress cards.

Highlights
  • Side-by-side photo comparison with slider
  • Time-lapse video export
  • Consistent photo capture guidance
  • Customizable reminders and widgets
  • Shareable progress cards
  • Achievement medals for milestones
Features
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You can finally see progress over time. You see yourself every day, so change hides. Journey Tracker lines up every new photo with your last one and shows you the difference with a slider. Use it for body, gym, and weight-loss progress, or for hair, beard, skin, nails, braces, tattoos, outfits, pregnancy, pets, plants, art projects, and home projects. Your photos are backed up to your account, so they are still there on a new phone or after a reinstall. Your first collection is free. Capture consistent photos • Keep each journey in its own collection • See your last photo in the camera, as an Outline or a Ghost, and line up the next shot • Add dates and notes • Reorder photos or move them between collections • Add photos offline; they upload when you're back online See the difference • Drag a slider across any two photos • Put two photos side by side and pinch to zoom them together • Scrub through your whole timeline • Export a time-lapse video of the change Share your progress • Turn any before and after into a share card • Choose from several card styles • Save the card or share it Stay motivated • Set reminders on your schedule, with your own message • Add the Home Screen widget: your day count, this week's photos, and the camera one tap away • Earn medals for milestones and streaks • See them all on the Achievements page Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Picnic4 screens
Journey Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Journey Tracker at 100% against Picnic's 63%. Journey Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Picnic's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 4) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Picnic sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Journey Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Journey Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picnic has 10K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Picnic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Journey Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picnic ships an update every 2 weeks, Journey Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Picnic versus Journey Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicnicJourney Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#83 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB48 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMWMNovee Group LLC

Customer experience

Picnic

All ratings10,372 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews1,244 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative30.9%

Journey Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Picnic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes or gets stuck on loading screens
  • Photos not loading or disappearing from the app
  • Streak progress not tracking correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • More ways to earn additional swipes
  • Ability to edit/trim photos within the app
  • Integration with cloud storage services

Journey Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Picnic

Subscriptions10
  • Super Picnic - Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Super Picnic - Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Super Picnic - Weekly$6.997 Days
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  • Premium Pass7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium Pass3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Super Picnic - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Super Picnic - Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Super Picnic - Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Super Picnic - Annual3 Days trial$35.901 Year
  • Super Picnic - Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Journey Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Journey Tracker Premium — Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual1 Year trial$25.991 Year

Questions

Is Picnic free?
Picnic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Journey Tracker free?
Journey Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Picnic or Journey Tracker?
Journey Tracker is rated higher. Picnic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Journey Tracker averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Picnic or Journey Tracker have ads?
Neither Picnic nor Journey Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picnic or Journey Tracker?
Picnic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Journey Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Picnic was updated on November 9, 2026 and Journey Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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