Comparison

Journi vs Tiny Cities

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

Tiny Cities

This app lets you digitally collect and display the places you've visited, creating unique miniature dioramas for each city. It allows you to add photos and notes, and track future travel aspirations.

Highlights
  • 602 hand-made city miniatures
  • Interactive snow globe effect
  • Virtual passport with stamps
  • World map with glowing beacons
  • Digital fridge magnets
  • Someday cities list
  • Memory notes and photos
Features
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A tiny digital snow globe for every city you've been. Tilt your phone, the snow falls, and you're back there. 1,000+ illustrated clay-style miniatures: a digital travel journal that feels like a keepsake. You add the places yourself — Tiny Cities never tracks your location. Other apps count your countries. Tiny Cities keeps them. WHAT YOU GET • 1,000+ ILLUSTRATED CITIES — a clay-style diorama under glass for each one, 1,018 cities from Paris to Tashkent, each with its own landmarks. Not clip art, not a map pin. • TILT THE GLOBE — move your phone and the globe answers. Every city has its own atmosphere: snow, petals, mist. • A KEEPSAKE PASSPORT — every city you add gets a digital stamp. It's a keepsake inside the app, not a travel document. Watch the cities and countries you've added count up, with 106 milestones to earn along the way. • YOUR WORLD, LIT UP — spin a 3D Earth and watch every country you've visited glow. Open a country to see your cities set on its clay map. • THE FRIDGE — every city you keep becomes a digital magnet on your in-app fridge. New fridges unlock as you travel. • SOMEDAY CITIES — keep your bucket list under glass, each with a sealed note to your future self. When you finally arrive, move them onto your shelf. • MEMORY NOTES & PHOTOS — the night train, the corner café, the wrong turn that made the trip. Up to ten photos with every city, dated to the day, the month, the season or just the year. • THE STUDIO — turn your travels into a route film, a year poster image, a world map or a digital postcard to share. • ON YOUR HOME SCREEN — add the widget and keep your shelf close. HOW IT WORKS 1. Search any city you've visited. 2. Say when you went — to the day, or just "spring 2019". 3. Watch its miniature develop, and set it on your shelf. QUIET BY DESIGN • No sign-up form. You start with a private, anonymous account. • Your shelf syncs privately. Link Apple or Google whenever you like. FREE TO START Add every city you have ever been to. There is no limit. Your first three arrive as full clay dioramas with the whole ceremony. The rest are kept, stamped and counted while their miniature waits to be developed. FIRST CLASS First Class develops every city on your shelf, and every new city the moment you add it. It also opens all 22 display stands in the cabinet and removes the web address from your shared postcards. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Everything in Tiny Cities is digital — nothing is printed or shipped. Where have you been? Start your shelf tonight. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://tinycities.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tinycities.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Journi4 screens
Tiny Cities4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Journi at every 5 days against Tiny Cities's every 11 days. On price, ads, 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 Tiny Cities sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Journi ships an update every 5 days, Tiny Cities every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Journi versus Tiny Cities: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJourniTiny Cities
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeweryn LaskoRamin Afandiyev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Journi

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
3 purchases

Tiny Cities

Subscriptions2
  • First Class (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • First Class (Annual)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • First Class (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is Journi free?
Journi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Cities free?
Tiny Cities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Journi or Tiny Cities have ads?
Neither Journi nor Tiny Cities shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Journi or Tiny Cities?
Journi ships an update every 5 days, and Tiny Cities every 11 days. Most recently, Journi was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tiny Cities on October 12, 2026.

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