Waypoints vs Path
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waypoints
This app automatically logs your routes and creates a private map of your travels. You can add notes and photos to your visited locations, and import/export data from other services. It offers deep iOS integration and works offline.
- Automatic route logging
- Private travel map
- Add notes and photos to visits
- Import from Photos, GPX, Google Timeline
- Export data to GPX
- Offline functionality
- Live Activities support
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Waypoints - A map for your world Waypoints turns your daily movement into a private, living map, completely automatically. See where you’ve been, find the places you visited, and view curated statistics based off your data, all processed locally on your device. It’s built for iPhone, respectful of your battery, and designed to keep your data yours. What it does • Automatic timeline. Waypoints logs your routes and draws your journey line for any day. No manual tracking required. • Past Places, found fast. Browse by day or search by name or category, or even just find it on the map. • Add your story. Attach notes to visits, and view photos take at that time so the context stays with the map, not lost in your camera roll. • Deep iOS integration. Encrypted iCloud backup and support for Shortcuts make Waypoints fit right into your setup. • Import & export. Bring in visits from Photos, GPX, and Google Timeline; export your own data to GPX anytime. • Live Activities. Keep an eye on how long you've been at that coffee shop from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, all automatically. Privacy by design • By default, Waypoints uses privacy-minded HassellHaus Overpass servers powered by OpenStreetMap. • No geocoding history kept. Our servers don’t store a history of your geocoding requests or link them to your identity. You can even use your own, the server is open source! • Works fully offline. You can turn off iCloud sync, geocoding, telemetry, and add places manually. Waypoints continues to work with zero network access. • Minimal, optional telemetry. Anonymous usage and crash data helps improve the app; no personally identifiable information (PII) is collected. You’re in control and can disable it right when you download the app. Waypoints is free to use with limitations. Some features require purchase to unlock. *Google and Google Maps are trademarks of Google LLC. *Live Activities and Dynamic Island require compatible iPhone hardware and iOS and is considered a Beta feature in Waypoints Waypoints was made by one dude with love and a lot of coffee. For details, see https://odyssey.hassell.haus/policy/privacy https://odyssey.hassell.haus/policy/terms
Path
This app automatically creates a private timeline of your movements, places visited, and photos taken. It focuses on remembering your personal days without live tracking or sharing your location. A free version offers recent history, while Pro unlocks complete data and advanced insights.
- Automatic journey and stay detection
- Movement mode recognition (walk, bike, drive)
- Photo integration into timeline
- Step, distance, and calorie tracking
- Apple Health integration
- Detailed activity insights and trends
- Privacy-focused local data storage
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Turn every day into a clear map of your life. Path is a privacy-first, all-day personal timeline. It records every trip out and every stay in the background, with nothing to start or stop. Sensor fusion filters out GPS drift and noise, so your routes match the way you went. Automatic Recording, Always On • Smart segmentation: Each day splits into stays, moves, and gaps on its own. No more manual check-ins. • Transport mode detection: Path recognizes walking, running, cycling, driving, and many kinds of public transport, and learns your habits from your corrections. • Battery-conscious design: Sensor use adapts to how you move, balancing recording accuracy and battery life. A Clear Timeline and Map • Card timeline: See your moves, the places you visited, and how long you stayed at a glance. • Map styles: Routes take the color of their transport mode, and stay markers show place category icons. • Frequent places: Edit names and boundaries, and turn a string of coordinates into "Home" or "Office". Trips and Footprints • Trips: Path detects trips away from home, lets you relive each one on a 3D globe, and creates a boarding-pass trip card. • Footprints: Light up the continents, countries and regions, and cities you have visited. Each country and region gets its own passport page and entry stamp. • Life Chapters: Divide your life into chapters by the cities you lived in, with a city timeline, key statistics, and frequent routes for each chapter. Milestones and Share Cards • Milestones: Earn medals for new places, walking and running distance, and recording streaks. • Share Cards: Turn a day, a trip, a milestone, or the globe view into a card to share with friends. Photos on the Map • Photos and videos: See the photos and videos you allow on your map and timeline, so every trip has pictures. • Smart grouping: Nearby photos group together to keep the map clean. Historical Weather • Historical weather: Relive the weather along your journeys, from clear skies and rain to snow and thunderstorms. • Map effects: As you browse your timeline, the map shows the weather of that moment. Health Trends and Insights • Statistics: Track steps, distance, and calories, and set a daily goal. • Apple Health: Connect Apple Health to see resting heart rate and sleep next to your day. • Insights: Weekly, monthly, and yearly views reveal changes in your activity radius, your most visited places, and your farthest journeys. Privacy First, Your Data in Your Hands • Local storage: Location data stays on this iPhone, encrypted by iOS Data Protection. No account to create, no cloud sync. • Data control: Export to SQLite, import a backup, or delete your data at any time. —— Path Pro — Unlock the Full Experience The free plan records every day and lets you view the last 7 days of your timeline, Trips, Footprints, Milestones, and Life Chapters. Upgrade to Path Pro to unlock: • Full history: Revisit any day in your timeline, Trips, Footprints, Milestones, and Life Chapters. • All long-term statistics and insights. • Complete data export and archiving. • Historical weather and map effects. • Import Apple Watch workout routes. From your first step out the door to the last mile home, Path is the recorder you can rely on. Website: https://path.autheai.com Terms of Use: https://path.autheai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://path.autheai.com/privacy
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Verdict
Waypoints and Path both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Waypoints's written reviews are positive against 60% of Path's. Waypoints also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). Path's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Waypoints sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Path sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Waypoints holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Waypoints's written reviews are positive against 60% of Path's.
Waypoints ships an update every 2 months, Path every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waypoints | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HassellHaus LLC | Yanbing Zhang |
Customer experience
Waypoints
Path
In-app purchases
Waypoints
- Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Personal$19.99
- Personal2 variants$49.99
- Family Plan$94.99
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- Family Plan$99.99
Path
- Premium (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Premium (Annual)$39.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime)$149.99









