Comparison

TraceTrail vs Mapd

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

Head to head
About

TraceTrail

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Discover Your World, One Path at a Time TraceTrail turns your daily journeys into a personal heatmap, showing the roads you've travelled and the paths yet to explore. Ever wondered which streets you've never walked down? Which trails you've yet to discover? TraceTrail shows you where you've been - and where you haven't. Fully automatic: tracking runs in the background and knows when you stop - trips start and end by themselves, and GPS pauses while you're not moving to save battery. Completely private: no accounts, no data collection, your location history never leaves your device. Your data is yours: browse, rename and manage every trail, export to GPX, and back up or restore everything with one file.

About

Mapd

Features
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Mapd makes it easy to record, visualize, and relive your travels. Add countries, cities, and trips, and see them all together on an interactive world map with heatmaps, statistics, and timelines. Whether you're a weekend traveler or globetrotter, Mapd gives you a unique overview of where you've been—and how much of the world you've experienced. FEATURES Interactive Travel Map • See all visited countries on a detailed world map • Color-coded heatmap shows how often you've visited each country • Display city visits as markers directly on the map Travel Statistics • View trips organized by month and year • Track the evolution of your travel habits over time • Overview of total trips, countries, cities, and active travel years • See what percentage of the world's countries you've visited Record Complete Trips • Create trips with multiple stops • Add photos to both trips and individual destinations • Organize with tags and notes • Search quickly through your entire travel history Easy Organization • Sort and group by year, country, or city • Filter by tags • Edit, duplicate, or delete trips with a few taps iCloud Sync • Your data syncs automatically between iPhone and iPad • Your travel history is always up to date across all devices Share and Backup • Export your trips to a file • Import previous backups • Share your travel experiences with friends and family Compare with Friends • See which countries you've both visited • Get an overview of unique destinations for each person • Perfect for comparing travel experiences and planning new adventures Mapd is designed for travelers who love keeping track of their adventures and seeing their travel history visualized in a beautiful and clear way.

Screenshots

TraceTrail4 screens
Mapd4 screens

Verdict

The call

TraceTrail and Mapd are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. TraceTrail sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Mapd sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TraceTrail ships an update every 2 weeks, Mapd every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TraceTrail versus Mapd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraceTrailMapd
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB281 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiroslav PalkaMichael Svith Thøgersen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TraceTrail

Subscriptions1
  • TraceTrail+$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Mapd

One-time1
  • Mapd Premium$6.99

Questions

Is TraceTrail free?
TraceTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mapd free?
Mapd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TraceTrail or Mapd have ads?
Neither TraceTrail nor Mapd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TraceTrail or Mapd?
TraceTrail ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mapd every 3 weeks. Most recently, TraceTrail was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mapd on October 31, 2026.

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