Comparison

Worldly vs Map Diary

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

Head to head
About

Worldly

Log your visited locations on an interactive 3D globe. Visualize your journeys from continents to cities with detailed stats. This private app requires no account and keeps your travel data on your device.

Highlights
  • 3D globe visualization
  • Log continents, countries, states, cities
  • Attach photos to trips
  • Anniversary notifications
  • Private and offline
  • Multiple map styles
Features
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Worldly is the travel tracker for people who want to know exactly how much of the world they've explored. Log every country, state, and city you've been to, then watch your globe fill in. MAP YOUR WORLD Visualize your travels on an interactive 3D globe or a flat map. Every style renders as both — Atlas is free, and six premium styles (Topographic, Blueprint, Continental, Night Lights, Antique Parchment, and Mosaic) add twelve more views with Pro. SEE THE NUMBERS Track your progress through the world's 195 countries and 7 continents, plus thousands of states, provinces, and cities. Coverage percentages climb with every place you add, and Pro puts them on your home screen in a small, medium, or large widget. KEEP YOUR TRAVEL LOG Every place you've visited lives in your travel log — searchable, filterable, and yours. Add the date. Add notes. Add up to 20 photos to any trip, including ones you logged years ago. Then share any memory as a boarding-pass style ticket. CELEBRATE THE TRIPS Turn on anniversary reminders and Worldly gives you one quiet note on the day, a year on from a trip you logged — for trips already in your log, however long ago you took them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-in. No cloud sync. Your travel log, your notes, and your photos are stored on your device and are never uploaded. Worldly never asks for your location — you tell it where you've been. PERFECT FOR - Travelers building a visual record of where they've been - Road trippers tracking states, provinces, and cities - Explorers who want to know their exact world coverage - Anyone who wants a private, offline travel journal FREE TO USE, PRO WHEN YOU WANT IT Worldly is free to use. Worldly Pro unlocks photos on your visits, all fourteen globe and map styles, state and province tracking, anniversary reminders, and home screen widgets. Start with a free trial, then $39.99/year or $9.99/month. Anything you've already logged stays visible whether or not you subscribe. Privacy Policy: https://flowstateindustries.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://flowstateindustries.com/terms

About

Map Diary

This app allows you to privately save and organize locations on an interactive map with photos and notes. It works completely offline, requiring no account or internet connection, making it ideal for travel and documenting personal memories.

Highlights
  • Save locations on interactive map
  • Add photos and timestamped notes
  • Organize locations into custom lists
  • Fully offline and private functionality
  • Personalize pins with icons and colors
  • Automatic address lookup
  • Multiple map styles
Features
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Save every place that matters — private and available offline. Free to download. No ads. No tracking — ever. Map Diary lets you pin locations on an interactive map, add photos and notes, and organize everything into custom lists, on a map that reads like a travel journal. No account, no internet required for your saved archive. Just you and your memories. ▸ INTERACTIVE MAP Long-press to save places anywhere. Filter pins by list. Get directions and Look Around via Apple Maps. Plan a walking or driving route from your own stops, including a round trip. Finish a journey and it is kept as a poster of the path you walked — routes and past journeys are Pro. Standard map style included free; Hybrid and Satellite are Pro. ▸ CAPTURE EVERY DETAIL Add up to 2 photos and 2 notes per location on Free. Set a cover photo. Address lookup, place search, and directions send your search text or map coordinates to Apple. Pro unlocks unlimited photos and notes. ▸ PERSONALIZE YOUR PINS 12 colors and a starter set of map pin icons free. Pro unlocks the full library of 141 activity icons — hiking, camping, food, museums, beaches, and more. ▸ ORGANIZE IN LISTS Group trips, favorites, restaurants, and to-visit spots. Free includes up to 2 lists; Pro adds unlimited lists and list filtering at any scale. ▸ SEARCH YOUR LIBRARY — OR DISCOVER NEW PLACES Search your own saved locations and lists free. Apple Maps place search to discover new spots is included, with a limited range and fewer results on Free; Pro widens the range and shows more results. ▸ OFFLINE SAVED ARCHIVE & PRIVATE Your saved journal works without internet — perfect for travel, road trips, and remote areas. Address lookup, place search, and directions send your search text or map coordinates to Apple. Your saved data stays on your device. No tracking, no analytics. ▸ TRY FREE Pin up to 16 locations, manage 2 lists, add up to 2 photos and 2 notes per place, browse and edit your map, and search your saved library — no watermarks. ▸ PRO UNLOCKS THE FULL ARCHIVE Unlimited locations and lists, unlimited photos and notes, wider Apple Maps search with more results, Hybrid and Satellite map styles, the full icon library, routes and past journeys, and .mapdiary backup and restore. Monthly, annual, or lifetime. Whether you're documenting a weekend getaway or a lifetime of travel — Map Diary is the private travel journal with an offline saved archive that goes wherever you go. Have feedback? Reach us at support@can.bi Privacy Policy: https://canbi.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-4916cac95bdb82778b040144667297db Terms of Use (EULA): https://canbi.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-de96cac95bdb82d2a1f801dfb47e579d

Screenshots

Worldly4 screens
Map Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Map Diary at 5.0 against Worldly's 4.3. Map Diary also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Worldly's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Worldly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Map Diary sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Map Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Worldly has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Worldly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Map Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Worldly versus Map Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorldlyMap Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlowstate Industries LLCCan Bi

Customer experience

Worldly

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Map Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Worldly

Subscriptions2
  • Worldly Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Worldly Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Worldly Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
7 purchases

Map Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Map Diary Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Map Diary Annual$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Support Tip - Map Pin$1.99
  • Support Tip - Trail Marker$4.99
  • Support Tip - Compass Rose$12.99
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  • Map Diary Lifetime$19.99
  • Support Tip - World Explorer$24.99

Questions

Is Worldly free?
Worldly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Map Diary free?
Map Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Worldly or Map Diary?
Map Diary is rated higher. Worldly averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Map Diary averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Worldly or Map Diary have ads?
Neither Worldly nor Map Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Worldly or Map Diary?
Worldly ships an update weekly, and Map Diary weekly. Most recently, Worldly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Map Diary on October 31, 2026.

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