Comparison

Emblem vs Where I Stayed

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

Head to head
About

Emblem

Collect unique digital artworks tied to real-world locations as digital souvenirs. Document your travels with photos and share your collections with friends. Discover cultural pavilions and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Collect digital souvenirs at real places
  • Fill personalized travel passports
  • Discover country culture pavilions
  • Share collections and moments with friends
  • AR features and interactive Emblems
  • Earn rewards from partners
Features
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Emblem turns the places you visit into digital souvenirs you keep. Each Emblem is an artwork made for a real place, often by a local artist. Go there, open the map and collect it: it joins your Passport, with the date, the place and a photo of the moment. COLLECT AT REAL PLACES • The map shows the Emblems around you, in cities, museums, landmarks, festivals and events. • Collect when you are there. When you collect, the camera opens: who were you with? • Some Emblems come alive: watch them move, view them in AR, or try on Santa's Cap, a filter for your face. FILL YOUR PASSPORTS • Passports gather the Emblems of a city, a country, an event or a theme: the Luxembourg Passport · Youth for Peace, Finland, Kyiv, Vilnius, Minsk, Yekaterinburg, World Heritage and more. • Special Passports have their own look, from cover to stamp, and a finished one opens its own full page. • Leaderboards show who has collected the most. DISCOVER A COUNTRY'S CULTURE • Pavilions bring a country's food, music, books and festivals together. • Mark a dish Tasted, a song Listened and a book Read, and see where you have been. SHARE AND CELEBRATE • Follow friends, see what they collect and share your moments. • Send an Emblem to a friend as a gift. • Win rewards from partners: Lucky Emblems can hold a prize, and some Passports unlock real rewards. THE PORTAL • Dress your character, place your Emblems in your own 3D room and let friends visit. Emblem is free to download and available in 22 languages. Collect the world, one place at a time.

About

Where I Stayed

Features
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Where I Stayed is a private travel log for tracking hotels, hostels, Airbnbs, ryokans, capsules, overnight trains, ferries, and even your friend's couch. Add every place you've stayed, see them on a map, and build a personal record of your travel life over time. Log stays with: * Location and map view * Check-in and check-out dates * Automatic night tracking * Cost (cash, points, or mixed) * Personal ratings * Notes, tags, and trip purpose See your travel history come to life with: * A global map of every stay * Stats across countries, cities, nights, and stay types * A clear record of how and where you travel Private by design: * No account, no sign-up * iCloud sync across your devices * Export your full stay history to CSV anytime Whether you're a backpacker, frequent traveller, hotel nerd, digital nomad, or someone who just likes keeping track, Where I Stayed gives you one simple place for your stay history. Free to use with up to 15 stays. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited stays. Private, simple, and built for people who actually travel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.whereistayed.com/terms

Screenshots

Emblem4 screens
Where I Stayed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Emblem at every 6 days against Where I Stayed's every 6 weeks. Emblem also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Emblem sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Where I Stayed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emblem ships an update every 6 days, Where I Stayed every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Emblem versus Where I Stayed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmblemWhere I Stayed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB13 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmblem: Digital SouvenirsOrakawa Limited

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Emblem

One-time7
  • 5 Emblem Coins$0.99
  • Support the Artist$1.00
  • 15 Emblem Coins$1.99
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  • Support the Artist$3.00
  • 30 Emblem Coins$3.99
  • UNESCO YFP Luxembourg Passport$4.99
  • Support the Artist$5.00
2 purchases

Where I Stayed

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Emblem free?
Emblem is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Where I Stayed free?
Where I Stayed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Emblem or Where I Stayed have ads?
Neither Emblem nor Where I Stayed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emblem or Where I Stayed?
Emblem ships an update every 6 days, and Where I Stayed every 6 weeks. Most recently, Emblem was updated on November 3, 2026 and Where I Stayed on October 20, 2026.

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