TripMemo | Travel Journal vs LighthouseMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TripMemo | Travel Journal
Create beautiful digital travel journals with photos and notes. Relive journeys with Polaroid-style pages and animations. Collaborate with others on shared trip books and track your adventures on a world map.
- Create digital travel books
- Polaroid-style photo pages
- Collaborative trip books
- World map tracking
- Offline photo and note entry
- Vintage camera filters
- Bulk upload past trips
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Your trips deserve to be remembered, not lost in your camera roll. TripMemo turns your travels into beautiful digital books. Snap photos, write journal notes, and relive every journey with Polaroid-style pages and smooth animations. Whether it is a weekend getaway or the trip of a lifetime, your travel story deserves more than a forgotten album. BEAUTIFUL TRIPBOOKS Create a stunning travel journal for every adventure. Polaroid-style photo pages, page-turn animations, and a 3D book collection that makes your memories feel real. Each TripBook becomes a personal travelogue and visual record of everywhere you have been. Perfect for road trips, honeymoon diaries, solo backpacking, cruise voyages, and holiday getaways. TRAVEL TOGETHER Invite your partner, friends, or family to build a TripBook together. The perfect travel companion for group trips. Everyone adds photos, notes, and memories in real time. Ideal for couples, group adventures, and family vacations. BULK UPLOAD PAST TRIPS Years of travel photos in your camera roll? Upload them in seconds. TripMemo organises everything by day and creates a timeline of your journey automatically. Turn forgotten photo albums into a beautiful travel diary. TRAVEL MAP AND STATS E very TripBook pinned on your personal world map. Track countries visited, cities explored, and watch your collection grow. Share stat cards on social media and see your trip album expand. A travel timeline that turns every holiday, vacation, and weekend trip into a visual record of your wanderlust. WORKS OFFLINE Add photos and notes without WiFi. Perfect for flights, remote destinations, and international travel. Your travel log syncs when you are back online. JOURNAL NOTES Write reflections alongside your photos. What you felt, what you ate, the places that surprised you. Your personal photo journal, adventure diary, and trip log in one place. Record the moments that matter before they fade. CLOUD BACKUP Your memories are safely stored and backed up. Switch phones, lose your device, your TripBooks stay with you forever. DOWNLOAD ALL PHOTOS Grab every photo from a shared TripBook in one tap. The easiest way to collect holiday photos and travel memories from friends and family after a trip. VINTAGE CAMERA Capture moments with built-in vintage filters. Give every travel snap that classic Polaroid feel. WHO IS TRIPMEMO FOR? Solo travellers documenting their journey across new countries. Couples building a shared honeymoon diary or anniversary travel album. Families preserving holiday memories and vacation journals for years to come. Backpackers keeping an adventure log of every hostel, trail, and sunrise. Cruise passengers recording every voyage and destination. Road trippers tracking every stop along the route. Weekend explorers turning getaways into lasting travel stories. Globetrotters with a bucket list who want every memory preserved. Travel bloggers looking for a visual way to record every trip. WHAT MAKES TRIPMEMO DIFFERENT? Unlike photo albums, notes apps, or trip trackers, TripMemo is purpose-built for preserving travel memories. Every feature is designed around how travellers want to remember their trips, through photos, notes, maps, and stories in one beautiful book. Your TripBook is a personal travelogue and memory book that captures the full story of every adventure. From holiday scrapbook to adventure journal, travel diary to trip record, TripMemo brings every journey to life. PRICING Subscribe to unlock unlimited TripBooks, unlimited collaborators, full travel stats, and priority cloud backup. Available as a Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly subscription. Payment charged to Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours or more before period end. Manage in Apple ID Settings. Questions or feedback? support@tripmemo.app Privacy: https://tripmemo.app/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
LighthouseMap
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Explore over 69,500 lighthouses and navigation aids across every country on Earth. LighthouseMap brings together data from five authoritative sources into one beautiful, easy-to-use map. One-time purchase — no subscriptions, no ads, no tracking, no hidden costs. INTERACTIVE MAP Tap numbered coastal bubbles to drill down from world view to individual lighthouse pins. Switch between Standard, Hybrid, and Satellite views. Search by name or jump to any coordinates. SMART FILTERS Filter by Notable lighthouses (with Wikipedia articles), Heritage-listed sites, or lighthouses with photos. Combine filters with intuitive Venn diagram controls to find exactly what you're looking for. COLOR-CODED PINS Amber for Heritage, Pink for Photos, Blue for Notable, Teal for standard. Instantly see which lighthouses have special significance. BROWSE & DISCOVER Explore by country, light character, range, focal height, or construction material. View pie chart statistics. Try a random lighthouse to discover something new. NEAR ME Find nearby lighthouses sorted by distance. Get driving directions via Apple Maps. Use the live compass radar to see lighthouses around you in real time. PHOTOS & DETAILS Over 5,000 lighthouses include photos. View detailed information including light characteristics, range, height, year built, heritage status, and Wikipedia links. FAVORITES & NOTES Save your favorite lighthouses and add personal notes. Export your favorites as CSV. COMPREHENSIVE DATA Built with data from the NGA List of Lights, US Coast Guard Light List, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and GeoNames. Over 32,400 confirmed lighthouses plus 37,000 additional navigation aids. All data is included in the app. No internet connection required for core features. No account needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TripMemo | Travel Journal at Free against LighthouseMap's $1.99. LighthouseMap's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
TripMemo | Travel Journal is free to download; LighthouseMap costs $1.99 up front. TripMemo | Travel Journal sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. LighthouseMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | TripMemo | Travel Journal | LighthouseMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TripMemo LTD | Arctic Surf Designs |
In-app purchases
TripMemo | Travel Journal
- Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
- Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
- Weekly Plan2 variants$3.997 Days
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- Weekly Plan7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Weekly Plan$4.997 Days
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$19.991 Year
- Yearly Plan3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly Plan$39.991 Year
- Yearly Plan3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
LighthouseMap
No in-app purchases
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