WhereOrWhen vs Places by Gyroscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhereOrWhen
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When was I at this location? Where was I on these dates? Based on your photos, this app gives the answers. They are shown in: * a list, * a page of photos, * a slideshow and * on a map with lines between locations. If you have a lot of photos in your iPhone (or iPad) the answers will be very detailed. One feature that could be very useful for us travellers: It can generate a trip map for all past trips if you took photos with an iPhone. Two of the screenshots show off this feature. The second map has the lines connecting locations hidden, if the distance between photos taken exceeds 1000 kilometres. This simplifies the map by eliminating flights. To get started just tap on one of the app selection boxes to choose either when or where.
Places by Gyroscope
Automatically maps your travels and creates a detailed timeline of your life. Track places visited, transportation methods, and connect with Apple Health for activity analytics. Share your journeys privately or with select friends.
- Automatic life mapping
- Detailed travel timeline
- Dozens of travel type tracking
- Apple Health integration
- Customizable share cards
- Work and mileage tracking
- Private by default sharing
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Places by Gyroscope is the easiest and most powerful way to track your life. Turn on the tracker once. Places quietly maps everywhere you go, and how you got there. Open the app tonight, next week, or five years from now, and it is all there: a detailed timeline and map of where you went. Not just the places (restaurants, cafes, work, the gym, thousands of custom locations) but the trips between them. Did you walk? Drive? Take a bus, a train, a rideshare, a bike? Dozens of travel types are available, to capture the complete timeline of your life—the places you go, and the travels that take you there. You probably remember what you did today. Maybe yesterday. But what about last week? Three months ago? Five years back? Memory fades fast. Places is designed to automatically capture it. And with Places Unlimited, you can store your full life history with no limits. (New accounts get 30 days of complimentary storage, with the option to export at any time) AN AUTOMATIC JOURNAL See where your time actually went. Reflect on your week. Read the story of your life, written by simply living it. LIVE AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE Connect your Apple Health to see analytics of your steps, VO2Max and workouts. Places gives you the tracking and feedback to live and maintain an active lifestyle. TRAVEL, AND SHARE IT Customizable share cards export maps, timelines and visualizations of any trip, whether it was around your neighborhood or around the world. Post them, send them to a few close friends, or keep them entirely to yourself. WORK AND MILEAGE Track driving in a company vehicle for mileage logs and tax forms. Track hours on a jobsite for billing. If your job requires you to be somewhere, Places is the record, and it saves hours of manual entry. FOR THE WORLD TRAVELER Every city and country you have been to, with the time you spent in each. Useful for tax residency, visa applications, Schengen day counts, and medical forms. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Sharing is granular, so you decide exactly what leaves your phone: anonymized city stats, a simple visualization, or a detailed map. Your data is never sold. There are no ads. Places is part of the Gyroscope network and uses the same account as the Gyroscope app and website. MEMBERSHIP Free members get 30 days of storage to see how it works and to start building their timeline for zero cost. During that time, you can save unlimited images or export your data as CSVs. Premium membership unlocks advanced reports and analytics, with unlimited storage in Gyroscope Cloud so your whole history lives in one place across years or decades. Membership is what funds the service, and we never show ads or sell data. Gyroscope Places Premium is an annual subscription, costing $96/year in the United States. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically each year unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. WHAT MEMBERS SAY "Love being able to go back in time, it feels like a superpower at times. As Jobs once said, you can only connect the dots looking backwards." - Mert "I use Gyroscope daily to track my path through the world and as a historic look back to see where I have been." - Joseph "As a travel enthusiast I really enjoy this feature, and even when not traveling to any exotic location I just like keeping track of where I have been every day." - Patriq Terms of Use: https://gyrosco.pe/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://gyrosco.pe/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhereOrWhen at none against Places by Gyroscope's 1. Places by Gyroscope's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Places by Gyroscope sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $96.00 per year. WhereOrWhen asks for nothing beyond the download.
WhereOrWhen ships an update every 3 months, Places by Gyroscope every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhereOrWhen | Places by Gyroscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RICHARD STRESAU | Gyroscope Innovations |
In-app purchases
WhereOrWhen
No in-app purchases
Places by Gyroscope
- Places Unlimited$96.001 Year
Questions
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