Comparison

Journi vs GlobePin

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

Head to head
About

Journi

Features
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Turn Your Travels Into a Personal Atlas With **Journi**, you can mark visited countries, explore your progress on an interactive world map, and build a travel history that grows with every trip. Switch between a classic map and globe view, check your continent statistics, save dream destinations, and keep your travel memories organized in one clear app. Build Your Travel Map Mark countries with a single tap and watch your world map fill up as you explore. Add pins for cities and memorable places you want to remember. See Your Journey Over Time Organize visited countries by month and year. Your travel timeline makes it easy to look back at previous trips and see how your journey has grown. Plan Where to Go Next Create a wishlist of countries you would love to visit and keep your future destinations in one convenient place. Track Your Progress See how many countries you have visited, check your progress across individual continents, and unlock achievements as you discover more of the world. Explore the World Your Way Switch between a flat world map and an immersive globe view to see your travels from a different perspective. Private by Default Your travel history remains personal. Sharing is optional and always your choice. Key Features • Interactive world map and globe • Visited countries tracking • Travel timeline organized by month and year • Continent and worldwide travel statistics • Destination wishlist • Pins for cities and memorable places • Travel achievements • Clean and intuitive interface Journi is perfect for: • Frequent travelers • Backpackers • Digital nomads • Map and geography lovers • Anyone planning their next international trip Journi gives you one place to remember where you’ve been and decide where to go next. **Build your personal travel atlas with Journi.**

About

GlobePin

Recreate your past journeys using photos on your phone and visualize them on an interactive 3D globe. Track trips, create travel diaries, and plan future adventures with detailed insights and shareable content.

Highlights
  • Rebuild trips from photos
  • Interactive 3D globe and map
  • Street-level imagery
  • Track flights, road trips, cruises
  • Visual travel diary with postcards
  • Create video Travel Reels
  • Plan future trips
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Rebuild every trip you've ever taken from the photos already on your phone — then keep your map growing on a beautiful 3D globe. NO SUBSCRIPTION. EVER. Every feature in GlobePin is free. GlobePin Pro is a single $9.99 purchase that removes the ads and the "Made with GlobePin" mark — no monthly or yearly fee, nothing to cancel, and shared with your family. NOTHING LOST WHEN YOU CHANGE PHONES Your map syncs privately through your own iCloud and is there on your new iPhone, your iPad, or your Mac. Export everything as a CSV whenever you like. No account to create. YOUR PAST TRIPS, BACK IN MINUTES Rebuild from Photos reads where and when your photos were taken — never the pictures themselves — groups them into trips, and lets you review each one before anything is added. It works out where you lived over the years, skips layovers and short drives near home, and names cities the way you'd expect. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Pin places on an interactive 3D globe and world map • Look Around — walk the streets of places you've visited (and preview ones you haven't) with Apple's street-level imagery, no extra account needed • Track flights, road trips, cruises, and train journeys with animated routes • See your stats: countries, continents, nights abroad, furthest point, total miles • Attach photo "postcards" to every place and build a visual travel diary • Travel Reels — turn a trip, a year, or all your travels into a video with your top places, photos, route animations, and an original soundtrack; four looks and formats for Stories, feed, or widescreen • Year in Review — your annual travel wrapped, ready to share • Share Cards and Map Collages for Instagram and Stories • Travel Goals — every continent, every country, or your own bucket list • A private travel Journal and Time Capsules at every pin • Scan a boarding pass to log a flight in seconds • Plan your next trip: pick dates, build a day-by-day plan, and save spots • Discover Nearby — browse sights, food, coffee, museums and more around any pin or dream destination, straight from Apple Maps • Suggest a Plan — on devices with Apple Intelligence, get day-by-day ideas built only from real Apple Maps places, generated privately on your device • Group dream destinations into collections ("Japan 2027", "Honeymoon ideas") • Find any pin or dream destination from iPhone Spotlight search • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: On This Day, Travel Stats, and Last Trip • On iPhone, iPad, Mac (Apple silicon), and Apple Vision Pro • Import & export your data as CSV — it's yours • Syncs privately across your devices with iCloud Every feature above is free. GLOBEPIN PRO (OPTIONAL) The map is always ad-free. The free version shows a small banner on the Stats, Goals and Cards screens, plays a short ad before Year in Review and Map Collage and when you export a Travel Reel, and adds a small "Made with GlobePin" mark to shared cards and reels, plus an end card on reels. GlobePin Pro removes all of that. It is a one-time purchase of $9.99 — not a subscription. There are no recurring charges and nothing to cancel, the unlock is restorable on your other devices, and Family Sharing lets up to five family members use it too. Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Privacy Policy: https://purplelink.llc/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE Everything stays on your device and in your own private iCloud. No accounts, no tracking — we never see your travels. The free version shows ads; GlobePin Pro removes them.

Screenshots

Journi4 screens
GlobePin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Journi at none against GlobePin's shown. Journi also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Journi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GlobePin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Journi ships an update every 5 days, GlobePin every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Journi versus GlobePin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJourniGlobePin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeweryn LaskoPurplelink LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Journi

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
1 purchases

GlobePin

One-time1
  • GlobePin Pro (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Journi free?
Journi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlobePin free?
GlobePin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Journi or GlobePin have ads?
GlobePin shows ads; Journi does not.
Which is updated more often, Journi or GlobePin?
Journi ships an update every 5 days, and GlobePin every 3 days. Most recently, Journi was updated on October 30, 2026 and GlobePin on November 5, 2026.

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