Comparison

PassportPal vs ExploreEase

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

Head to head
About

PassportPal

Map your journeys and track visited locations worldwide. Automatically import past trips from photos, create custom travel lists, and access country-specific insights. Manage your passports and visa requirements with this privacy-focused travel journal.

Highlights
  • Map visited countries, cities, and states
  • Auto-import trips from photos
  • Create bucket lists and custom travel lists
  • Access country insights (safety, climate)
  • Track passport visa requirements
  • Privacy-focused with no account needed
Features
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Track the places you’ve visited with PassportPal, your personal travel map and travel tracker. Mark countries, cities, and states you’ve been to, build bucket lists, and keep a record of your journeys. Import past trips from your photos and visualize your travel progress on a clean world map. No account required. No tracking. No ads. ► Track where you’ve been Log the countries, cities, and states you’ve visited and watch your personal travel map come to life. ► Auto-import from Photos Turn your photo library into your travel history. Discover and log past trips automatically, with everything processed privately on your device. ► Travel with Friends Build your own travel profile with a visual history of your journeys. Connect with friends, explore where they’ve been, see where they are now, and find out where they’re heading next. ► Down to the region Tick off what is inside a country, not just the country around it. Japan’s prefectures, China’s provinces, Canada’s provinces and much more. ► Country Insights Research the best place to live, travel or work remotely. Explore safety, cost of living, climate, quality of life, and other useful insights for countries around the world. ► Passports & Visa Requirements Add your passports and instantly check visa requirements around the world. If you hold multiple passports, see which one is best for each destination. ► Travel Recap See how many days you spent in each country and get a clear overview of your trips in one place. ► Bucket & Custom Travel Lists Turn travel goals into lists you can actually check off. Save dream destinations, create custom lists, and watch your progress grow with every trip. ► Privacy Focused No account. No data collection. Everything stays on your device. ► What's free? - Track countries, cities, and states you’ve visited - Build your personal travel map - Create a profile and connect with friends - Explore country information and travel insights - Keep your travel history private and on-device - Create custom travel lists ► What's PRO? - Import from Photos - Detailed country insights and data - Visa requirements for your passports - Tracking regions other than states - Some recap sections For travelers and digital nomads who want precise travel journaling and visual tracking without compromise. Terms of Use: https://passportpal.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://passportpal.app/privacy

About

ExploreEase

Transform saved travel ideas into actual trips with real itineraries from experienced travelers. Organize, customize, and discover hidden gems to make your next adventure a reality.

Highlights
  • Curated trips from real travelers
  • Hidden gems and local recommendations
  • Day-by-day travel plans
  • Personal Travel Hub for organization
  • Customizable itineraries
  • Travel inspiration
Features
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Your whole trip, beautifully gathered in one place, so you can spend less time planning and more time wandering. ExploreEase is built for friends, couples, and groups who travel together. Instead of juggling separate apps for itineraries, budgets, split costs, packing lists, group chats, and photos, everything lives in one warm, simple hub. TRAVEL HUB: YOUR TRIP'S HOME BASE Every trip gets its own Travel Hub, a single dashboard that holds it all. Your day-by-day itinerary, bookings, budget, packing list, shared receipts, interactive map, photos, moments, AI activity ideas, and group chat sit side by side on one screen. Live badges show unread messages and packing progress, so everyone stays in sync at a glance. SETTLE UP WITHOUT THE AWKWARDNESS Log shared receipts as you go and split costs equally or with custom amounts. ExploreEase calculates the fewest possible who-pays-whom transactions, so settling up takes seconds, not a spreadsheet. BUDGET THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Set a trip budget and watch a live spending bar fill as you go. It shifts to amber as you near your limit and turns red if you go over, keeping the whole group mindful without killing the mood. READY-MADE ITINERARIES IN ONE TAP Need inspiration? Browse curated and trending trips, then copy a fully planned itinerary in a single tap. Make it yours by reordering days and activities in the timeline editor. PLAN TOGETHER, PACK TOGETHER Invite friends to your trip, chat right inside it, and build shared packing lists with packed and total progress. When it is time to go, export your trip as a PDF to keep handy offline. YOUR TRAVEL IDENTITY Color in a world map of the countries you have visited, set bucket-list goals, connect with friends, share posts, and track your travel stats. Every adventure becomes part of your story. WHY TRAVELERS LOVE EXPLOREEASE One hub replaces a stack of apps. Costs stay fair and transparent. Plans stay shared and up to date. And your memories stay right where your trip happened. The golden hour is calling. Download ExploreEase, gather your crew, and start planning the trip you will be talking about for years. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PassportPal4 screens
ExploreEase4 screens

Verdict

The call

PassportPal and ExploreEase both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ExploreEase's written reviews are positive against 75% of PassportPal's. ExploreEase also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). PassportPal's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PassportPal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and ExploreEase sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ExploreEase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PassportPal's written reviews are positive against 100% of ExploreEase's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PassportPal ships an update every 8 days, ExploreEase monthly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PassportPal versus ExploreEase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassportPalExploreEase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKamil BorowskiExplore Ease

Customer experience

PassportPal

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

ExploreEase

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PassportPal

Subscriptions3
  • Pro (Weekly)$5.997 Days
  • Pro$6.991 Month
  • Pro$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • PassportPal Pro Lifetime$24.99
3 purchases

ExploreEase

Subscriptions3
  • ExploreEase$0.991 Month
  • ExploreEase$1.991 Year
  • ExploreEase$3.991 Month

Questions

Is PassportPal free?
PassportPal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExploreEase free?
ExploreEase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PassportPal or ExploreEase?
ExploreEase is rated higher. PassportPal averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while ExploreEase averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do PassportPal or ExploreEase have ads?
Neither PassportPal nor ExploreEase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PassportPal or ExploreEase?
PassportPal ships an update every 8 days, and ExploreEase monthly. Most recently, PassportPal was updated on November 4, 2026 and ExploreEase on November 4, 2026.

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