Comparison

ChronJour vs Mist Map

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

Head to head
About

ChronJour

This travel journal app organizes your journeys on a map and timeline. Easily add places, capture routes, and archive content like notes and photos. Syncs across devices and offers optional icon packs.

Highlights
  • Map and timeline view
  • Add places via search, location, or photo import
  • Route capture and planning
  • Attach notes, photos, and videos
  • Guide-based organization
  • iCloud sync
Features
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ChronJour is a personal travel journal built around a map and timeline. Keep places, routes, and trip content in one view so it is easy to revisit past journeys and plan what comes next. • Map + timeline view: filter places and routes by month and jump back to any period. • Multiple ways to add places: map search, current location, or photo EXIF location import. • Route capture and planning: save planned routes or manually selected point-to-point routes with distance, estimated duration, and waypoints. • Trip content archive: attach notes, links, photos, and videos to places or routes. • Guide-based organization: group content by city, theme, or trip and filter the map by guide. • iCloud sync: keep data consistent across devices on the same Apple Account. An optional in-app purchase, “Map Marker Icon Pack,” unlocks additional marker icons.

About

Mist Map

This app creates a visual record of your travels by revealing explored areas on a map as you move. It tracks your routes, distances, and speeds, and allows you to import and export your journey data.

Highlights
  • Reveals explored areas as you move
  • Records routes on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Displays route history with stats
  • Imports GPX files
  • Exports routes as GPX files
  • Stores route data locally
Features
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Mist Map is a personal exploration map that gradually reveals the places you have been. Walk, ride, commute, or travel, and your explored routes appear on the map as clean lines through the fog. Over time, Mist Map becomes a quiet record of your movement and your world. Key features: • Reveal explored areas as you move • Record routes on iPhone and Apple Watch • View route history with distance, duration, speed, and heart rate on supported workouts • Import GPX files into your own history • Export your routes as GPX files • Keep your route data stored locally on your device Mist Map is designed for people who want a simple, personal map of where they have been, while keeping control of their own data.

Screenshots

ChronJour3 screens
Mist Map3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mist Map at none against ChronJour's 1. Mist Map also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). ChronJour's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ads 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. ChronJour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mist Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChronJour ships an update every 3 months, Mist Map every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
ChronJour versus Mist Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronJourMist Map
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer华 曹嘉奇 龙

Customer experience

ChronJour

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mist Map

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ChronJour

One-time1
  • Icon Expansion Pack$0.49
None

Mist Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChronJour free?
ChronJour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mist Map free?
Mist Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChronJour or Mist Map have ads?
Neither ChronJour nor Mist Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChronJour or Mist Map?
ChronJour ships an update every 3 months, and Mist Map every 4 days. Most recently, ChronJour was updated on September 1, 2026 and Mist Map on September 4, 2026.

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