alto.location vs WanderTrek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
alto.location
Automatically logs your daily location to a calendar, helping you track days spent in each city and country. Useful for managing visa requirements and applications.
- Automatic daily location logging
- Calendar-based data storage
- Track days per city/country
- Visa restriction monitoring
- On-device data privacy
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alto.location automatically saves your daily location in a dedicated calendar. it allows you to track how many days you've spent in each city and country. this is helpful to stay on top of visa restrictions, visa runs, and visa applications. all your data stays in your calendar. on your device only.
WanderTrek
This travel app allows you to privately log all the places you visit, from cities to hidden gems. It offers offline tracking, fun statistics, and visualizations of your journeys. Keep a personal record of your adventures and plan future trips.
- Offline location tracking
- Log cities, states, countries
- Visualize travel statistics
- Privacy-first design
- Personal travel log
- Plan future trips
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WanderTrek is a beautifully simple, privacy-first app that lets you track every place you’ve been. Whether it’s cities, states, countries, or hidden gems along the way, WanderTrek keeps a personal log of your travels entirely offline. Explore fun stats, visualize your journeys, and relive your adventures — all while staying in control of your data. It’s not just about where you’ve been, but also where you’re going. Because not all who wander are lost… but it helps to keep track. Keep on trekking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WanderTrek at 5.0 against alto.location's 2.5. WanderTrek also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WanderTrek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
alto.location ships an update every 3 months, WanderTrek weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | alto.location | WanderTrek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Podviaznikov | Tim Wood |
Customer experience
alto.location
WanderTrek
In-app purchases
alto.location
No in-app purchases
WanderTrek
No in-app purchases
